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Mining 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, 19.8 per cent of total Mining 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, 1.0 per cent of total employment in NSW is in the Mining industry.

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

Mining

Employment ('000)

Industry Employment % Share

Region Employment % Share

NEW SOUTH WALES

32.4

19.8

1.0

Sydney

6.2

3.8

0.3

Inner and Inner Western Sydney

0.6

0.4

0.2

Eastern Suburbs Sydney

0.7

0.4

0.5

St George-Sutherland

0.2

0.1

0.1

Canterbury-Bankstown

0.1

0.1

0.1

Fairfield-Liverpool, Outer SW Sydney

1.1

0.7

0.4

Central Western Sydney

0.4

0.2

0.3

North Western Sydney

1.0

0.6

0.3

Lower Northern Sydney

0.3

0.2

0.2

Central Northern Sydney

0.1

0.1

0.1

Northern Beaches

0.0

0.0

0.0

Gosford-Wyong

1.7

1.0

1.2

New South Wales Regional

26.2

16.0

2.2

Hunter

14.7

9.0

4.9

Illawarra and South Eastern NSW

4.0

2.5

1.4

Richmond-Tweed, Mid-North Coast

0.8

0.5

0.4

Northern, Far West-NW, Central West NSW

6.5

4.0

2.8

Murray-Murrumbidgee

0.1

0.1

0.1

VICTORIA

11.3

6.9

0.4

Melbourne

6.4

3.9

0.3

Inner Melbourne

0.3

0.2

0.2

Southern Melbourne

1.1

0.7

0.5

Inner Eastern Melbourne

0.8

0.5

0.3

North Eastern Melbourne

0.6

0.4

0.3

North Western Melbourne

0.3

0.2

0.2

Outer Western Melbourne

0.8

0.5

0.2

Outer Eastern Melbourne

1.2

0.7

0.6

South Eastern Melbourne

0.6

0.4

0.3

Mornington Peninsula

0.7

0.4

0.5

Victoria Regional

5.0

3.0

0.7

Barwon-Western District

0.4

0.3

0.2

Central Highlands-Wimmera

0.3

0.2

0.3

Loddon-Mallee

2.1

1.3

1.7

Goulburn-Ovens-Murray

0.8

0.5

0.6

All Gippsland

1.3

0.8

1.0

QUEENSLAND

44.0

26.9

2.0

Brisbane

Brisbane

10.4

6.4

1.0

Brisbane City Inner Ring

Brisbane City Inner Ring

3.7

2.2

1.3

Brisbane City Outer Ring

Brisbane City Outer Ring

2.7

1.6

0.9

South and East BSD Balance

South and East BSD Balance

2.7

1.6

1.4

North BSD Balance

North BSD Balance

1.3

0.8

0.8

Ipswich City

Ipswich City

0.1

0.1

0.2

Queensland Regional

33.6

20.6

2.8

Sunshine Coast

Sunshine Coast

1.5

0.9

1.0

West Moreton

West Moreton

0.4

0.2

1.1

Gold Coast

Gold Coast

1.2

0.7

0.4

Darling Downs-South West QLD

2.8

1.7

2.1

Wide Bay-Burnett

4.2

2.6

3.4

Mackay-Fitzroy-Central West QLD

18.3

11.2

9.0

Northern-North West QLD

3.2

2.0

2.4

Far North QLD

2.1

1.3

1.6

SOUTH AUSTRALIA

7.0

4.3

0.9

Adelaide

4.6

2.8

0.8

Northern Adelaide

0.9

0.5

0.5

Western Adelaide

0.7

0.4

0.7

Eastern Adelaide

1.3

0.8

1.1

Southern Adelaide

1.8

1.1

1.0

South Australia Regional

2.4

1.4

1.1

Southern and Eastern SA

1.3

0.8

0.9

Northern and Western SA

1.1

0.7

1.4

WESTERN AUSTRALIA

61.9

37.9

5.3

Perth

38.1

23.3

4.4

Central Perth

3.7

2.3

4.9

East Metropolitan Perth

6.1

3.8

4.1

North Metropolitan Perth

9.7

5.9

3.6

South West Perth

9.2

5.6

5.1

South East Perth

9.4

5.7

4.8

Western Australia Regional

23.8

14.5

8.1

Lower Western WA

8.5

5.2

5.2

WA Remainder

15.2

9.3

11.9

TASMANIA

3.3

2.0

1.4

Greater Hobart-Southern

0.5

0.3

0.4

North and North-West Tasmania

2.8

1.7

2.5

Northern Tasmania

0.5

0.3

0.7

Mersey-Lyell

2.4

1.4

4.9

NORTHERN TERRITORY

3.4

2.1

2.8

AUSTRALIAN CAPITAL TERRITORY

0.1

0.0

0.0

AUSTRALIA

163.4

100.0

1.5