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Industry Employment Profiles
Opening the Excel Sheet
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Changing Macro Security Levels
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Once the Excel spreadsheet is opened, click on the down arrow on the right side of the drop down box and make a selection according to the display.
Some of the Excel sheets contain only the 19 broad industries, while others have two 'drop down' list boxes which allow users to 'drill down' into data on specific industries.
The data has been arranged into the following broad groupings. Click on any of the five links to go to the relevant groupings of the spreadsheets.
Employment and unemployment estimates for DEEWR Labour Market Regions are derived from data for ABS Labour Force Regions. Where only part of a Labour Force Region lies within the Labour Market Region, employment and unemployment data are apportioned on the basis of the proportion of the labour force in the Labour Market Region as reported in the 2006 Census.
This assumes that employment and unemployment are both distributed in this pattern across the ABS Labour Force Region. For some regions (Tasmania and the Northern Territory) no apportionment is needed, and for others such as Sydney and Adelaide the impact is marginal. There are, however, six regions where this apportionment may give rise to reliability concerns: Northern, Southern and Western New South Wales and Northern, Central and Southern Queensland.
In the case of industry employment, this apportionment is based instead on the distribution of employment in the particular industry in the 2006 Census.
Data Sources
It is important to note that a data update is undertaken quarterly to update SkillsInfo with the latest Labour Force data.
At various times during this process data may not be consistent throughout the website. Please bear with us- if you have any questions about data please use the Contact Us feature.
The details of data sources only related to content which is loaded directly onto SkillsInfo any data sources accessed through links will have to be accessed off individual websites.
Education and Training
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Australian Apprenticeships
- Trends for Trades spreadsheet (DEEWR Trend Data based on ABS Labour Force, Australia, Cat no: 6291.0.55.003 – Quarterly)
- Tradespersons and related persons dashboard (DEEWR Trend Data based on ABS Labour Force, Australia, Cat no: 6291.0.55.003 – Quarterly)
Industries
· All Industries
- Employment by industry dashboard (DEEWR Trend Data and DEEWR Employment Projections based on ABS Labour Force, Australia, Cat no: 6291.0.55.003 – Quarterly)
· Individual Industries
- Starting paragraph (DEEWR Trend Data based on ABS Labour Force, Australia, Cat no: 6291.0.55.003 – Quarterly), (DEEWR Special Order based on ABS Labour Force, Australia, Cat no: 6291.0.55.003 – Calendar Year Average), (DEEWR Annual Employment Projections based on ABS Labour Force, Australia, Cat no: 6291.0.55.003 – Quarterly)
- Industry Employment Outlook - as referenced in publication
- Recent Employment growth dashboard (DEEWR Trend Data based on ABS Labour Force, Australia, Cat no: 6291.0.55.003 – Quarterly)
- Future growth, characteristics and workforce ageing (DEEWR Special Order based on ABS Labour Force, Australia, Cat no: 6291.0.55.003 – Calendar Year Average), (DEEWR Annual Employment Projections based on ABS Labour Force, Australia, Cat no: 6291.0.55.003)
- Top 10 Labour Force Regions (4 quarter average based on ABS Labour Force, Australia, Cat no: 6291.0.55.003 – Quarterly)
- Top 10 Employing Occupations (DEEWR Special Order based on ABS Labour Force, Australia, Cat no: 6291.0.55.003 – Calendar Year Average)
Industry Outlooks
- New Jobs – as referenced in publication
- Industry Outlooks- as referenced in publication
Industry Employment Profiles
- Employment Levels (DEEWR Trend Data based on ABS Labour Force, Australia, Cat no: 6291.0.55.003 – Quarterly)
- Employment Levels and Change (DEEWR Trend Data based on ABS Labour Force, Australia, Cat no: 6291.0.55.003 – Quarterly)
- Employment Level by Industry Sector (DEEWR Trend Data based on ABS Labour Force, Australia, Cat no: 6291.0.55.003 – Quarterly)
- Future Growth by Industry Sector (DEEWR Trend Data and DEEWR Annual Employment Projections based on ABS Labour Force, Australia, Cat no: 6291.0.55.003 – Quarterly)
- Recent and Future Growth by Industry (DEEWR Trend Data and DEEWR Annual Employment Projections based on ABS Labour Force, Australia, Cat no: 6291.0.55.003 – Quarterly)
- Recent Employment Growth (DEEWR Trend Data based on ABS Labour Force, Australia, Cat no: 6291.0.55.003 – Quarterly)
- Recent and Future Employment Growth (DEEWR Trend Data and DEEWR Annual Employment Projections based on ABS Labour Force, Australia, Cat no: 6291.0.55.003 – Quarterly)
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Gender and full time and part time
- Employment by Gender, Full Time - Part Time (% share) (4 quarter average based on ABS Labour Force, Australia, Cat no: 6291.0.55.003 – Quarterly)
- Percentage in Full Time Employment (4 quarter average based on ABS Labour Force, Australia, Cat no: 6291.0.55.003 – Quarterly)
- Percentage of Employment by Gender (4 quarter average based on ABS Labour Force, Australia, Cat no: 6291.0.55.003 – Quarterly)
- Employment Growth by Gender (5 years) Full Time - Part Time (000s) (4 quarter average based on ABS Labour Force, Australia, Cat no: 6291.0.55.003 – Quarterly)
- Main Employing Regions ('000) (4 quarter average based on ABS Labour Force, Australia, Cat no: 6291.0.55.003 – Quarterly)
- Main Employing Occupations (DEEWR Special Order based on ABS Labour Force, Australia, Cat no: 6291.0.55.003 – Calendar Year Average)
- Age Groups (per cent share) (DEEWR Special Order based on ABS Labour Force, Australia, Cat no: 6291.0.55.003 – Calendar Year Average)
- Employment Level by Age over time (000s) (DEEWR Special Order based on ABS Labour Force, Australia, Cat no: 6291.0.55.003 – Calendar Year Average)
- Mature Age Employment (DEEWR Special Order based on ABS Labour Force, Australia, Cat no: 6291.0.55.003 – Calendar Year Average)
- Median Age (DEEWR Special Order based on ABS Labour Force, Australia, Cat no: 6291.0.55.003 – Calendar Year Average)
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Workforce characteristics
- Earnings (DEEWR Special Order based on ABS - Employee Earnings, Benefits and Trade Union Membership, Australia, Aug 2006 Cat no: 6310.0)
- Type of Worker (4 quarter average based on ABS Labour Force, Australia, Cat no: 6291.0.55.003)
- Educational Profile (DEEWR Special Order based on ABS - Education and Work, Australia, May 2007 Cat no: 6227.0)
- Unemployment (DEEWR Special Order based on ABS Labour Force, Australia, Cat no: 6291.0.55.003 – Calendar Year Average)
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Industry and Regional Tables
Regional Industry Tables
- Labour Market Regions (4 quarter average based on ABS Labour Force, Australia, Cat no: 6291.0.55.003 – Quarterly)
- Labour Force Regions (4 quarter average based on ABS Labour Force, Australia, Cat no: 6291.0.55.003 – Quarterly)
Employment Characteristics Tables
- Labour Market Regions (4 quarter average based on ABS Labour Force, Australia, Cat no: 6291.0.55.003 – Quarterly)
- Industry Divisions (DEEWR Trend Data and DEEWR Annual Employment Projections based on ABS Labour Force, Australia, Cat no: 6291.0.55.003 – Quarterly)
(4 quarter average based on ABS Labour Force, Australia, Cat no: 6291.0.55.003 – Quarterly)
(DEEWR Special Order based on ABS Labour Force, Australia, Cat no: 6291.0.55.003 – Calendar Year Average)
(DEEWR Special Order based on ABS - Employee Earnings, Benefits and Trade Union Membership, Australia, Aug 2006 Cat no: 6310.0)
Regions
- Dynamic Industry State Spreadsheet (4 quarter average based on ABS Labour Force, Australia, Cat no: 6291.0.55.003 – Quarterly)
- Dynamic Occupations State Spreadsheet (4 quarter average based on ABS Labour Force, Australia, Cat no: 6291.0.55.003 – Quarterly)
- Employment Overview (4 quarter average based on ABS Labour Force, Australia, Cat no: 6291.0.55.003 – Quarterly)
- Regional Employment Overview (4 quarter average based on ABS Labour Force, Australia, Cat no: 6291.0.55.003 – Quarterly)
Skills Issues
· ICT Skills
- ICT Employment Overview (DEEWR Trend Data based on ABS Labour Force, Australia, Cat no: 6291.0.55.003 – Quarterly)
· Occupational Information
- ASCO Employment spreadsheet (DEEWR Trend Data based on ABS Labour Force, Australia, Cat no: 6291.0.55.003 – Quarterly)
· Workforce Ageing
- Mature Aged Workers Dashboard (DEEWR Special Order based on ABS Labour Force, Australia, Cat no: 6291.0.55.003 – Calendar Year Average)