The Australian Bureau of Statistics has released a new interactive map today, providing insights into the regional labour market impacts of COVID-19.
Drawing on data from Weekly Payroll Jobs and Wages in Australia, the interactive map shows weekly changes in payroll jobs in each Statistical Area 4 (SA4) since the middle of March.
Head of Labour Statistics at the ABS, Bjorn Jarvis, said: “The release of weekly payroll jobs figures for regions provides new insights into the different COVID-19 impacts across Australia.”
“Interactive maps provide a very effective way of quickly assessing the impact of COVID-19 across the regions and how this changed over time.”
“Initially, the largest percentage falls in payroll jobs were in regions with a high proportion of people working in tourism-related businesses.”
“The latest data shows that people living in the inner city areas have seen the greatest falls since mid-March, particularly Sydney - City and Inner South (-10.6%) and Melbourne - Inner (-10.6%) areas.”
Further information is available in Weekly Payroll Jobs and Wages in Australia (cat. no. 6160.0.55.001).
The ABS would like to acknowledge the continued support from the Australian Taxation Office in enabling the ABS to produce these statistics.