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Retail trade LFR table

Retail trade LFR table

Click on any of the region titles in this table to go to the region page in the DEEWR Labour Market Information Portal (LMIP) or click here to go to the LMIP home page.

The Industry Employment % Share column shows the region's share of total Australian employment for the industry. For example, 31.1 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, 11.0 per cent of total employment in NSW is in the Retail Trade industry.

Industry Employment by ABS Labour Force Region - Year to Aug 2009
Retail Trade	Employment ('000)	Industry Employment % Share	Region Employment % Share
NEW SOUTH WALES	372.0	31.1	11.0
Sydney	231.5	19.4	10.5
Inner and Inner Western Sydney	25.1	2.1	8.0
Eastern Suburbs Sydney	13.5	1.1	9.6
St George-Sutherland	22.4	1.9	9.6
Canterbury-Bankstown	11.4	1.0	8.6
Fairfield-Liverpool, Outer SW Sydney	37.6	3.1	13.8
Central Western Sydney	16.2	1.4	10.7
North Western Sydney	34.7	2.9	11.3
Lower Northern Sydney	16.3	1.4	9.3
Central Northern Sydney	22.0	1.8	9.7
Northern Beaches	16.3	1.4	12.4
Gosford-Wyong	16.0	1.3	12.2
New South Wales Regional	140.4	11.7	12.0
Hunter	37.9	3.2	13.0
Illawarra and South Eastern NSW	31.0	2.6	10.4
Richmond-Tweed, Mid-North Coast	30.4	2.5	14.3
Northern, Far West-NW, Central West NSW	25.1	2.1	10.6
Murray-Murrumbidgee	16.1	1.3	12.3
VICTORIA	283.4	23.7	10.7
Melbourne	207.6	17.4	10.4
Inner Melbourne	12.8	1.1	6.3
Southern Melbourne	23.0	1.9	10.5
Inner Eastern Melbourne	34.7	2.9	11.5
North Eastern Melbourne	22.9	1.9	9.8
North Western Melbourne	16.6	1.4	11.7
Outer Western Melbourne	30.7	2.6	9.2
Outer Eastern Melbourne	23.5	2.0	11.0
South Eastern Melbourne	26.1	2.2	12.5
Mornington Peninsula	17.2	1.4	13.1
Victoria Regional	75.9	6.3	11.4
Barwon-Western District	26.7	2.2	14.0
Central Highlands-Wimmera	10.2	0.9	10.2
Loddon-Mallee	11.7	1.0	9.2
Goulburn-Ovens-Murray	14.4	1.2	11.3
All Gippsland	12.9	1.1	10.8
QUEENSLAND	260.2	21.8	11.7
Brisbane Brisbane	107.5	9.0	10.5
Brisbane City Inner Ring Brisbane City Inner Ring	21.5	1.8	7.9
Brisbane City Outer Ring Brisbane City Outer Ring	33.6	2.8	10.8
South and East BSD Balance South and East BSD Balance	25.2	2.1	12.9
North BSD Balance North BSD Balance	18.3	1.5	10.8
Ipswich City Ipswich City	8.8	0.7	11.7
Queensland Regional	152.7	12.8	12.7
Sunshine Coast Sunshine Coast	18.4	1.5	12.6
West Moreton West Moreton	5.6	0.5	16.3
Gold Coast Gold Coast	40.3	3.4	14.0
Darling Downs-South West QLD	14.5	1.2	10.8
Wide Bay-Burnett	15.5	1.3	12.9
Mackay-Fitzroy-Central West QLD	26.3	2.2	12.7
Northern-North West QLD	14.7	1.2	10.8
Far North QLD	17.3	1.4	13.3
SOUTH AUSTRALIA	87.6	7.3	11.1
Adelaide	66.9	5.6	11.6
Northern Adelaide	22.3	1.9	12.5
Western Adelaide	12.1	1.0	12.3
Eastern Adelaide	10.9	0.9	9.3
Southern Adelaide	21.6	1.8	12.0
South Australia Regional	20.7	1.7	9.6
Southern and Eastern SA	11.5	1.0	8.2
Northern and Western SA	9.1	0.8	12.1
WESTERN AUSTRALIA	135.7	11.3	11.7
Perth	103.4	8.6	11.8
Central Perth	6.9	0.6	9.1
East Metropolitan Perth	16.3	1.4	10.7
North Metropolitan Perth	38.1	3.2	14.1
South West Perth	18.3	1.5	10.3
South East Perth	23.8	2.0	12.1
Western Australia Regional	32.3	2.7	11.1
Lower Western WA	20.1	1.7	12.0
WA Remainder	12.2	1.0	10.0
TASMANIA	28.1	2.4	12.0
Greater Hobart-Southern	13.5	1.1	11.4
North and North-West Tasmania	14.6	1.2	12.5
Northern Tasmania	8.7	0.7	12.7
Mersey-Lyell	5.9	0.5	12.1
NORTHERN TERRITORY	12.2	1.0	10.5
AUSTRALIAN CAPITAL TERRITORY	16.2	1.4	8.3
AUSTRALIA	1,195.4	100.0	11.1