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Construction LFR Table


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The Industry Employment % Share column shows the region's share of total Australian employment for the industry. For example, 30.1 per cent of total Construction employment in Australia is in NSW.

The Region Employment % Share column shows the share of the industry in total employment for the region. For example, 8.6 per cent of total employment in NSW is in the Construction industry.

Industry Employment by ABS Labour Force Region - Year to May 2008

Construction

Employment ('000)

Industry Employment % Share

Region Employment % Share

NEW SOUTH WALES

289.4

30.1

8.6

Sydney

181.9

18.9

8.2

Inner and Inner Western Sydney

13.9

1.4

5.0

Eastern Suburbs Sydney

7.8

0.8

5.6

St George-Sutherland

20.9

2.2

8.6

Canterbury-Bankstown

14.3

1.5

10.3

Fairfield-Liverpool, Outer SW Sydney

30.2

3.1

10.4

Central Western Sydney

11.5

1.2

8.1

North Western Sydney

27.8

2.9

9.4

Lower Northern Sydney

6.3

0.7

3.8

Central Northern Sydney

16.1

1.7

7.0

Northern Beaches

15.1

1.6

10.6

Gosford-Wyong

18.0

1.9

12.5

New South Wales Regional

107.5

11.2

9.2

Hunter

29.2

3.0

10.1

Illawarra and South Eastern NSW

26.8

2.8

9.6

Richmond-Tweed, Mid-North Coast

22.2

2.3

10.4

Northern, Far West-NW, Central West NSW

17.0

1.8

6.7

Murray-Murrumbidgee NSW

12.3

1.3

8.7

VICTORIA

222.2

23.1

8.5

Melbourne

161.3

16.8

8.4

Outer Western Melbourne

26.6

2.8

8.8

North Western Melbourne

12.8

1.3

9.3

Inner Melbourne

7.3

0.8

4.3

North Eastern Melbourne

21.6

2.3

9.3

Inner Eastern Melbourne

16.5

1.7

5.1

Southern Melbourne

12.8

1.3

5.8

Outer Eastern Melbourne

29.1

3.0

13.1

South Eastern Melbourne

18.2

1.9

9.8

Mornington Peninsula

16.3

1.7

12.6

Victoria Regional

61.0

6.3

8.8

Barwon-Western District

16.4

1.7

8.5

Central Highlands-Wimmera

9.6

1.0

9.4

Loddon-Mallee

11.3

1.2

8.5

Goulburn-Ovens-Murray

12.1

1.3

8.2

All Gippsland

11.6

1.2

9.6

QUEENSLAND

233.3

24.3

10.8

Brisbane

94.5

9.8

9.3

Brisbane City Inner Ring

17.1

1.8

6.3

Brisbane City Outer Ring

26.5

2.8

8.6

South and East Brisbane

24.8

2.6

12.1

North and West Brisbane

26.0

2.7

11.5

Queensland Regional

138.9

14.4

12.2

South and East Moreton

36.9

3.8

14.9

North and West Moreton

25.5

2.7

13.8

Wide Bay-Burnett

12.7

1.3

11.1

Darling Downs-South West QLD

11.3

1.2

8.3

Mackay-Fitzroy-Central West QLD

23.6

2.5

12.0

Northern-North West QLD

13.7

1.4

10.4

Far North QLD

15.2

1.6

11.6

SOUTH AUSTRALIA

55.5

5.8

7.2

Adelaide

41.7

4.3

7.3

Northern Adelaide

13.1

1.4

7.5

Western Adelaide

7.5

0.8

7.4

Eastern Adelaide

6.8

0.7

5.7

Southern Adelaide

14.4

1.5

8.2

South Australia Regional

13.8

1.4

6.8

Northern and Western SA

5.0

0.5

6.6

Southern and Eastern SA

8.8

0.9

6.9

WESTERN AUSTRALIA

119.6

12.4

10.7

Perth

83.6

8.7

10.1

Central Perth

4.4

0.5

5.9

East Perth

12.6

1.3

9.2

North Perth

32.2

3.4

12.7

South West Perth

17.8

1.9

10.2

South East Perth

16.5

1.7

8.7

Western Australia Regional

36.0

3.7

12.4

Lower Western WA

21.6

2.2

14.4

WA Remainder

14.5

1.5

10.3

TASMANIA

17.3

1.8

7.5

Greater Hobart-Southern

9.1

0.9

7.8

North and North-West Tasmania

8.2

0.9

7.2

Northern Tasmania

4.9

0.5

7.6

Mersey-Lyell

3.4

0.3

6.7

NORTHERN TERRITORY

9.6

1.0

8.9

AUSTRALIAN CAPITAL TERRITORY

14.3

1.5

7.5

AUSTRALIA

961.3

100.0

9.1