TOTAL FACTOR INCOME
Table 1.3 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 in the table, Property and business services ranked first (at 12.6%) in its contribution to Australian industry. Property and business services was the largest industry in New South Wales and Victoria, and ranked second in four of the six remaining states and territories. Manufacturing ranked second in its contribution to Australian production (11.0%) and was the largest industry in South Australia and Tasmania. Contributing 7.7% to total factor income nationally, Mining was the largest industry in Queensland, Western Australia and the Northern Territory.