INDUSTRY ANALYSIS
An analysis of performance for a selection of industries follows.
Mining
In 2011-12, Mining was the largest contributor to Total selected industries OPBT and IVA, accounting for 23.0% (or $83.7b) and 13.1% (or $133.0b) respectively.
Between 2010-11 and 2011-12, the industry's OPBT decreased by 1.8% (or $1.6b) while IVA increased by 5.0% ($6.3b).
During 2011-12, Mining had the highest profit margin with 38.3%, and the highest levels of capital expenditure ($86.8b or 32.3%) of all the selected industries.
Manufacturing
During 2011-12, Manufacturing accounted for 10.1% (or $102.1b) of Total selected industries IVA.
Between 2010-11 and 2011-12, total income in Manufacturing increased by 2.2% (from $395.8b to $404.5b) while total expenses increased by 3.6% (from $369.8b to $383.3b).
For the same period, OPBT decreased by 16.4% (from $28.2b to $23.5b).
Electricity, gas, water and waste services
Between 2010-11 and 2011-12, Total income for Electricity, gas, water and waste services increased by 5.7% (from $101.6b to $107.5b) while total expenses increased by 7.4% (from $89.4b to $96.0b).
Construction
Construction employed 1,042,714 persons during 2011-12, which represented 9.7% of Total selected industries employment.
For the same period, Construction total income was $324.9b which represented 11.0% of Total selected industries total income.
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