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Australian Industries

21 May 2012

Q. How much do average Australians benefit from having strong industries in each of the following sectors?

Benefit a lot

Some benefit

A little benefit

No benefit

Don’t know

Tourism

45%

30%

11%

4%

10%

Agriculture

45%

29%

12%

4%

11%

Construction

44%

32%

11%

3%

10%

Mining

44%

31%

10%

4%

11%

Manufacturing

44%

30%

11%

4%

10%

Retail

40%

34%

11%

5%

10%

Hospitality

36%

36%

13%

4%

10%

Finance

34%

34%

15%

5%

11%

Telecommunications

31%

36%

17%

5%

11%

 Over 40% of respondents think the average Australian benefits a lot from having strong industries in tourism (45%), agriculture (45%), construction (44%), mining (44%) and manufacturing (44%).

Major demographic differences were –

60% of aged 55+ think there is a lot of benefit from manufacturing

62% of aged 55+ and 50% of Labor voters think there is a lot of benefit from construction

53% of aged 45-64 think there is a lot of benefit from retail

60% of aged 55+ and 52% of Labor voters think there is a lot of benefit from tourism

58% of aged 55+ and 48% of Coalition voters think there is a lot of benefit from mining

57% of aged 55+ think there is a lot of benefit from agriculture

 

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