Importance of Industries for Providing Jobs

Q. How important are the following industries for providing jobs for Australians into the future?

	Very important	Quite important	Somewhat important	Not very important	Don’t know
Mining	64%	24%	7%	2%	3%
Construction	58%	30%	9%	0%	2%
Manufacturing	55%	29%	12%	2%	2%
Tourism	53%	33%	11%	1%	2%
Retail	47%	35%	13%	2%	2%
Hospitality	46%	38%	12%	1%	3%
Finance	39%	38%	18%	3%	3%
Telecommunications	39%	37%	18%	3%	3%

Respondents regard the mining (64%), construction (58%) and manufacturing (55%) industries to be the most important for providing jobs for Australians in the future.

This was followed closely by the tourism (53%), retail (47%) and hospitality (46%) industries.

The finance (39%) and telecommunications (39%) industries are the most likely to be seen as only ‘somewhat important’ (18%) for providing jobs.