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Manufacturing 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, 30.5 per cent of total Manufacturing 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, 9.0 per cent of total employment in NSW is in the Manufacturing industry.

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

Manufacturing

Employment ('000)

Industry Employment % Share

Region Employment % Share

NEW SOUTH WALES

304.8

30.5

9.0

Sydney

203.3

20.4

9.1

Inner and Inner Western Sydney

19.1

1.9

6.1

Eastern Suburbs Sydney

5.3

0.5

3.8

St George-Sutherland

18.5

1.9

7.7

Canterbury-Bankstown

14.4

1.4

11.2

Fairfield-Liverpool, Outer SW Sydney

40.6

4.1

14.9

Central Western Sydney

15.5

1.6

10.7

North Western Sydney

38.4

3.8

12.4

Lower Northern Sydney

8.9

0.9

5.0

Central Northern Sydney

17.0

1.7

7.3

Northern Beaches

11.6

1.2

8.7

Gosford-Wyong

13.8

1.4

10.4

New South Wales Regional

101.5

10.2

8.7

Hunter

29.8

3.0

10.0

Illawarra and South Eastern NSW

22.1

2.2

7.6

Richmond-Tweed, Mid-North Coast

17.5

1.7

8.4

Northern, Far West-NW, Central West NSW

16.3

1.6

6.9

Murray-Murrumbidgee

15.8

1.6

12.0

VICTORIA

302.2

30.3

11.2

Melbourne

222.3

22.3

11.0

Inner Melbourne

13.7

1.4

6.5

Southern Melbourne

18.9

1.9

8.5

Inner Eastern Melbourne

20.6

2.1

6.7

North Eastern Melbourne

26.4

2.6

11.0

North Western Melbourne

16.3

1.6

11.4

Outer Western Melbourne

41.9

4.2

12.3

Outer Eastern Melbourne

30.2

3.0

14.3

South Eastern Melbourne

40.3

4.0

18.8

Mornington Peninsula

14.0

1.4

10.8

Victoria Regional

80.0

8.0

11.9

Barwon-Western District

26.0

2.6

13.6

Central Highlands-Wimmera

11.7

1.2

11.6

Loddon-Mallee

10.9

1.1

8.6

Goulburn-Ovens-Murray

18.6

1.9

13.9

All Gippsland

12.8

1.3

10.6

QUEENSLAND

185.2

18.5

8.3

Brisbane

Brisbane

93.2

9.3

9.1

Brisbane City Inner Ring

Brisbane City Inner Ring

17.6

1.8

6.4

Brisbane City Outer Ring

Brisbane City Outer Ring

28.4

2.8

9.3

South and East BSD Balance

South and East BSD Balance

22.7

2.3

11.6

North BSD Balance

North BSD Balance

12.0

1.2

6.9

Ipswich City

Ipswich City

12.5

1.2

16.5

Queensland Regional

92.0

9.2

7.7

Sunshine Coast

Sunshine Coast

10.2

1.0

6.9

West Moreton

West Moreton

3.6

0.4

10.5

Gold Coast

Gold Coast

27.4

2.7

9.4

Darling Downs-South West QLD

10.6

1.1

8.0

Wide Bay-Burnett

11.9

1.2

9.6

Mackay-Fitzroy-Central West QLD

15.2

1.5

7.5

Northern-North West QLD

7.7

0.8

5.6

Far North QLD

5.4

0.5

4.1

SOUTH AUSTRALIA

82.6

8.3

10.4

Adelaide

58.1

5.8

10.0

Northern Adelaide

24.0

2.4

13.4

Western Adelaide

10.0

1.0

9.9

Eastern Adelaide

8.9

0.9

7.1

Southern Adelaide

15.2

1.5

8.5

South Australia Regional

24.5

2.5

11.6

Southern and Eastern SA

17.2

1.7

12.6

Northern and Western SA

7.4

0.7

9.8

WESTERN AUSTRALIA

95.3

9.5

8.2

Perth

75.3

7.5

8.6

Central Perth

3.2

0.3

4.2

East Metropolitan Perth

16.1

1.6

10.9

North Metropolitan Perth

20.1

2.0

7.4

South West Perth

18.3

1.8

10.1

South East Perth

17.5

1.8

8.9

Western Australia Regional

20.0

2.0

6.9

Lower Western WA

14.7

1.5

9.0

WA Remainder

5.3

0.5

4.2

TASMANIA

20.1

2.0

8.7

Greater Hobart-Southern

7.4

0.7

6.3

North and North-West Tasmania

12.7

1.3

11.1

Northern Tasmania

6.9

0.7

10.4

Mersey-Lyell

5.8

0.6

12.0

NORTHERN TERRITORY

5.2

0.5

4.4

AUSTRALIAN CAPITAL TERRITORY

3.5

0.3

1.8

AUSTRALIA

998.9

100.0

9.2