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 chart provides key information about the proportion of the AUS workforce in Service, Manufacturing, Agriculture, Construction, and Mining from 1962 to 2012.

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, it is clear from the graph that the percentages of workers in Agriculture, Construction, and Mining remained relatively stable throughout the

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, Service stayed high from 1962 to 2012,

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Manufacturing declined over the

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what is shown, the workforce in Service started at 52%, and from that it increased over time. The proportion of workers in Manufacturing began at 25% in the middle of the

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, it fluctuated, but in the end it decreased by 15%.

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, the percentage of jobholders in Construction started at just under 10%

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and stayed the same throughout the

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. As for Mining, it began at just above 0% it remained stable around that

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between 1962 and 2012. The proportion of jobholders in Agriculture is set at just above 10%;

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, it decreased from 1980 until 2012.