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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, 16.9 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, 0.7 per cent of total employment in NSW is in the Mining industry.

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

Mining

Employment ('000)

Industry Employment % Share

Region Employment % Share

NEW SOUTH WALES

24.6

16.9

0.7

Sydney

4.1

2.8

0.2

Inner and Inner Western Sydney

0.1

0.1

0.0

Eastern Suburbs Sydney

0.5

0.3

0.4

St George-Sutherland

0.6

0.4

0.2

Canterbury-Bankstown

0.0

0.0

0.0

Fairfield-Liverpool, Outer SW Sydney

1.2

0.9

0.4

Central Western Sydney

0.2

0.1

0.1

North Western Sydney

0.4

0.3

0.2

Lower Northern Sydney

0.3

0.2

0.2

Central Northern Sydney

0.4

0.3

0.2

Northern Beaches

0.5

0.3

0.3

Gosford-Wyong

0.0

0.0

0.0

New South Wales Regional

20.5

14.1

1.7

Hunter

10.6

7.3

3.7

Illawarra and South Eastern NSW

3.0

2.1

1.1

Richmond-Tweed, Mid-North Coast

0.0

0.0

0.0

Northern, Far West-NW, Central West NSW

6.8

4.6

2.7

Murray-Murrumbidgee NSW

0.1

0.1

0.1

VICTORIA

9.4

6.5

0.4

Melbourne

4.3

2.9

0.2

Outer Western Melbourne

0.6

0.4

0.2

North Western Melbourne

0.2

0.2

0.2

Inner Melbourne

0.5

0.3

0.3

North Eastern Melbourne

0.3

0.2

0.1

Inner Eastern Melbourne

0.8

0.5

0.2

Southern Melbourne

0.9

0.6

0.4

Outer Eastern Melbourne

0.5

0.4

0.2

South Eastern Melbourne

0.3

0.2

0.1

Mornington Peninsula

0.2

0.1

0.2

Victoria Regional

5.1

3.5

0.7

Barwon-Western District

1.1

0.7

0.5

Central Highlands-Wimmera

0.8

0.6

0.8

Loddon-Mallee

1.6

1.1

1.2

Goulburn-Ovens-Murray

0.0

0.0

0.0

All Gippsland

1.6

1.1

1.4

QUEENSLAND

38.1

26.1

1.8

Brisbane

8.4

5.8

0.8

Brisbane City Inner Ring

2.7

1.8

1.0

Brisbane City Outer Ring

3.0

2.0

1.0

South and East Brisbane

1.3

0.9

0.7

North and West Brisbane

1.4

1.0

0.6

Queensland Regional

29.7

20.3

2.6

South and East Moreton

1.5

1.0

0.6

North and West Moreton

1.3

0.9

0.7

Wide Bay-Burnett

2.4

1.6

2.1

Darling Downs-South West QLD

1.0

0.7

0.7

Mackay-Fitzroy-Central West QLD

14.3

9.8

7.3

Northern-North West QLD

6.6

4.5

5.0

Far North QLD

2.7

1.8

2.0

SOUTH AUSTRALIA

9.6

6.6

1.2

Adelaide

4.1

2.8

0.7

Northern Adelaide

0.8

0.6

0.5

Western Adelaide

0.8

0.6

0.8

Eastern Adelaide

0.9

0.6

0.7

Southern Adelaide

1.6

1.1

0.9

South Australia Regional

5.5

3.8

2.7

Northern and Western SA

4.0

2.8

5.4

Southern and Eastern SA

1.5

1.0

1.1

WESTERN AUSTRALIA

58.4

40.0

5.2

Perth

36.4

24.9

4.4

Central Perth

3.6

2.5

4.8

East Perth

6.1

4.1

4.4

North Perth

10.6

7.3

4.2

South West Perth

8.0

5.5

4.6

South East Perth

8.1

5.5

4.2

Western Australia Regional

22.0

15.1

7.6

Lower Western WA

8.0

5.5

5.3

WA Remainder

14.0

9.6

10.0

TASMANIA

2.4

1.7

1.1

Greater Hobart-Southern

0.5

0.3

0.4

North and North-West Tasmania

2.0

1.3

1.7

Northern Tasmania

0.7

0.5

1.1

Mersey-Lyell

1.3

0.9

2.6

NORTHERN TERRITORY

3.3

2.2

3.0

AUSTRALIAN CAPITAL TERRITORY

0.1

0.0

0.0

AUSTRALIA

145.9

100.0

1.4