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Industry Employment Outlooks provide detailed analysis of employment characteristics, trends and prospects by industry, and highlight specific sectors where job growth is the strongest. Specific issues highlighted in these outlooks include workforce ageing, employment share by gender, educational profile, weekly earnings, average hours worked, regional and occupational employment.

Property and Business Services Employment Outlook (PDF 955KB)

Below is a 'snapshot' of the Property and Business Services industry. For more detailed information go to the Industry Employment Profiles or directly to the Industry and Regional Tables page for data on broad (ANZSIC 1 digit) industries.

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The following shows trend employment growth for the Property and Business Services industry over the past one, two, five and ten years.

             

Source: DEEWR Trend Data based on ABS Labour Force, Australia, Cat no: 6291.0.55.003 – May 2008.

The following shows projected future growth, general employment characteristics and the proportion of workers aged 45 years and over in the Property and Business Services industry.

              

Characteristics and Mature Age Source: DEEWR Special Order based on ABS Labour Force, Australia, Cat no: 6291.0.55.003 – Calendar Year Average 2007.

The following shows the top 10 employing (ABS) Labour Force Regions (LFRs) for this industry including the number employed by each region (in 000's):

Sydney 325.7
Melbourne 279.3
Brisbane 194.6
Perth 116.8
Adelaide 64.5
Hunter & North Coast (NSW) 42.0
Central & Northern QLD 39.6
Western Victoria 35.2
Illawarra & South East NSW 29.0
ACT 26.4

Source: Four quarter average based on ABS Labour Force, Australia, Cat no: 6291.0.55.003 – May 2008.

Using the following two links you can view more employment details for this industry by ABS Labour Force Region and by DEEWR Labour Market Region.

The top employing occupations in Property and Business Services are shown below. Click on any of the occupation titles to go to the Job Outlook web page for that occupation. Job Outlook contains a comprehensive statistical profile for each occupation, as well as links to Australian JobSearch and Australian Training.

Cleaners 93.4
Computing Professionals 85.6
Accountants 82.7
Real Estate Agents and Property Managers 61.7
Secretaries and Personal Assistants 53.3
Legal Professionals 43.9
Security Officers and Guards 31.6
Designers and Illustrators 30.8
Bookkeepers 29.3
Office Assistants and Office Managers 28.9

Source: DEEWR Special Order based on ABS Labour Force, Australia, Cat no: 6291.0.55.003 – Calendar Year Average 2007.   

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