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Retail trade 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, 33.1 per cent of total Retail Trade 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, 15.2 per cent of total employment in NSW is in the Retail Trade industry.

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

Retail Trade

Employment ('000)

Industry Employment % Share

Region Employment % Share

NEW SOUTH WALES

515.9

33.1

15.2

Sydney

309.0

19.8

14.0

Inner and Inner Western Sydney

32.0

2.0

11.6

Eastern Suburbs Sydney

13.6

0.9

9.8

St George-Sutherland

33.1

2.1

13.7

Canterbury-Bankstown

21.3

1.4

15.3

Fairfield-Liverpool, Outer SW Sydney

44.7

2.9

15.4

Central Western Sydney

23.5

1.5

16.5

North Western Sydney

42.9

2.7

14.5

Lower Northern Sydney

20.0

1.3

11.9

Central Northern Sydney

36.7

2.4

16.0

Northern Beaches

17.1

1.1

12.1

Gosford-Wyong

23.9

1.5

16.5

New South Wales Regional

206.9

13.3

17.6

Hunter

48.1

3.1

16.7

Illawarra and South Eastern NSW

49.4

3.2

17.8

Richmond-Tweed, Mid-North Coast

40.9

2.6

19.1

Northern, Far West-NW, Central West NSW

41.7

2.7

16.6

Murray-Murrumbidgee NSW

26.7

1.7

18.9

VICTORIA

375.4

24.1

14.3

Melbourne

269.0

17.2

14.0

Outer Western Melbourne

44.7

2.9

14.8

North Western Melbourne

18.5

1.2

13.5

Inner Melbourne

15.5

1.0

9.1

North Eastern Melbourne

32.3

2.1

13.8

Inner Eastern Melbourne

43.6

2.8

13.6

Southern Melbourne

29.4

1.9

13.2

Outer Eastern Melbourne

34.2

2.2

15.4

South Eastern Melbourne

29.9

1.9

16.1

Mornington Peninsula

20.8

1.3

16.1

Victoria Regional

106.4

6.8

15.3

Barwon-Western District

29.7

1.9

15.3

Central Highlands-Wimmera

16.4

1.0

16.0

Loddon-Mallee

19.7

1.3

14.7

Goulburn-Ovens-Murray

20.9

1.3

14.3

All Gippsland

19.8

1.3

16.5

QUEENSLAND

336.2

21.5

15.6

Brisbane

153.9

9.9

15.2

Brisbane City Inner Ring

35.7

2.3

13.1

Brisbane City Outer Ring

47.7

3.1

15.5

South and East Brisbane

33.6

2.2

16.4

North and West Brisbane

36.9

2.4

16.3

Queensland Regional

182.3

11.7

16.0

South and East Moreton

41.8

2.7

16.8

North and West Moreton

33.7

2.2

18.3

Wide Bay-Burnett

20.9

1.3

18.3

Darling Downs-South West QLD

18.6

1.2

13.7

Mackay-Fitzroy-Central West QLD

28.9

1.9

14.7

Northern-North West QLD

20.8

1.3

15.9

Far North QLD

17.6

1.1

13.4

SOUTH AUSTRALIA

116.3

7.5

15.1

Adelaide

86.5

5.5

15.2

Northern Adelaide

28.6

1.8

16.4

Western Adelaide

16.1

1.0

16.0

Eastern Adelaide

16.5

1.1

13.8

Southern Adelaide

25.4

1.6

14.5

South Australia Regional

29.8

1.9

14.7

Northern and Western SA

11.2

0.7

15.0

Southern and Eastern SA

18.6

1.2

14.5

WESTERN AUSTRALIA

151.3

9.7

13.5

Perth

113.0

7.2

13.6

Central Perth

6.6

0.4

8.9

East Perth

19.2

1.2

14.0

North Perth

34.8

2.2

13.7

South West Perth

24.9

1.6

14.3

South East Perth

27.4

1.8

14.4

Western Australia Regional

38.3

2.5

13.2

Lower Western WA

21.6

1.4

14.4

WA Remainder

16.7

1.1

11.9

TASMANIA

33.9

2.2

14.7

Greater Hobart-Southern

17.2

1.1

14.8

North and North-West Tasmania

16.7

1.1

14.6

Northern Tasmania

8.9

0.6

13.9

Mersey-Lyell

7.8

0.5

15.6

NORTHERN TERRITORY

13.2

0.8

12.3

AUSTRALIAN CAPITAL TERRITORY

18.1

1.2

9.5

AUSTRALIA

1,560.3

100.0

14.7