The bar chart shows the number of people employed in five types of work in one region of Australia in 2001 and 2008. Summarise the information by selecting and reporting the main features and making relevant comparisons.

The bar chart shows the number of people employed in five types of work in one region of Australia in 2001 and 2008.

Summarise the information by selecting and reporting the main features and making relevant comparisons.
The bar chart displays how many individuals worked in five different types of jobs in one of the areas in Australia in the years 2001 and 2008.
Overall
, it can be seen clearly that sales have the highest number in both years, compared to the other fields.
While
accounting and farming were more popular in 2001, sales, computing and nursing were more attractive in 2008.
To begin
with, sales became the most attractive job for employees in 2001 and 2008, reaching over 150000 and 160000, respectively. The number of people who worked in the computing field increased from around 50000 in 2001 to over 60000 in 2008. The other development happened in nursing
which
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when
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there were around 2000 additional workers in
this
job in 2008.
In contrast
, accounting and farming showed decreases in employee numbers from 2001 to 2008. For accounting, there was a small fall, around 1000 workers, from 60000 in 2001 to 59000 in 2008.
In addition
, people in 2008 were less interested in the farming field rather than those who were living in 2001. There are only under 20000 people working in
this
field, which
also
demonstrated the lowest number compared to others.
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