Industry Profiles

The industry profiles explore employment trends in 51 Employment Regions and how they have changed over the past 10 years. They also examine the gender and age distribution of the workforce for each region. 

The profiles include:

• number of people employed
• largest employing industries in the region
• time series growth trends over 1 year, 5 years and 10 years
• a look at youth and mature workers in different industries in the region
• the gender split for the industries in the region.

A national overview is also available. This paper provides insights into: structural change; the impacts of the COVID-19 pandemic on employment, hours worked and job vacancies; and provides the latest JSA industry employment projections over the five years to November 2026.

The profiles incorporate data from the following sources:

• ABS Labour Force Survey
• ABS Census 2021.