Overview

Our Thriving Digital Future: Queensland’s Digital Economy Strategy (PDF, 664.54 KB) sets the focus and direction for a flourishing digital economy, building on what’s already being done well and preparing us for the inevitable challenges ahead.

The strategy serves as a roadmap towards a thriving digital economy by 2032. It leverages government strategies and commitments to progress the Queensland Government priorities to:

• deliver good, secure jobs
• deliver better and connected services
• protect and enhance the Queensland lifestyle.

Through its ambitious digital transformation program, the strategy will be pivotal in:

• positioning Queensland as an attractive place to live, work and do business
• creating jobs and ensuring Queensland meets industry needs and expectations
• delivering better services for all Queenslanders
• helping address social and economic exclusion for the most vulnerable
• celebrating Queensland’s lifestyle.

• Digital activity accounted for 5.9% ($109 billion) of total economy value added ($1,857 billion) in 2019-20, compared to 5.6% ($101.5 billion) in 2018-19.
  (Australian Bureau of Statistics, 2021)

• In August 2021, nearly 40% of employed Queenslanders were working from home—up from 5.3% in 2011.
  (Australian Bureau of Statistics, 2021)

• Queensland's technology workforce numbers over 114,000 people, with more than half working in non-digital industries.
  (Deloitte Access Economics, 2022)

• Online purchases in Queensland have almost doubled between January 2020 and January 2021. This is a stark contrast to 2015 when more than half of Australian businesses didn't have a website and only one-third received orders through the internet.
  (Australia Post, 2021; Australian Bureau of Statistics, 2018)