Western Australia summary

Gross State Product (GSP)

$7.2 billion
Down 33% compared with 2019–20
Down 41% compared with 2018–19

Gross Value Added (GVA)

$6.3 billion
Down 34% compared with 2019–20
Down 42% compared with 2018–19

Employment

78,400 persons
Down 17% compared with 2019–20
Down 21% compared with 2018–19

Tourism GSP 

In 2020–21: 

  • Direct tourism GSP in Western Australia (WA) was worth $3.5 billion. This was down:
    • 35% on 2019–20
    • 41% on 2018–19. 
    This was a 1.0% direct share of total state GSP. It was down:
    • 1.1 percentage points on 2019–20
    • 0.8 percentage points on 2018–19.
  • Total state GSP was worth $361.8 billion. This was up:
    • 16% on 2019–20
    • 26% on 2018–19.
  • Indirect tourism GSP was worth an extra $3.6 billion to WA’s economy. This was down:
    • 30% on 2019–20
    • 41% on 2018–19.
  • Total tourism GSP (both direct and indirect) was worth $7.2 billion to WA’s economy. This was down:
    • 33% on 2019–20
    • 41% on 2018–19. 

Tourism GVA  

In 2020–21: 

  • Direct tourism GVA in WA was worth $3.2 billion. This was down:
    • 37% on 2019–20
    • 42% on 2018–19.
    This was a 0.9% direct share of total state GVA. This was down:
    • 0.8 percentage points on 2019–20
    • 1.1 percentage points on 2018–19. 
  • Total state GVA was worth $348.5 billion. This was up:
    • 16% on 2019–20
    • 26% on 2018–19.
  • Indirect tourism GVA was worth an extra $3.1 billion to WA economy. This was down:
    • 31% on 2019–20
    • 42% on 2018–19. 
  • Total tourism GVA (both direct and indirect) was worth $6.3 billion to WA’s economy. This was down:
    • 34% on 2019–20
    • 42% on 2018–19. 

Tourism employment  

In 2020–21: 

  • Direct tourism employment in WA accounted for 56,300 employees. This was down 16% each on 2019–20 and 2018–19. This was a 4.1% direct share of total state employment.
  • Total state employment was down 0.9 percentage points each on 2019–20 and on 2018–19.
  • Total state employment amount was 1.4 million employees. This was up 1.9% on 2019–20 and up 2.3% on 2018–19.
  • Indirect tourism accounted for 22,100 employees in WA. This was down:
    • 17% on 2019–20
    • 30% on 2018–19.
  • Total tourism employment (both direct and indirect) accounted for 78,400 employees in WA. This was down:
    • 17% on 2019–20
    • 21% on 2018–19. 

Definitions

About direct contribution 

Direct contribution is money spent directly in the tourism industry. Without a tourism industry in WA:

  • this money wouldn’t be generated in the Australian economy
  • this employment wouldn’t be created in the WA workforce.   

About indirect contribution

Indirect contribution is the flow-on effect of the tourism industry. For every dollar spent in the tourism industry in WA, an extra 79 cents were spent elsewhere in the economy.  

Why we use GVA  

GVA allows easier comparisons across industries. GVA is equal to GSP minus taxes.