1386.0 - What's New in Regional Statistics, Jun 2008  
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INDUSTRY


RECENT RELEASES

Tourism Accommodation: Latest Small Area Data

Agricultural Census: 2005-06 Data Now Available


FORTHCOMING RELEASES

Agricultural Commodities: Small Area Data, 2006-07

Agricultural State Profiles

Tourism Regions Maps and Concordances: 2007


TOURISM ACCOMMODATION: LATEST SMALL AREA DATA

The results of the December 2007 quarter survey of Tourist Accommodation were released on 9 April 2008. This release provides information on the supply of, and demand for, tourist accommodation facilities and includes data for each state and territory, as well as for small areas and Tourism regions, as defined by the respective state/territory Tourism Commissions.

Tourist Accommodation data are available on:

  • licensed hotels and resorts
  • motels, private hotels and guest houses
  • serviced apartments
  • caravan parks
  • holiday flats, units and houses of letting entities and
  • visitor hostels

The type of information that is available includes:
  • number of establishments
  • available rooms and occupancy rates
  • number of persons employed
  • takings from accommodation
  • average takings
  • average length of stay

For further information refer to the Tourist Accommodation, Small Area Data, Dec 2007 for each state (from cat. no. 8635.1.55.001 for New South Wales to cat. no. 8635.8.55.001 for the Australian Capital Territory). Data at the national level are available in Tourist Accommodation, Small Area Data, Australia - Electronic Delivery, Dec 2007 (cat. no. 8635.0.55.002).


AGRICULTURAL CENSUS: 2005-06 DATA NOW AVAILABLE

Final commodity and livestock estimates from the 2005-06 Agricultural Census as well as additional data on land management are presented in Agricultural Commodities: Small Area Data, Australia, 2005-06 (cat. no. 7125.0), released on 7 March 2008. The land management data included in 2005-06 are on tree planting and on fencing for the protection of tracts of land from grazing.

This electronic product enables users to compare agricultural commodities across small geographic areas within each state. All collected data in 2005-06 are published at Natural Resource Management and Statistical Division level and selected commodity and livestock data are published at Statistical Local Area level.

Data are available on:
  • Land ownership and use
  • Pastures and broadacre crops
  • Horticulture
  • Livestock
  • Tree planting
  • Fencing

Note: Not all commodities are collected in each state. Rather, commodities appropriate to agriculture in each state are collected. For example, data for tropical and sub-tropical fruit are collected in the northern states, such as Queensland, while data for temperate fruit are collected in the southern states such as Tasmania.

Final estimates at national and state levels can be found in Agricultural Commodities, Australia 2005-06 (cat. no. 7121.0). This publication was supplemented on 28 March 2008 with additional datacubes containing agricultural commodities data for 2005-06 at the Drainage Division, River Basin and Murray-Darling Basin levels. 2006-07 estimates were released on 28 May 2008.


FORTHCOMING RELEASES

Agricultural Commodities: Small Area Data, 2006-07

Agricultural State Profiles

Tourism Regions Maps and Concordances: 2007


Agricultural Commodities: Small Area Data, 2006-07

The Agricultural Commodities: Small Area Data, 2006-07 (cat. no. 7125.0) publication is scheduled for released on 6 June 2008. This electronic product enables the comparison of agricultural commodities across small geographic areas within each state. It contains annual estimates for all commodities for Statistical Divisions and five-yearly Agricultural Census data for selected commodities for Statistical Local Areas.


AGRICULTURAL STATE PROFILES

Over the next few months a number of Agricultural State Profiles will be released from the 2005-06 data. The profiles will provide an overview of the agricultural industry in a particular state and provide farm numbers, agricultural production and the state's agricultural contribution to the economy. Some data will be provided at the Statistical Division level. Profiles scheduled for release in the next three months include:

Agricultural State Profile, New South Wales (cat. no. 7123.1.55.001) due for release: 8 August 2008

Agricultural State Profile, Victoria (cat. no. 7123.2.55.001) due for release: 22 August 2008

Agricultural State Profile, Queensland (cat. no. 7123.3.55.001) due for release: 12 September 2008

Agricultural State Profile, South Australia (cat. no. 7123.4.55.001) due for release: 23 September 2008


TOURISM REGIONS MAPS AND CONCORDANCES: 2007

The ABS and other organisations publish tourism data by Tourism Regions. The Tourism Region Maps and Concordance Files, Australia, 2007 (cat. no. 9503.0.55.001), due for release on 26 June 2008, provide maps and concordance files for Tourism Regions for each state and the Northern Territory. The concordance files provide Tourism Region names and their corresponding Statistical Local Area names and codes.