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The ABS have been doing a good job getting the overseas arrivals and departures data up-to-date after the problems with a change in card processing. Today we see the data for April and just a few days later, next week, we’ll have the May data which will bring us up-to-date …read more
Tourism Research Australia have today released their National Visitor Survey for the March quarter (available in full here). It shows domestic tourism in Australia continues to grow and exceed previous records. Total visitor numbers for the year to March 2015 stood at 82.3 million, up 6.1% for the year. Growth …read more
The release of May Building Approvals from the ABS this morning were better than the market had been expecting. Total approvals (seasonally adjusted) rose by 2.4% in May against expectations of a 1.2% increase. This gives us a 17.6% increase from the same time a year ago. However, the increase …read more
The ABS today released the National Regional Profile for the years 2009-13. This data, which covers a broad range of topics, is collected for Local Government Areas, and the Statistical Areas down to SA2 level (Innisfail, Johnstone and Tully). Some of the more relevant details for the Cassowary Coast since …read more
The quarterly ABS population estimates for the final quarter of 2014 show total resident population growth has fallen to an annual rate of just 1.4%, the slowest rate of growth since the end of 2010. Net overseas migration fell to just 32,500 in the quarter which is the smallest number …read more
Yesterday’s TRA International Visitor Survey for the Dec 2014 quarter saw a “first” for the Aussie tourism market. The UK market fell below 10% of total international visitors for the first time ever. As the first chart shows, although total numbers are still well above lows seen in 2012, the …read more
As the ABS quickly play catch-up with the Overseas Arrivals & Departures data we see the March data released today. Yesterday we also saw the release of the TRA International Visitor Survey for the final quarter of last year (see here for commentary). We’re now starting to get a much …read more
The much-delayed Tourism Research Australia International Visitor Survey for the Dec 2014 quarter has finally been released (and is available for download here). This report has been delayed by the problems the ABS have been having with their Overseas Arrivals and Departures data. What the report shows us is that …read more
Pete was on ABC Far North this morning with Keir Shorey talking about the latest Cairns jobs data (you can read our commentary here).
After yesterday’s disappointing regional data for May (see here) it is encouraging to see the quarterly Dept of Employment Small Area Labour Market (SALM) data for the first quarter of this year confirm the generally positive trend that we have been witnessing earlier this year. The SALM estimates are created …read more
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