Tables 6.23 and 6.24 provide information on the number of employed persons and the proportion employed, by occupation and by industry.
The occupation groups containing the largest number of employed persons were Professionals with 18% of persons, 17% of males and 21% of females; Intermediate clerical, sales and service workers with 17% of persons, 9% of males and 28% of females; and Tradespersons and related workers with 13% of persons, 21% of males and 3% of females (table 6.23).
6.23 EMPLOYED PERSONS BY OCCUPATION(a), Annual Average(b)(c) - 2000-01
|
| Males
| | Females
| | Persons
|
Occupation | No.
’000 | Proportion
employed
% | | No.
’000 | Proportion
employed
% | | No.
’000 | Proportion
employed
% |
|
Managers and administrators | 490.9 | 9.7 | | 162.3 | 4.1 | | 653.2 | 7.2 |
Professionals | 839.3 | 16.5 | | 822.8 | 20.6 | | 1,662.1 | 18.3 |
Associate professionals | 644.5 | 12.7 | | 398.0 | 10.0 | | 1,042.5 | 11.5 |
Tradespersons and related workers | 1,064.0 | 21.0 | | 114.1 | 2.9 | | 1,178.2 | 13.0 |
Advanced clerical and service workers | 47.9 | 0.9 | | 361.1 | 9.0 | | 409.1 | 4.5 |
Intermediate clerical, sales and service workers | 449.2 | 8.8 | | 1,126.5 | 28.2 | | 1,575.6 | 17.4 |
Intermediate production and transport workers | 682.0 | 13.4 | | 95.2 | 2.4 | | 777.2 | 8.6 |
Elementary clerical, sales and service workers | 309.7 | 6.1 | | 596.7 | 14.9 | | 906.5 | 10.0 |
Labourers and related workers | 549.7 | 10.8 | | 320.2 | 8.0 | | 869.9 | 9.6 |
All occupations | 5,077.2 | 100.0 | | 3,997.0 | 100.0 | | 9,074.3 | 100.0 |
|
(a) Classified according to the Australian Standard Classification of Occupations (ASCO), Second Edition.
(b) Data have not been revised to reflect definitional changes in the Labour Force Survey questionnaire introduced in April 2001. Data collected from April 2001 onwards are not strictly comparable with data collected in earlier periods. For further information, see Information Paper: Implementing the Redesigned Labour Force Survey Questionnaire (6295.0).
(c) Annual average of quarterly data. |
Source: Labour Force Australia (6203.0). |
Table 6.24 shows that in 2000-01, Retail trade (15%) and Manufacturing (13%) were the two largest employing industries, followed by Property and business services (12%). Manufacturing was the largest employer of males (16%) while the next highest was Retail trade (13%). Retail trade and Health and community services were the largest employers of females (both 17%).
6.24 EMPLOYED PERSONS BY INDUSTRY(a), Annual Average(b) - 2000-01
|
| Males | | Females | | Persons |
|
| |
| |
|
Industry | no.
’000 | Proportion
employed
% | | no.
’000 | Proportion
employed
% | | no.
’000 | Proportion
employed
% |
|
Agriculture, forestry and fishing | 294.0 | 5.8 | | 134.8 | 3.4 | | 428.8 | 4.7 |
Mining | 69.1 | 1.4 | | 9.1 | 0.2 | | 78.3 | 0.9 |
Manufacturing | 827.8 | 16.3 | | 302.0 | 7.6 | | 1,129.8 | 12.5 |
Electricity, gas and water supply | 54.7 | 1.1 | | 11.0 | 0.3 | | 65.7 | 0.7 |
Construction | 595.8 | 11.7 | | 85.5 | 2.1 | | 681.3 | 7.5 |
Wholesale trade | 305.9 | 6.0 | | 132.8 | 3.3 | | 438.7 | 4.8 |
Retail trade | 637.0 | 12.5 | | 694.2 | 17.4 | | 1,331.2 | 14.7 |
Accommodation, cafes and restaurants | 214.7 | 4.2 | | 254.3 | 6.4 | | 469.0 | 5.2 |
Transport and storage | 317.8 | 6.3 | | 103.4 | 2.6 | | 421.2 | 4.6 |
Communication services | 127.0 | 2.5 | | 55.6 | 1.4 | | 182.6 | 2.0 |
Finance and insurance | 146.6 | 2.9 | | 190.7 | 4.8 | | 337.3 | 3.7 |
Property and business services | 598.7 | 11.8 | | 482.3 | 12.1 | | 1,081.0 | 11.9 |
Government administration and defence | 192.5 | 3.8 | | 173.3 | 4.3 | | 365.8 | 4.0 |
Education | 203.6 | 4.0 | | 417.5 | 10.4 | | 621.1 | 6.8 |
Health and community services | 197.2 | 3.9 | | 677.6 | 17.0 | | 874.8 | 9.6 |
Cultural and recreational services | 120.0 | 2.4 | | 105.2 | 2.6 | | 225.2 | 2.5 |
Personal and other services | 174.9 | 3.4 | | 167.7 | 4.2 | | 342.5 | 3.8 |
All industries | 5,077.2 | 100.0 | | 3,997 | 100.0 | | 9,074.3 | 100.0 |
|
(a) Classified according to the Australian and New Zealand Standard Industrial Classification (ANZSIC).
(b) Annual average of quarterly data. | | | |
| | |
Source: Labour Force Australia (6203.0). | | | |
Table 6.25 and graph 6.26 provide a view of the distribution of wage and salary earners between the private and public sectors, and across the States and Territories. These statistics are obtained from the quarterly Survey of Employment and Earnings, a survey of employing businesses. They are complementary to, but not compatible with, estimates of employed persons from the household-based Labour Force Survey. While the latter provides a better indicator of overall employment movements at the Australian and State/Territory levels, the former provides dissections by private/public sector.
Table 6.25 shows that 20% of employees work in the public sector. The Australian Capital Territory has the highest proportion of public sector employees (44%), while Victoria has the lowest (16%).
6.25 WAGE AND SALARY EARNERS, Private/Public Sector - February 2001 |
|
Sector | NSW
’000 | Vic.
’000 | Qld
’000 | SA
’000 | WA
’000 | Tas.
’000 | NT
’000 | ACT
’000 | Australia
’000 |
|
Private | 1,909.2 | 1,634.2 | 1,051.3 | 421.8 | 621.5 | 118.2 | 55.3 | 87.4 | 5,898.9 |
Public - | | | | | | | | | |
- Commonwealth | 64.9 | 53.4 | 32.0 | 15.7 | 17.0 | 5.5 | 3.6 | 51.7 | 243.8 |
- State | 332.5 | 216.3 | 218.9 | 87.3 | 120.1 | 30.5 | 16.2 | 16.8 | 1,038.6 |
- Local | 46.3 | 33.0 | 38.0 | 7.9 | 13.5 | 3.9 | 2.5 | n.a. | 145.2 |
- Total | 443.7 | 302.7 | 288.9 | 111.0 | 150.6 | 39.9 | 22.3 | 68.5 | 1,427.5 |
Total | 2,352.9 | 1,936.9 | 1,340.1 | 532.7 | 772.1 | 158.2 | 77.6 | 155.9 | 7,326.4 |
Proportion in public sector | 18.9% | 15.6% | 21.6% | 20.8% | 19.5% | 25.2% | 28.7% | 43.9% | 19.5% |
|
Source: Wage and Salary Earners, Australia (6248.0). |