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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, 29.2 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, 8.4 per cent of total employment in NSW is in the Construction industry.

Industry Employment by ABS Labour Force Region - Year to Feb 2010

Construction

Employment ('000)

Industry Employment % Share

Region Employment % Share

NEW SOUTH WALES

286.5

29.2

8.4

Sydney

184.6

18.8

8.3

Inner and Inner Western Sydney

17.7

1.8

5.6

Eastern Suburbs Sydney

9.7

1.0

6.9

St George-Sutherland

22.8

2.3

9.4

Canterbury-Bankstown

15.0

1.5

11.7

Fairfield-Liverpool, Outer SW Sydney

24.3

2.5

8.9

Central Western Sydney

13.5

1.4

9.3

North Western Sydney

25.0

2.5

8.0

Lower Northern Sydney

10.2

1.0

5.7

Central Northern Sydney

18.4

1.9

7.9

Northern Beaches

13.1

1.3

9.9

Gosford-Wyong

15.0

1.5

11.2

New South Wales Regional

101.9

10.4

8.7

Hunter

26.6

2.7

9.0

Illawarra and South Eastern NSW

23.9

2.4

8.2

Richmond-Tweed, Mid-North Coast

20.7

2.1

9.9

Northern, Far West-NW, Central West NSW

19.9

2.0

8.4

Murray-Murrumbidgee

10.8

1.1

8.2

VICTORIA

226.5

23.1

8.4

Melbourne

167.9

17.1

8.3

Inner Melbourne

9.5

1.0

4.5

Southern Melbourne

14.2

1.4

6.4

Inner Eastern Melbourne

20.4

2.1

6.6

North Eastern Melbourne

23.5

2.4

9.8

North Western Melbourne

10.1

1.0

7.1

Outer Western Melbourne

26.8

2.7

7.9

Outer Eastern Melbourne

23.9

2.4

11.3

South Eastern Melbourne

21.3

2.2

9.9

Mornington Peninsula

18.2

1.9

14.1

Victoria Regional

58.5

6.0

8.7

Barwon-Western District

17.0

1.7

8.9

Central Highlands-Wimmera

7.8

0.8

7.8

Loddon-Mallee

10.3

1.0

8.1

Goulburn-Ovens-Murray

8.7

0.9

6.5

All Gippsland

14.7

1.5

12.1

QUEENSLAND

234.6

23.9

10.6

Brisbane

Brisbane

100.3

10.2

9.8

Brisbane City Inner Ring

Brisbane City Inner Ring

19.3

2.0

7.0

Brisbane City Outer Ring

Brisbane City Outer Ring

25.8

2.6

8.4

South and East BSD Balance

South and East BSD Balance

27.3

2.8

14.0

North BSD Balance

North BSD Balance

20.5

2.1

11.8

Ipswich City

Ipswich City

7.4

0.7

9.7

Queensland Regional

134.3

13.7

11.2

Sunshine Coast

Sunshine Coast

18.8

1.9

12.7

West Moreton

West Moreton

3.1

0.3

9.1

Gold Coast

Gold Coast

37.7

3.8

13.0

Darling Downs-South West QLD

10.7

1.1

8.1

Wide Bay-Burnett

12.3

1.2

9.9

Mackay-Fitzroy-Central West QLD

23.4

2.4

11.6

Northern-North West QLD

15.6

1.6

11.4

Far North QLD

12.8

1.3

9.9

SOUTH AUSTRALIA

64.3

6.6

8.1

Adelaide

49.6

5.1

8.5

Northern Adelaide

15.9

1.6

8.9

Western Adelaide

8.9

0.9

8.8

Eastern Adelaide

8.3

0.8

6.6

Southern Adelaide

16.6

1.7

9.3

South Australia Regional

14.7

1.5

7.0

Southern and Eastern SA

8.4

0.9

6.2

Northern and Western SA

6.3

0.6

8.4

WESTERN AUSTRALIA

124.8

12.7

10.7

Perth

90.4

9.2

10.3

Central Perth

5.6

0.6

7.3

East Metropolitan Perth

13.7

1.4

9.3

North Metropolitan Perth

33.7

3.4

12.4

South West Perth

18.2

1.8

10.0

South East Perth

19.2

2.0

9.8

Western Australia Regional

34.3

3.5

11.8

Lower Western WA

20.9

2.1

12.8

WA Remainder

13.4

1.4

10.5

TASMANIA

20.2

2.1

8.7

Greater Hobart-Southern

10.5

1.1

8.9

North and North-West Tasmania

9.7

1.0

8.5

Northern Tasmania

6.5

0.7

9.8

Mersey-Lyell

3.2

0.3

6.8

NORTHERN TERRITORY

12.0

1.2

10.0

AUSTRALIAN CAPITAL TERRITORY

12.8

1.3

6.6

AUSTRALIA

981.8

100.0

9.1