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

Latest release

Experimental estimates of quarterly tourism jobs by tourism-related industries

Reference period

March 2024

Released

14/06/2024

Key statistics

In March quarter 2024, there were 644,600 tourism jobs. This was:

6,600 (-1.0%) less jobs than December quarter 2023
10,600 (-1.6%) less jobs than March quarter 2023
53,800 (-7.7%) less jobs than March quarter 2019, prior to the COVID-19 pandemic
1 in 24 (4.1%) filled jobs in the economy

Change in number and percentage of jobs
	Mar-24	Quarterly change	Quarterly change (%)	Annual change	Annual change (%)
Tourism jobs	644,600	-6,600	-1.0	-10,600	-1.6
Economy-wide jobs	15,652,100	22,000	0.1	364,300	2.4

Filled jobs

All references to "jobs" are referring to "filled jobs" unless otherwise specified. For information on the various measures of jobs, refer to Methodology.

Tourism jobs ('000)
Quarter	Tourism ('000)	Whole economy ('000)
Mar-2019	698.4	13,856.5
Jun-2019	691.6	13,889.9
Sep-2019	714.4	13,968.3
Dec-2019	747.9	14,157.1
Mar-2020	561.6	14,019.0
Jun-2020	358.7	13,173.8
Sep-2020	389.3	13,484.2
Dec-2020	400.8	13,996.8
Mar-2021	405.8	14,046.5
Jun-2021	404.5	14,185.2
Sep-2021	343.9	13,808.8
Dec-2021	424.1	14,552.7
Mar-2022	484.1	14,578.5
Jun-2022	512.0	14,848.1
Sep-2022	572.9	14,880.2
Dec-2022	645.2	15,226.9
Mar-2023	655.2	15,287.8
Jun-2023	621.8	15,376.6
Sep-2023	657.2	15,397.7
Dec-2023	651.2	15,630.1
Mar-2024	644.6	15,652.1

Tourism jobs ('000)

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Tourism industry

Change in number and percentage of jobs by industry
	Mar-24	Quarterly change	Quarterly change (%)	Annual change	Annual change (%)
Accommodation	75,300	-700	-0.9	-15,400	-17.0
Cafes, restaurants and takeaway food services	198,500	-7,400	-3.6	-26,900	-11.9
Clubs, pubs, taverns and bars	41,900	-3,500	-7.7	-5,400	-11.4
Road transport and transport equipment rental	7,100	0	0.0	-500	-6.6
Air, water and other transport	37,500	300	0.8	2,800	8.1
Travel agency and information centre services	37,500	-1,300	-3.4	3,600	10.6
Cultural services	15,100	-1,400	-8.5	2,000	15.3
Casinos and other gambling services	3,500	0	0.0	-200	-5.4
Sports and recreation services	42,700	1,900	4.7	7,700	22.0
Retail trade	105,400	-2,800	-2.6	-7,500	-6.6
Education and training	63,400	8,200	14.9	29,600	87.6
All other industries	16,800	200	1.2	-200	-1.2

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

Education and training: increase of 8,200 jobs (14.9%)
Cafes, restaurants and takeaway food services: decrease of 7,400 jobs (-3.6%)
Clubs, pubs, taverns and bars: decrease of 3,500 jobs (-7.7%)

Comparing March quarter 2023 with March quarter 2024, industries with the largest changes were:

Education and training: increase of 29,600 jobs (87.6%)
Cafes, restaurants and takeaway food services: decrease of 26,900 jobs (-11.9%)
Accommodation: decrease of 15,400 jobs (-17.0%)

Full-time and part-time employment

Change in number and percentage of jobs by full-time and part-time employment
	Mar-24	Quarterly change	Quarterly change (%)	Annual change	Annual change (%)
Full-time	327,600	-4,700	-1.4	-9,900	-2.9
Part-time	317,000	-1,900	-0.6	-700	-0.2

During this quarter:

full-time jobs decreased by 1.4% and part-time jobs decreased by 0.6%

From March quarter 2023 to March quarter 2024:

full-time jobs decreased by 2.9% while part-time jobs decreased by 0.2%

Tourism jobs ('000) by full-time and part-time employment
Quarter	Full-time ('000)	Part-time ('000)
Mar-2019	359.7	338.7
Jun-2019	342.5	349.1
Sep-2019	356.8	357.6
Dec-2019	378.5	369.3
Mar-2020	284.7	276.9
Jun-2020	193.4	165.2
Sep-2020	181.0	208.3
Dec-2020	185.4	215.5
Mar-2021	194.2	211.6
Jun-2021	189.0	215.5
Sep-2021	163.0	180.9
Dec-2021	209.0	215.1
Mar-2022	242.5	241.6
Jun-2022	255.6	256.4
Sep-2022	285.2	287.7
Dec-2022	328.0	317.3
Mar-2023	337.5	317.7
Jun-2023	307.1	314.6
Sep-2023	329.1	328.0
Dec-2023	332.3	318.9
Mar-2024	327.6	317.0

Tourism jobs ('000) by full-time and part-time employment

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Sex

Change in number and percentage of jobs by sex
	Mar-24	Quarterly change	Quarterly change (%)	Annual change	Annual change (%)
Male	293,600	4,300	1.5	500	0.2
Female	351,000	-10,800	-3.0	-11,000	-3.0

During this quarter:

jobs filled by females decreased by 3.0% while jobs filled by males increased by 1.5%

From March quarter 2023 to March quarter 2024:

jobs filled by females decreased by 3.0% while jobs filled by males increased by 0.2%

Tourism jobs ('000) by sex
Quarter	Male ('000)	Female ('000)
Mar-2019	311.6	386.8
Jun-2019	308.3	383.3
Sep-2019	312.0	402.4
Dec-2019	326.6	421.3
Mar-2020	246.7	314.9
Jun-2020	166.1	192.6
Sep-2020	180.8	208.4
Dec-2020	187.4	213.4
Mar-2021	194.2	211.7
Jun-2021	186.5	218.0
Sep-2021	162.9	181.0
Dec-2021	192.3	231.9
Mar-2022	216.1	268.1
Jun-2022	227.1	284.9
Sep-2022	252.4	320.5
Dec-2022	290.3	355.0
Mar-2023	293.1	362.0
Jun-2023	280.9	340.9
Sep-2023	289.8	367.3
Dec-2023	289.3	361.8
Mar-2024	293.6	351.0

Tourism jobs ('000) by sex

["Quarter","Male","Female"]

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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
	Mar-24	Quarterly change	Quarterly change (%)	Annual change	Annual change (%)
Full-time: male	173,600	800	0.5	-4,000	-2.3
Full-time: female	154,000	-5,400	-3.4	-5,900	-3.7
Part-time: male	120,000	3,500	3.0	4,500	3.9
Part-time: female	197,000	-5,400	-2.7	-5,200	-2.6

During this quarter:

full-time jobs decreased for females (-3.4%) and increased for males (0.5%)
part-time jobs increased for males (3.0%) and decreased for females (-2.7%)

From March quarter 2023 to March quarter 2024:

full-time jobs decreased for females (-3.7%) and decreased for males (-2.3%)
part-time jobs increased for males (3.9%) and decreased females (-2.6%)

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Related release

Australian National Accounts: Tourism Satellite Account

The 2022-23 issue of Australian National Accounts: Tourism Satellite Account was released on 6 December 2023. 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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This release previously used catalogue number 5249.0.55.005.

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Tourism Satellite Accounts: quarterly tourism labour statistics, Australia, experimental estimates methodology, March 2024

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