EGM Update

A quick look at pokies data which has been reverting back to something more normal although Cairns SA4 was still 16.4% ($2.1 million in player losses) above September 2019. The usual seasonal patterns are yet to return and the monthly volatility tends to hide the gap which has opened up again between Cairns and Townsville…

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Interim Monthly JobSeekers

An interim release of JobSeeker data to the Senate Covid Committee as at October 8. This is two weeks after the September data which was to the 24th. Cairns SA4 JobSeekers in this period, which also coincides with the school holiday period, fell by 211 to the lowest since March 2020 but remains above that…

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SA4 Vaccination Rates

Weekly SA4 region vaccination rates updated to 11/10/2021. I have only used 1st dose here for simplicity and with Pfizer dominating these should roll through within weeks to full vaccination. The legend ranks the Queensland regions top to bottom: The rate of increase in the vaccination rate in Cairns over the course of this data…

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SQM Vacancies & Listings

SQM vacancy rates updated for September remain at very low levels around Cairns with some differences between postcode areas. Most interest here is in postcodes 4870 (central) and 4879 (beaches): Weekly listings data from SQM, which is not the same as vacancies which attempts to identify genuinely vacant properties between tenants, shows some bounce in…

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Almost Meaningless Airport Data

Cairns Airport have posted traffic numbers for September. My preferred perspective compared as a percentage of pre-covid 2019: Pretty awful but September numbers this year were 28,632 above 2020. BITRE lagging data is to July 2021 on top routes: Hard to keep up with the timeline of events here. Victoria had an early lockdown but…

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