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Tourism Satellite Accounts: quarterly tourism labour statistics, Australia, experimental estimates

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Experimental estimates of quarterly tourism jobs by tourism-related industries

Reference period

June 2023

Released

15/09/2023

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Key statistics

In June quarter 2023, there were 713,000 tourism jobs. This was:

20,100 (-2.7%) less jobs than March quarter 2023
125,300 (21.3%) more jobs than June quarter 2022
44,500 (-5.9%) less jobs than December quarter 2019, prior to COVID-19 pandemic
1 in 22 (4.6%) filled jobs in the economy

Change in number and percentage of jobs, original series
	Jun-23	Quarterly change	Quarterly change (%)	Annual change	Annual change (%)
Tourism jobs	713,000	-20,100	-2.7	125,300	21.3
Economy-wide jobs	15,406,800	92,000	0.6	504,200	3.4

Filled jobs

All references to "jobs" are referring to "filled jobs" unless otherwise specified. For information on the various measures of jobs (filled job, Labour Account main job and Labour Account secondary job), please refer to the Glossary in Methodology.

Tourism jobs ('000), original series
Quarter	Tourism ('000)	Economy-wide ('000)
Jun-18	686.3	13,660.6
Sep-18	700.4	13,683.3
Dec-18	710.5	13,967.2
Mar-19	699.2	13,877.2
Jun-19	693.4	13,932.4
Sep-19	723.2	14,017.6
Dec-19	757.5	14,212.2
Mar-20	569.1	14,087.3
Jun-20	363.9	13,236.1
Sep-20	399.8	13,547.7
Dec-20	411.5	14,077.1
Mar-21	417.3	14,127
Jun-21	415.8	14,254
Sep-21	380.4	13,859.6
Dec-21	475.9	14,629.8
Mar-22	550.2	14,652
Jun-22	587.7	14,902.6
Sep-22	604.2	14,923
Dec-22	683.9	15,266.3
Mar-23	733.1	15,314.8
Jun-23	713	15,406.8

Tourism jobs ('000), original series

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Tourism industry

Change in number and percentage of jobs by industry, original series
	Jun-23	Quarterly change	Quarterly change (%)	Annual change	Annual change (%)
Accommodation	86,300	-11,500	-11.8	-4,800	-5.3
Cafes, restaurants and takeaway food services	255,900	-7,600	-2.9	50,000	24.3
Clubs, pubs, taverns and bars	55,500	-2,600	-4.5	12,800	30.0
Road transport and transport equipment rental	7,500	200	2.7	2,400	47.1
Air, water and other transport	45,700	-300	-0.7	5,400	13.4
Travel agency and information centre services	31,100	-1,500	-4.6	600	2.0
Cultural services	10,500	-400	-3.7	500	5.0
Casinos and other gambling services	3,700	-200	-5.1	1,000	37.0
Sports and recreation services	33,200	-1,300	-3.8	100	0.3
Retail trade	117,500	-2,300	-1.9	31,300	36.3
Education and training	44,300	7,200	19.4	16,100	57.1
All other industries	21,800	200	0.9	10,100	86.3

During this quarter, industries with the largest quarterly changes were:

accommodation: decrease of 11,500 jobs (-11.8%)
cafes, restaurants and takeaway food services: decrease of 7,600 jobs (-2.9%)
education and training: increase of 7,200 jobs (19.4%)

Comparing June quarter 2022 with June quarter 2023, industries with the largest changes were:

cafes, restaurants and takeaway food services: increase of 50,000 jobs (24.3%)
retail trade: increase of 31,300 (36.3%)
education and training: increase of 16,100 jobs (57.1%)

Full-time and part-time employment

Change in number and percentage of jobs by full-time and part-time employment, original series
	Jun-23	Quarterly change	Quarterly change (%)	Annual change	Annual change (%)
Full-time	354,600	-26,200	-6.9	64,200	22.1
Part-time	358,400	6,100	1.7	61,100	20.6

During this quarter:

full-time jobs decreased -6.9% while part-time jobs increased 1.7%

From June quarter 2022 to June quarter 2023:

full-time jobs increased 22.1% while part-time jobs increased 20.6%

Tourism jobs ('000) by full-time and part-time employment
Quarter	Full-time ('000)	Part-time ('000)
Jun-18	342.1	344.1
Sep-18	351.6	348.8
Dec-18	362.6	348.0
Mar-19	360.9	338.3
Jun-19	343.6	349.8
Sep-19	361.8	361.5
Dec-19	383.2	374.3
Mar-20	288.4	280.7
Jun-20	195.5	168.4
Sep-20	185.8	214.0
Dec-20	190.5	221.0
Mar-21	200.9	216.4
Jun-21	195.7	220.1
Sep-21	180.5	199.9
Dec-21	235.4	240.5
Mar-22	273.1	277.1
Jun-22	290.4	297.3
Sep-22	297.9	306.3
Dec-22	349.6	334.4
Mar-23	380.8	352.3
Jun-23	354.6	358.4

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Sex

Change in number and percentage of jobs by sex, original series
	Jun-23	Quarterly change	Quarterly change (%)	Annual change	Annual change (%)
Male	322,900	-7,400	-2.2	62,800	24.1
Female	390,100	-12,600	-3.1	62,500	19.1

During this quarter:

jobs filled by females decreased -3.1% while jobs filled by males decreased -2.2%

From June quarter 2022 to June quarter 2023:

jobs filled by males increased 24.1% while jobs filled by females increased 19.1%

Tourism jobs ('000) by sex
Quarter	Male ('000)	Female ('000)
Jun-18	307.0	379.2
Sep-18	318.8	381.6
Dec-18	318.8	391.7
Mar-19	313.8	385.4
Jun-19	310.2	383.2
Sep-19	317.6	405.6
Dec-19	332.0	425.5
Mar-20	252.8	316.4
Jun-20	170.8	193.1
Sep-20	187.4	212.4
Dec-20	194.4	217.2
Mar-21	201.8	215.5
Jun-21	194.0	221.8
Sep-21	181.9	198.5
Dec-21	218.5	257.5
Mar-22	245.1	305.1
Jun-22	260.1	327.6
Sep-22	265.1	339.1
Dec-22	311.3	372.7
Mar-23	330.3	402.7
Jun-23	322.9	390.1

Tourism jobs ('000) by sex

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Sex by full-time and part-time employment

Change in number and percentage of jobs by sex by full-time and part-time employment, original series
	Jun-23	Quarterly change	Quarterly change (%)	Annual change	Annual change (%)
Male: full-time	187,600	-13,000	-6.5	33,900	22.1
Male: part-time	135,300	5,600	4.3	28,900	27.2
Female: full-time	167,000	-13,100	-7.3	30,300	22.2
Female: part-time	223,100	500	0.2	32,300	16.9

During this quarter:

jobs filled by males decreased for full-time (-6.5%) but increased for part-time (4.3%)
jobs filled by females decreased for full-time (-7.3%) but increased for part-time (0.2%)

From June quarter 2022 to June quarter 2023:

jobs filled by males increased for both full-time (22.1%) and part-time (27.2%)
jobs filled by females increased for both full-time (22.2%) and part-time (16.9%)

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Related release

Australian National Accounts: Tourism Satellite Account (previously used cat. no. 5249.0)

The 2021-22 issue of Australian National Accounts: Tourism Satellite Account was released on 8 December 2022. While the employment estimates are based on the same source, differences will occur due to the timing of updates to the source data.

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