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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

September 2023

Released

15/12/2023

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Key statistics

In September quarter 2023, there were 659,900 tourism jobs. This was:

37,200 (6.0%) more jobs than June quarter 2023
85,600 (14.9%) more jobs than September quarter 2022
90,500 (-12.1%) less jobs than December quarter 2019, prior to COVID-19 pandemic
1 in 23 (4.3%) filled jobs in the economy

Change in number and percentage of jobs, original series
	Sep-23	Quarterly change	Quarterly change (%)	Annual change	Annual change (%)
Tourism jobs	659,900	37,200	6.0	85,600	14.9
Economy-wide jobs	15,436,500	27,600	0.2	504,000	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)	Whole economy ('000)
Sep-18	700.4	13,683.3
Dec-18	710.5	13,967.1
Mar-19	699.2	13,877.1
Jun-19	693.4	13,932.3
Sep-19	716.5	14,017.6
Dec-19	750.4	14,212.2
Mar-20	563.8	14,087.2
Jun-20	360.9	13,236.1
Sep-20	391.3	13,547.7
Dec-20	402.9	14,077.1
Mar-21	407.8	14,127.0
Jun-21	406.1	14,254.0
Sep-21	344.9	13,860.1
Dec-21	426.0	14,630.5
Mar-22	486.2	14,653.8
Jun-22	513.0	14,905.8
Sep-22	574.3	14,932.5
Dec-22	646.8	15,283.4
Mar-23	656.6	15,332.6
Jun-23	622.7	15,408.9
Sep-23	659.9	15,436.5

Tourism jobs ('000), original series

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Tourism industry

Change in number and percentage of jobs by industry, original series
	Sep-23	Quarterly change	Quarterly change (%)	Annual change	Annual change (%)
Accommodation	78,800	900	1.2	2,200	2.9
Cafes, restaurants and takeaway food services	222,200	8,500	4.0	30,000	15.6
Clubs, pubs, taverns and bars	49,800	5,400	12.2	6,500	15.0
Road transport and transport equipment rental	7,300	0	0.0	800	12.3
Air, water and other transport	36,200	1,900	5.5	3,700	11.4
Travel agency and information centre services	38,100	6,200	19.4	0	0.0
Cultural services	16,100	1,900	13.4	4,600	40.0
Casinos and other gambling services	3,500	100	2.9	100	2.9
Sports and recreation services	39,500	3,400	9.4	5,700	16.9
Retail trade	103,900	-1,100	-1.0	9,100	9.6
Education and training	47,100	10,000	27.0	18,900	67.0
All other industries	17,300	-100	-0.6	4,000	30.1

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

education and training: increase of 10,000 jobs (27.0%)
cafes, restaurants and takeaway food services: increase of 8,500 jobs (4.0%)
travel agency and information centre services: increase of 6,200 jobs (19.4%)

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

cafes, restaurants and takeaway food services: increase of 30,000 jobs (15.6%)
education and training: increase of 18,900 jobs (67.0%)
retail trade: increase of 9,100 jobs (9.6%)

Full-time and part-time employment

Change in number and percentage of jobs by full-time and part-time employment, original series
	Sep-23	Quarterly change	Quarterly change (%)	Annual change	Annual change (%)
Full-time	332,300	21,900	7.1	47,800	16.8
Part-time	327,600	15,300	4.9	37,800	13.0

During this quarter:

full-time jobs increased 7.1% while part-time jobs increased 4.9%

From September quarter 2022 to September quarter 2023:

full-time jobs increased 16.8% while part-time jobs increased 13.0%

Tourism jobs ('000) by full-time and part-time employment
Quarter	Full-time ('000)	Part-time ('000)
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	357.7	358.8
Dec-19	379.0	371.4
Mar-20	285.4	278.5
Jun-20	193.4	167.4
Sep-20	180.6	210.7
Dec-20	184.9	218.0
Mar-21	194.4	213.3
Jun-21	189.6	216.5
Sep-21	163.8	181.2
Dec-21	211.6	214.4
Mar-22	243.1	243.0
Jun-22	254.5	258.5
Sep-22	284.5	289.8
Dec-22	332.6	314.2
Mar-23	341.9	314.7
Jun-23	310.4	312.3
Sep-23	332.3	327.6

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

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Sex

Change in number and percentage of jobs by sex, original series
	Sep-23	Quarterly change	Quarterly change (%)	Annual change	Annual change (%)
Male	293,100	12,000	4.3	39,900	15.7
Female	366,800	25,200	7.4	45,800	14.3

During this quarter:

jobs filled by females increased 7.4% while jobs filled by males increased 4.3%

From September quarter 2022 to September quarter 2023:

jobs filled by males increased 15.7% while jobs filled by females increased 14.3%

Tourism jobs ('000) by sex
Quarter	Male ('000)	Female ('000)
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	313.8	402.7
Dec-19	327.8	422.6
Mar-20	249.6	314.3
Jun-20	168.5	192.4
Sep-20	182.7	208.6
Dec-20	189.6	213.4
Mar-21	195.7	212.1
Jun-21	188.2	218.0
Sep-21	164.0	180.9
Dec-21	194.6	231.4
Mar-22	215.8	270.4
Jun-22	226.9	286.1
Sep-22	253.2	321.0
Dec-22	293.5	353.3
Mar-23	295.0	361.6
Jun-23	281.1	341.6
Sep-23	293.1	366.8

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, original series
	Sep-23	Quarterly change	Quarterly change (%)	Annual change	Annual change (%)
Full-time: male	171,700	7,700	4.7	20,400	13.5
Full-time: female	160,600	14,200	9.7	27,400	20.6
Part-time: male	121,400	4,300	3.7	19,500	19.1
Part-time: female	206,200	11,000	5.6	18,300	9.7

During this quarter:

Full-time jobs increased for both males (4.7%) and females (9.7%)
Part-time jobs increased for both males (3.7%) and females (5.6%)

From September quarter 2022 to September quarter 2023:

Full-time jobs increased for both males (13.5%) and females (20.6%)
Part-time jobs increased for both males (19.1%) and females (9.7%)

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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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