The illustration depicts the ratio of Australian occupational forces in five industrial categories ( service, manufacturing, agriculture, construction, and mining) from 1962 to 2012 measured in percentages.
Overall, the chart shows that the service workforce ranked the largest among other workforces, followed by the manufacturing industry throughout the period. Agriculture and construction occupational forces started almost at the same percentage at the beginning. however, agriculture percentages started to fall from the middle of the period to its end. Mining on the other hand took the last place among the other sections with approximately no change noticed during the whole time.
The service workforce started at the highest percentage in 1962 marking around 55%, then it gradually leveled up til it reached just beyond 80% in 2012. Manufacturing followed the Service section in rank, possessing a percentage of 25% approximately from 1962 till 1975, the ratio slightly dropped to 20% in 1980 then rose again to 25% in 1990. to stabilize until 2000 when it dramatically climbed down to reach just 10% in 2012. On the other hand, agriculture and construction represented 10% at the beginning of the period they both leveled out until 1980 when the construction workforce remained unchanged until the end of the period, while the agriculture workforce showed a dramatic drop to reach 5% in 1985 and 2% in 1990, to keep its ratio fixed until 2012. Mining employees shared the lowest ratio with just above 0%. the percentage leveled out throughout the years.