COMPARISON ACROSS INDUSTRY
Table 3.2 shows the contribution of industries to the production (as measured by total factor income) of each state and territory, as well as Australia, in 2005-06. For the purposes of this table, the activity of general government and the ownership of dwellings are each treated as industries.
Of the nineteen industries shown, Manufacturing ranked second nationally, contributing 11.0% of production on this basis. The largest share of production (12.6%) was attributable to Property and business services.
Manufacturing was the dominant industry in South Australia and Tasmania, ranked second in both New South Wales and Victoria, and third in Queensland. South Australia (at 15.3%) had the highest proportion of state or territory production attributed to Manufacturing, followed by Tasmania (14.5%).
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