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Finance and insurance 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, 42.2 per cent of total Finance and Insurance 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, 5.0 per cent of total employment in NSW is in the Finance and Insurance industry.

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

Finance and Insurance

Employment ('000)

Industry Employment % Share

Region Employment % Share

NEW SOUTH WALES

167.9

42.2

5.0

Sydney

140.7

35.4

6.4

Inner and Inner Western Sydney

25.2

6.3

9.1

Eastern Suburbs Sydney

13.8

3.5

9.9

St George-Sutherland

12.7

3.2

5.2

Canterbury-Bankstown

6.9

1.7

4.9

Fairfield-Liverpool, Outer SW Sydney

10.2

2.6

3.5

Central Western Sydney

9.7

2.4

6.8

North Western Sydney

12.7

3.2

4.3

Lower Northern Sydney

19.7

4.9

11.7

Central Northern Sydney

17.8

4.5

7.7

Northern Beaches

7.9

2.0

5.6

Gosford-Wyong

4.2

1.0

2.9

New South Wales Regional

27.2

6.8

2.3

Hunter

9.0

2.3

3.1

Illawarra and South Eastern NSW

7.9

2.0

2.8

Richmond-Tweed, Mid-North Coast

4.6

1.2

2.1

Northern, Far West-NW, Central West NSW

3.5

0.9

1.4

Murray-Murrumbidgee NSW

2.3

0.6

1.6

VICTORIA

106.2

26.7

4.1

Melbourne

94.6

23.8

4.9

Outer Western Melbourne

13.9

3.5

4.6

North Western Melbourne

7.2

1.8

5.3

Inner Melbourne

12.8

3.2

7.5

North Eastern Melbourne

11.3

2.8

4.8

Inner Eastern Melbourne

20.9

5.2

6.5

Southern Melbourne

14.0

3.5

6.3

Outer Eastern Melbourne

5.6

1.4

2.5

South Eastern Melbourne

6.6

1.7

3.6

Mornington Peninsula

2.2

0.6

1.7

Victoria Regional

11.6

2.9

1.7

Barwon-Western District

2.0

0.5

1.0

Central Highlands-Wimmera

1.3

0.3

1.3

Loddon-Mallee

3.4

0.9

2.6

Goulburn-Ovens-Murray

3.8

0.9

2.6

All Gippsland

1.1

0.3

0.9

QUEENSLAND

55.5

14.0

2.6

Brisbane

34.1

8.6

3.4

Brisbane City Inner Ring

12.7

3.2

4.7

Brisbane City Outer Ring

13.7

3.4

4.4

South and East Brisbane

3.8

1.0

1.9

North and West Brisbane

3.8

1.0

1.7

Queensland Regional

21.5

5.4

1.9

South and East Moreton

6.2

1.6

2.5

North and West Moreton

3.5

0.9

1.9

Wide Bay-Burnett

1.6

0.4

1.4

Darling Downs-South West QLD

3.9

1.0

2.9

Mackay-Fitzroy-Central West QLD

2.4

0.6

1.2

Northern-North West QLD

2.3

0.6

1.8

Far North QLD

1.5

0.4

1.1

SOUTH AUSTRALIA

24.2

6.1

3.1

Adelaide

21.5

5.4

3.8

Northern Adelaide

5.8

1.5

3.3

Western Adelaide

3.6

0.9

3.6

Eastern Adelaide

5.6

1.4

4.7

Southern Adelaide

6.5

1.6

3.7

South Australia Regional

2.7

0.7

1.3

Northern and Western SA

0.8

0.2

1.1

Southern and Eastern SA

1.9

0.5

1.5

WESTERN AUSTRALIA

30.3

7.6

2.7

Perth

27.2

6.8

3.3

Central Perth

3.7

0.9

4.9

East Perth

4.1

1.0

3.0

North Perth

8.9

2.2

3.5

South West Perth

4.3

1.1

2.5

South East Perth

6.2

1.6

3.3

Western Australia Regional

3.1

0.8

1.1

Lower Western WA

1.8

0.4

1.2

WA Remainder

1.4

0.3

1.0

TASMANIA

6.4

1.6

2.8

Greater Hobart-Southern

3.7

0.9

3.2

North and North-West Tasmania

2.7

0.7

2.3

Northern Tasmania

2.0

0.5

3.2

Mersey-Lyell

0.6

0.2

1.3

NORTHERN TERRITORY

2.3

0.6

2.2

AUSTRALIAN CAPITAL TERRITORY

4.7

1.2

2.5

AUSTRALIA

397.6

100.0

3.8