The picture depicts the proportions of employees in six different fields in Australia from 19890 to 2009.
Overall, it is evident that the employment rates in social services namely health care, construction, education, and tourism experienced go-up trends. Meanwhile, the figure in the remaining industries witnessed a decline during the same time.
Standing at 15%, manufacturing workers had the percentage in 1989. By 2009, the figure saw a considerable decrease of over 5%. Meanwhile, retailers’ proportion dropped slightly from 11.8% to 10.1% in the same time frame.
Regarding rest fields, the percentage of employees working in health care services underwent a significant increase from 9.6% to over 11,7%, surpassing other industries in 2009. This also indicates that people are more conscious about their health and overall well-being. In the same trend, the the employment rates in construction and education experienced a slight rise by nearly 1%, to 813% and 7.5% in 2009 respectively. Conversely, there was a substantial increase in the figure for tourism from 55% to over 7% throughout this duration.