01-JAN----------------The graph below shows the percentage of the Australian workforce in five industries between 1962 and 2012.Summarise the information by selecting and reporting the main features, and make comparisons where relevant.

The line graph depicts the proportion of locals who worked in five different industries in Australia from 1962 to 2012.

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, it can be seen that the majority of Australians in the service workforce showed an increasing trend,

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steady trends were observed in the proportion of people working in

construction

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the construction

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and mining sectors. Looking in more detail, in 1962, about half of

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the locals

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locals

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local

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community in Australia worked in service industries, and

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figure continued to climb until the final year, settling at 80% in 2012. During the same period, the number of people who became

umployed

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unemployed

employed

in construction and mining areas accounted for a relatively small percentage, approximately 10% for the former and 3% for the latter.

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, the remaining two categories fell over the period of half a century. Remaining constant at about a quarter of the Australian total working population for the first ten years, the percentage of manufacturing workers went down to 10% in 2012,

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that of agricultural workers halved over 50 years.