The ABS published a report in 2003/2004, titled: 8655.0 - Cafes and Restaurants, Australia, 2003-04

Oldish news but the latest I’ve found so far. From the report:

At the end of June 2004 there were a total of 15,083 businesses operating in cafe and restaurant services in Australia.

“At the end of June 2004, 51.8% (7,820) of businesses in cafe and restaurant services had access to the Internet, while 20.7% (3,126) had a web presence.”

  • During 2003-04, income generated by businesses in cafe and restaurant services was $10,129.6m, which represented an average of $671,600 per business. Total expenses for this period: $9,733.2m.
  • During 2003-04, the operating profit before tax for these businesses was $404.4m, resulting in an operating profit margin of 4%.

Yah right! How many of these businesses declare all income?!?! [sic]

  • Three quarters of cafe’s and restaurants were based in metropolitan areas.
  • More than a third of all cafe and restaurant services businesses were licensed.
  • Unlicensed cafe and restaurant services businesses accounted for 21% of the total.
  • Most of the rest were BYO
  • Catering businesses accounted for the other 11.9% of all businesses.
  • During 2003-04 businesses predominantly involved in the provision of cafe and restaurant services generated a total of $10,129.6m in income. Cafe and restaurant businesses accounted for 69.9% ($7,085.1m) of this income and catering businesses 30.1% ($3,044.6m).

That is interesting that Catering businesses are pulling 30 % of the income but accounting for only 11% of the businesses, does this make Catering more lucrative?

The break down of turnover for cafes and restaurants is shown below:

Cafe Income Proportions (Courtesy of Australian Bureau of Statistics)

At the end of June 2004, there were 188,102 persons working in cafe and restaurant services. Cafe and restaurant businesses accounted for 76.1% (143,171 persons) of total employment and catering businesses 23.9% (44,932 persons).

 

Caterers pull a third of the income from a quarter of the employees

Cafe Size Employees (Courtesy of Australian Bureau of Statistics)
I thought Melbourne had more cafes/ restaurants per capita than Sydney?? At least according to the graph below, Victoria seems to have less than NSW. Sydney NSW have 10% more people with 15% more cafe/restaurants…

Cafes By State Proportions (Courtesy of Australian Bureau of Statistics)

Cafes By State Proportions (Courtesy of Australian Bureau of Statistics)