Arrivals hit new highs. Chinese top 900,000 in the year for the first time (Trend)

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

Latest Domestic tourism data shows TNQ falling further behind

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

Building approvals look better but the Trend confirms slowdown in QLD

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

National Regional Profile shows CCRC has fewer people, is getting older, building less and has fewer businesses

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

Population growth slows again

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

Are the Poms falling out of love with Oz?

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

Arrivals & Departures data shows China still on the up-and-up

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

International visitors hit new record; TNQ sees good growth

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 on ABC Far North talking about the Cairns jobs data

Pete was on ABC Far North this morning with Keir Shorey talking about the latest Cairns jobs data (you can read our commentary here).

Small Area Labour Market data supports improving jobs story in Q1 for Far North

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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