The given line chart illustrates the proportion of human resources in Australia in five particular fields, namely services, manufacturing, agriculture, construction and mining from 1962 to 2012
Looking from an overall perspective, it is readily apparent that the figure for service, construction and mining saw a rise towards the end, while that for manufacturing and agriculture had a tendency to decrease. Additionally, the proportion of workforce in services topped the list while mining was considerably the lowest.
At the onset, the majority of workforce was attributed to services, accounting for nearly 53%, followed by manufacturing, agriculture, construction and mining at approximately 25%, 11%, 9% and 1%, respectively. In 1992, there was a significant increase in workforce percentage to 72% while the opposite was true for manufacturing, dropping to 15% . The data for three remaining industries had a slight fluctuation at under 10%.
From 1992, services remained the overwhelmingly popular industry and peaked at the highest point at 79% in 2012 compared to the lowest proportion of workforce in mining and construction, making up 2% and 3%, in that order. At the end of the period, there was a marginal increase in construction whereas manufacturing gradually decreased, which made these two industries approximately at the same percentage at 10%, each.