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2016-17 KEY INDUSTRY POINTS

The estimates in this publication cover the performance of selected industries compiled from the annual Economic Activity Survey (EAS). For more information about the scope and coverage of EAS please refer to the Explanatory Notes.

• The Mining industry grew strongly across most key data items in 2016-17. In particular, earnings before interest, tax, depreciation and amortisation (EBITDA) grew 38.2% ($23.1b).

• The Agriculture, forestry and fishing industry also showed strong growth, reflected in sales and service income increasing by 8.6% ($7.6b) and EBITDA by 22.9% ($4.4b).

• The Rental, hiring and real estate services industry EBITDA slowed from the previous year's 13.2% ($6.3b) but was still strong at 6.4% ($3.5b), while the Professional, scientific and technical services industry experienced better growth in 2016-17, with EBITDA up 9.1% ($2.3b) in comparison to 0.9% ($238m) in 2015-16.

• In contrast, the Manufacturing industry declined across all key data items, with EBITDA down 3.4% (-$1.2b).

• The 2.1% ($11.4b) growth in wages and salaries for Total selected industries was the lowest in the series since its commencement in 2006-07. The largest contributors to growth in 2016-17 were services industries such as Professional, scientific and technical services, which rose 5.4% ($3.8b) and private sector Health care and social assistance, which rose 5.2% ($2.5b). However, most industries experienced moderate rates of wage growth in the range 0% to 4%, which were partially offset by falls in goods industries such as Mining, which fell 7.9% (-$2.0b) and Manufacturing which fell 0.5% (-$250m).

ANZSIC Division	Employment at end June				Sales and service income				EBITDA(a)
	2015-16	2016-17	2015-16 to 2016-17		2015-16	2016-17	2015-16 to 2016-17		2015-16	2016-17	2015-16 to 2016-17
	'000	'000	%		$m	$m	%		$m	$m	%
A Agriculture	482	485	0.6		88 289	95 871	8.6		19 142	23 518	22.9
B Mining	163	157	-3.7		189 499	214 984	13.4		60 531	83 637	38.2
C Manufacturing	838	830	-1.0		372 681	363 969	-2.3		33 895	32 737	-3.4
D Electricity, gas, water and waste services	104	104	0.0		118 523	126 254	6.5		31 646	34 166	8.0
E Construction	1 053	1 066	1.2		375 095	378 306	0.9		42 444	42 417	-0.1
F Wholesale trade	529	547	3.4		478 790	502 434	4.9		17 947	^18 538	3.3
G Retail trade	1 300	1 300	0.0		406 604	417 587	2.7		22 243	22 986	3.3
H Accommodation and food services	979	1 008	3.0		96 985	100 145	3.3		10 865	9 917	-8.7
I Transport, postal and warehousing	578	586	1.4		156 541	160 648	2.6		30 738	31 564	2.7
J Information media and telecommunications	170	171	0.6		78 077	79 575	1.9		19 738	19 062	-3.4
L Rental, hiring and real estate services	405	406	0.2		125 747	130 513	3.8		54 194	57 645	6.4
M Professional, scientific and technical services	981	1 031	5.1		197 726	210 779	6.6		25 645	27 980	9.1
N Administrative and support services	851	881	3.5		82 184	85 578	4.1		^6 496	7 230	11.3
O Public administration and safety (private)	79	78	-1.3		9 582	9 817	2.5		^802	^788	-1.7
P Education and training (private)	410	418	2.0		25 393	26 386	3.9		4 542	4 204	-7.4
Q Health care and social assistance (private)	1 097	1 125	2.6		89 557	92 924	3.8		22 653	23 592	4.1
R Arts and recreation services	204	206	1.0		32 245	32 440	0.6		4 248	4 282	0.8
S Other services	483	484	0.2		57 042	58 666	2.8		*2 492	*2 510	0.7
^ estimate has a relative standard error of 10% to less than 25% and should be used with caution
* estimate has a relative standard error of 25% to 50% and should be used with caution
(a) Earnings before interest tax depreciation and amortisation.
Note: This table excludes Division K Financial and insurance services and businesses/organisations classified to the General Government sector. For more information about the scope of the Economic Activity Survey, please refer to the Explanatory Notes.
Source: Australian Industry 2016-17 (cat. no. 8155.0)