Australia Yearbook - 2001

750 Year Book Australia 2001
21.2 GROSS VALUE ADDED(a), Chain Volume Measures(b) By Industry
1993–94 1998–99 Increase
$m $m %
Goods producing industries
Agriculture 16 326 19 044 16.6
Mining 18 898 23 873 26.3
Manufacturing 67 240 73 800 9.8
Electricity, gas and water 12 946 13 496 4.2
Construction 25 858 34 334 32.8
Total 141 268 164 547 16.5
Service industries
Wholesale trade 22 463 31 226 39.0
Retail trade 24 902 31 140 25.1
Accommodation, cafes and restaurants 10 460 13 314 27.3
Transport and storage 25 142 31 372 24.8
Communication services 11 758 18 945 61.1
Finance and insurance 26 857 37 696 40.4
Property and business services 43 045 59 547 38.3
Government administration and defence 21 379 22 906 7.1
Education 24 613 26 541 7.8
Health and community services 28 491 33 092 16.1
Cultural and recreational services 8 966 10 544 17.6
Personal and other services 10 418 12 928 24.1
Total 258 494 329 251 27.4
Total all industries(c) 399 762 493 798 23.5
% %
Service industries as a percentage of all industries 64.7 66.7 . .
(a) At basic prices, which include subsidies, but are before any taxes on products. (b) Reference year for chain volume measures is
1997–98. (c) Excludes ownership of dwellings.
Source: Australian System of National Accounts, 1998–99 (5204.0).
In the five year period since 1993–94,
employment in the service industries increased
by 840,900 persons or 15%, representing an
annual growth rate of 3%. In the same period the
goods producing industries recorded an increase
in employment of only 42,000 persons. This
represented an increase of 2% and equates to an
annual growth rate of just under 0.4%.
Within the service industries, the major
employing industry was retail trade with
employment in 1998–99 of 1,298,500 persons,
accounting for 15% of all employment. Other
large employing service industries were property
and business services (945,000 persons), health
and community services (817,400 persons), and
education (603,500 persons). The industries
showing the greatest employment growth in the
five year period since 1993–94 were property and
business services, a 47% increase from
641,800 persons to 945,000 persons, cultural and
recreational services with an increase of 25% in
the period, and accommodation, cafes and
restaurants with an increase of 18%. In contrast,
employment in the government administration
and defence sector fell by 6% over the same
period, while employment in the wholesale
industry declined by 1%.