Payrolls this week from ABS included some rather substantial revisions. Typically this series has shown upward revision of the most recent data points with subsequent releases. The latest release also includes significant downward revisions to earlier data in Cairns: Sorry if this graph is confusing which shows revisions back to May with subsequent data releases.…
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Start by updating the Covid vaccination SA4 league table by percentage who have received at least first dose: This reaffirms how badly Cairns has done since August 30th when regional data began with a solid start. How badly: We should also be wary of data quality which has been identified as an issue in global…
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…
Update from the previous post with two weeks of SA4 data with regions ranked top to bottom in the legend. Cairns continues to disappoint with a lower trajectory. Gold Coast has picked up pace to surpass Cairns but both still remain below the average despite having the most to gain. Previous post: SA4 Vaccination Rates
To follow the previous post a look at Cairns rental bonds lodged which fell at September 30 2021 to their lowest level since the September quarter 2013: The Y axis here has been truncated for emphasis. To look at this on a normal scale by postcode: The rental share of central postcode 4870 has also…
RTA rental data released today for the September quarter show continued increases in 3 bedroom houses in North Queensland: Somewhat less and also more volatile in 2 bedroom units: Annual median rental growth rates are still high but all below the previous quarter. This cycle also comes into play with some of the current debate…
Read more Cairns Rents going to the moon …… or rolling over?
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…
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…
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…
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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