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Health and community services 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, 32.0 per cent of total Health and Community Services 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, 10.5 per cent of total employment in NSW is in the Health and Community Services industry.

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

Health and Community Services

Employment ('000)

Industry Employment % Share

Region Employment % Share

NEW SOUTH WALES

355.8

32.0

10.5

Sydney

218.5

19.7

9.9

Inner and Inner Western Sydney

24.3

2.2

8.8

Eastern Suburbs Sydney

15.6

1.4

11.2

St George-Sutherland

20.4

1.8

8.4

Canterbury-Bankstown

12.9

1.2

9.3

Fairfield-Liverpool, Outer SW Sydney

24.6

2.2

8.5

Central Western Sydney

10.7

1.0

7.5

North Western Sydney

32.7

2.9

11.1

Lower Northern Sydney

16.7

1.5

9.9

Central Northern Sydney

25.5

2.3

11.1

Northern Beaches

15.1

1.4

10.7

Gosford-Wyong

20.1

1.8

13.9

New South Wales Regional

137.3

12.4

11.7

Hunter

36.6

3.3

12.7

Illawarra and South Eastern NSW

31.3

2.8

11.3

Richmond-Tweed, Mid-North Coast

27.7

2.5

12.9

Northern, Far West-NW, Central West NSW

25.2

2.3

10.0

Murray-Murrumbidgee NSW

16.4

1.5

11.6

VICTORIA

273.7

24.6

10.4

Melbourne

190.3

17.1

9.9

Outer Western Melbourne

25.1

2.3

8.3

North Western Melbourne

14.8

1.3

10.7

Inner Melbourne

16.2

1.5

9.5

North Eastern Melbourne

26.1

2.3

11.2

Inner Eastern Melbourne

32.6

2.9

10.2

Southern Melbourne

23.6

2.1

10.6

Outer Eastern Melbourne

23.0

2.1

10.3

South Eastern Melbourne

13.5

1.2

7.2

Mornington Peninsula

15.4

1.4

12.0

Victoria Regional

83.4

7.5

12.0

Barwon-Western District

24.6

2.2

12.7

Central Highlands-Wimmera

11.6

1.0

11.3

Loddon-Mallee

16.8

1.5

12.6

Goulburn-Ovens-Murray

15.1

1.4

10.3

All Gippsland

15.3

1.4

12.7

QUEENSLAND

215.1

19.4

10.0

Brisbane

106.9

9.6

10.6

Brisbane City Inner Ring

31.0

2.8

11.3

Brisbane City Outer Ring

30.8

2.8

10.0

South and East Brisbane

21.0

1.9

10.3

North and West Brisbane

24.1

2.2

10.6

Queensland Regional

108.3

9.7

9.5

South and East Moreton

25.9

2.3

10.4

North and West Moreton

18.8

1.7

10.2

Wide Bay-Burnett

10.8

1.0

9.4

Darling Downs-South West QLD

13.8

1.2

10.2

Mackay-Fitzroy-Central West QLD

13.7

1.2

7.0

Northern-North West QLD

13.8

1.2

10.5

Far North QLD

11.3

1.0

8.7

SOUTH AUSTRALIA

97.4

8.8

12.6

Adelaide

76.1

6.9

13.4

Northern Adelaide

20.5

1.8

11.8

Western Adelaide

11.9

1.1

11.9

Eastern Adelaide

15.9

1.4

13.4

Southern Adelaide

27.8

2.5

15.9

South Australia Regional

21.3

1.9

10.5

Northern and Western SA

6.9

0.6

9.2

Southern and Eastern SA

14.4

1.3

11.2

WESTERN AUSTRALIA

113.0

10.2

10.1

Perth

90.3

8.1

10.9

Central Perth

11.3

1.0

15.1

East Perth

13.2

1.2

9.6

North Perth

27.3

2.5

10.7

South West Perth

18.2

1.6

10.5

South East Perth

20.3

1.8

10.7

Western Australia Regional

22.7

2.0

7.8

Lower Western WA

12.2

1.1

8.1

WA Remainder

10.5

0.9

7.5

TASMANIA

28.5

2.6

12.4

Greater Hobart-Southern

15.1

1.4

13.0

North and North-West Tasmania

13.4

1.2

11.7

Northern Tasmania

8.1

0.7

12.7

Mersey-Lyell

5.2

0.5

10.5

NORTHERN TERRITORY

11.2

1.0

10.4

AUSTRALIAN CAPITAL TERRITORY

16.0

1.4

8.4

AUSTRALIA

1,110.7

100.0

10.5