Australia Yearbook - 2001

Chapter 21—Service industries 757
21.11 CLUBS (HOSPITALITY) AND PUBS, TAVERNS AND BARS INDUSTRIES
1994–95 1997–98 Increase
CLUBS (HOSPITALITY)
no. no. %
Businesses at 30 June 3 284 3 749 14.2
persons persons %
Employment at 30 June 62 536 67 272 7.6
$m $m %
Income
Sales of meals and alcohol and other beverages 1 729.8 2 111.1 22.0
Takings from gambling 2 355.4 3 207.6 36.2
Total 4 729.4 6 012.5 27.1
Operating profit before tax 429.1 561.0 30.7
% %
Operating profit margin 9.2 9.4 . .
PUBS, TAVERNS AND BARS
no. no. %
Businesses at 30 June 4 325 4 792 10.8
persons persons %
Employment at 30 June 71 437 81 724 14.4
$m $m %
Income
Sales of meals and alcohol and other beverages 5 278.2 6 530.1 23.7
Takings from gambling 576.1 1 325.6 130.1
Total 6,390.1 8,253.3 29.2
Operating profit before tax 258.2 681.1 163.8
% %
Operating profit margin 4.1 8.3 . .
CLUBS (HOSPITALITY) AND PUBS, TAVERNS AND BARS
no. no. %
Businesses at 30 June 7 609 8 541 12.2
persons persons %
Employment at 30 June 133 973 148 996 11.2
$m $m %
Income
Sales of meals and alcohol and other beverages 7 008.1 8 641.3 23.3
Takings from gambling 2 931.4 4 533.1 54.6
Total 11 119.5 14 265.8 28.3
Operating profit before tax 687.3 1242.1 80.7
% %
Operating profit margin 6.2 8.8 . .
Source: Clubs, Pubs, Taverns and Bars, Australia, 1997–98 (8687.0).
In the three years since June 1996, the number
of businesses in the industry increased by just
over 50%, from 9,679 businesses at 30 June 1996
to 14,731 businesses at 30 June 1999.
Employment in the industry increased
significantly (by 35%, or 10% per annum), with
employment at 30 June 1999 of 74,395 persons.
Total income of the industry in the financial year
1998–99 was $10,474m, an increase of 30% on
that recorded in 1995–96. This represented an
increase of 9% per annum over the three year
period. The provision of computing services
accounted for 87% of all income in 1998–99.
Income from the provision of
telecommunications services more than doubled
from $148m in 1995–96 to $312m in 1998–99.