Industry Profiles

Industry workforce profiling provides details of industry and workforce characteristics across a range of industry divisions.

Profiling is organised in accordance with the Australian Bureau of Statistics Australian and New Zealand Standard Industrial Classification (ANZSIC) which estimates the industry size and percentage of the South Australian labour market that is employed by each sector.

There are 18 Industry Workforce Summaries available in the current (2008 data) series:

ALL INDUSTRIES WORKFORCE SUMMARY [PDF 3.2MB] Note large file size

Accommodation, Cafes and Restaurants Workforce Summary [PDF 400KB]

Agriculture, Forestry and Fishing Workforce Summary [PDF 508KB]

Communication Services Workforce Summary [PDF 500KB]

Construction Workforce Summary [PDF 592KB]

Cultural and Recreational Services Workforce Summary [PDF 432KB]

Education Workforce Summary [PDF 452KB]

Electricity, Gas and Water Supply Workforce Summary [PDF 428KB]

Finance and Insurance Workforce Summary [PDF 448KB]

Government Administration and Defence Workforce Summary [PDF 464KB]

Health and Community Services Workforce Summary [PDF 884KB]

Manufacturing Workforce Summary [PDF 592KB]

Mining Workforce Summary [PDF 436KB]

Personal and Other Services Workforce Summary [PDF 444KB]

Property and Business Services Workforce Summary [PDF 492KB]

Retail Trade Workforce Summary [PDF 448KB]

Transport and Storage Workforce Summary [PDF 460KB]

Wholesale Trade and Retail Trade Workforce Summary [PDF 500KB]

Other sources of supplemental industry profiling

• The Department of Trade and Economic Development (DTED) produces a range of industry profiles which are available on its southaustralia.biz portal.
  
  There is some overlap with the profiles covered by the DFEEST Industry Workforce Summaries, though the DTED profiling examines 13 specific industry areas in South Australia.
  
  
• The 16 South Australian Training and Skills Commission Industry Profiles form part of its Skills for Jobs: Priorities for Developing South Australia's Workforce document.
  
  
• Industry Skills Councils undertake scans of their 11 respective industries to provide an overview of current and future trends and developments. These scans are being updated throughout 2010.