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Employment Forecasts

A Deloitte Access Economics publication

Make more informed business and strategic decisions with our detailed employment commentary and forecast data across industries and regions.

Deloitte Access Economics’ Employment Forecasts publication has supported public and private organisations take the pulse of the Australian labour market since 2003.

What is Employment Forecasts?

Employment Forecasts is Deloitte Access Economics’ flagship labour market analysis and forecasting publication. Produced quarterly, Employment Forecasts provides detailed forecasts and commentary on employment in Australia across industries, detailed occupations, and regions, including insights structured by three worker classifications:

  1. White collar: Workers in occupations typically attached to an office environment within each industry (for example, business professionals, administrative staff, IT workers, and lawyers).
  2. Blue collar: Workers in occupations who typically engage in manual work such as those in industrial settings within each industry (for example, building & construction labourers, farm workers, and machinery operators).
  3. Human services: Workers in occupations typically associated as service workers who may not be attached to an office environment within each industry (for example, health professionals, educators, retailers, and hospitality staff).

Forecasting plays a pivotal role in long-term strategic business planning. By having access to forecast data and expert analysis on the future path for employment across many dimensions, you’ll be better positioned to support workforce strategy and operations for your business and market.

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What are the industries and sectors that Employment Forecasts can support and why?

Deloitte Access Economics’ Employment Forecasts supports organisations across a range of industries and sectors take the pulse of the Australian economy:

Analysis of the major influences on industry and occupation employment offers critical guidance for workforce planning for federal and state government departments, policymakers, University researchers and the business community seeking to understand the future demand for skills and the evolving structure of the Australian economy.

White collar employment forecasts capture demand for CBD office space across industry sectors, making it a vital resource for property developers, landlords, brokers, and the business community.

CBD and greater capital city employment estimates by industry and worker classification supports local government planning and helps organisations understand the structural trends that are underway in Australia’s CBD and greater capital city areas.

Key features of Employment Forecasts and how is it different to anything in the market

The Employment Forecasts publication is underpinned by the Deloitte Access Economics Australian Macroeconomic Model (DAEM), a dynamic model of the Australian economy which is regularly used for macroeconomic forecasting and incorporates demographic trends and global economic influences.

Employment Forecasts includes each of the 19 Australian Bureau of Statistics Australian and New Zealand Standard Industrial Classification (ANZSIC) 1-digit level (Division) industries in Australia. Each industry is split by its white collar, blue collar, and human services workforce.

Employment Forecasts includes each of the 358 Australian Bureau of Statistics Australian and New Zealand Standard Classification of Occupations (ANZSCO) 4-digit level (Unit Group) occupations in Australia, excluding ‘not further defined’ (nfd) occupations.

The Employment Forecasts industry data is broken down by state, greater capital city and CBD regions, and Employment Forecasts occupation data is broken down by state regions to provide a robust assessment of future employment demand at the regional level in Australia.

For state and lower-level disaggregation, Employment Forecasts presents employment on a Place of Work (POW) basis. This is distinct from the typical way that the Australian Bureau of Statistics Labour Force Survey employment data are reported, which is on a Place of Usual Residence (PUR) basis – allowing the publication to capture where people work rather than where people live.

Every quarter Deloitte Access Economics revises historical employment data based on adjustments by the Australian Bureau of Statistics – keeping the publication contemporary and relevant. 

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