At 30 June 2001, some 20,600 people were employed in manufacturing in Tasmania, a decrease of 500 people (2.4%) from 30 June 2000.
At 30 June 2001, the food, beverage and tobacco manufacturing subdivision was the largest employer in the manufacturing industry, employing 6,300 people (30.6% of the total Tasmanian manufacturing workforce). The second largest subdivision in manufacturing was the metal product manufacturing subdivision, which employed 3,900 people (18.9% of the total).
EMPLOYMENT IN MANUFACTURING, Tasmania(a)(b)(c)
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| 1998-99 | 1999-2000 | 2000-01 |
| | | |
Industry subdivision | '000 | '000 | '000 |
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Food, beverage and tobacco manufacturing | 6.3 | 6.1 | 6.3 |
Textile, clothing, footwear and leather manufacturing | 1.5 | 1.4 | 1.4 |
Wood and paper product manufacturing | 3.7 | 3.9 | 2.9 |
Printing, publishing and recorded media | 1.3 | 1.4 | 1.3 |
Petroleum, coal, chemical and associated product manufacturing | 1.0 | 1.0 | 0.9 |
Non-metallic mineral product manufacturing | 0.7 | 0.6 | 0.7 |
Metal product manufacturing | 3.3 | 3.2 | 3.9 |
Machinery and equipment manufacturing | 2.7 | 2.9 | 2.7 |
Other manufacturing | 0.6 | 0.7 | 0.5 |
Total manufacturing | 21.3 | 21.1 | 20.6 |
(a) These data are for manufacturing management units, and represent a break in series from the manufacturing establishment data previously published.
(b) At 30 June
(c) Includes working proprietors.
Source: Manufacturing Industry, Australia (cat. no. 8221.0). |