RDA Darling Downs and South West Region

Shift-share analysis

In the RDA Darling Downs and South West Region, the strongest regional competitive effect between 2008/09 and 2022/23 was experienced in Mining.

Shift Share Analysis provides a useful mechanism for better interpreting changes in economic variables between different time periods. It is a way of breaking the growth or decline in an industry into three components to help understand what is driving the change. These three change components are commonly known as:

National/State growth effect - the amount of growth or decline in an industry that could be attributed to the overall growth of a larger area that encompasses the region's economy, usually state or national.

Industry mix effect - the amount of growth or decline in an industry that could be attributed to the performance of the specific industry at the national/state level.

Regional competitive effect - the amount of growth or decline in a specific industry that could be attributed to a local advantage or disadvantage. This is generally the most interesting component as it clearly quantifies the level of advantage or disadvantage an industry has in the local area.

The regional competitive effect for an industry generally indicates how the local industry performed against benchmark trends. An industry with a positive regional competitive effect suggests local characteristics supported above trend growth in that period. For example, if Retail Trade in a region grew by 3% but at a state/national level it only grew by 2%, some regional specific factors (e.g. new shopping centre, population growth) must have contributed to this above trend growth. A negative effect suggests the opposite.

An industry with a positive regional competitive effect may still have experienced decline, but by less than the state/national trends.

Data source

National Economics (NIEIR) - Modelled series

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Shift-share analysis to Regional QLD
RDA Darling Downs and South West Region - Employment (Total)2022/232008/092008/09 to 2022/23
IndustryNumbernumberchangeBenchmark growth effectIndustry mix effectRegional competitive effect
Agriculture, Forestry and Fishing14,40816,488-2,080+3,884.6-5,489.9-474.8
Mining4,9392,561+2,378+603.6+426.4+1,347.8
Manufacturing9,77811,268-1,490+2,654.8-3,383.0-761.6
Electricity, Gas, Water and Waste Services3,1821,704+1,478+401.5+258.0+818.7
Construction14,99312,133+2,860+2,858.5-1,014.8+1,016.2
Wholesale Trade3,5604,503-943+1,061.0-1,923.9-79.6
Retail Trade12,50814,429-1,921+3,399.5-3,442.9-1,877.3
Accommodation and Food Services8,7967,226+1,569+1,702.7-216.7+83.3
Transport, Postal and Warehousing6,6986,593+105+1,553.4-927.5-521.3
Information Media and Telecommunications8611,275-413+300.4-527.2-186.4
Financial and Insurance Services2,8362,915-79+686.9-177.4-588.5
Rental, Hiring and Real Estate Services1,8601,731+129+407.9-530.7+252.0
Professional, Scientific and Technical Services6,0934,621+1,472+1,088.8+897.6-514.2
Administrative and Support Services3,3222,389+933+563.0+350.7+18.8
Public Administration and Safety8,5188,082+435+1,904.3-71.1-1,397.9
Education and Training13,60211,094+2,508+2,613.9+2,613.6-2,720.0
Health Care and Social Assistance23,26814,012+9,256+3,301.2+10,109.5-4,154.8
Arts and Recreation Services1,5401,110+430+261.6+92.2+76.3
Other Services6,2154,898+1,316+1,154.2+483.0-321.1
Total Industries146,984129,041+17,943+30,401.7---12,458.4

Source: National Institute of Economic and Industry Research (NIEIR) ©2024. ©2023. Compiled and presented in economy.id by .id (informed decisions). Data are based on a 2020/21 price base for all years. NIEIR-ID data are inflation adjusted each year to allow direct comparison, and annual data releases adjust previous years’ figures to a new base year.Learn more

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Dominant groups

An industry with a positive regional competitive effect suggests local characteristics supported above trend growth in that period. A negative effect suggests local characteristics inhibited growth in that period.

An analysis of Employment (Total) change between 2008/09 and 2022/23 in the RDA Darling Downs and South West Region shows the three industries with the highest regional competitive effect in the RDA Darling Downs and South West Region relative to Regional QLD were:

  • Mining (+1,348 )
  • Construction (+1,016 )
  • Electricity, Gas, Water and Waste Services (+819 )

The three industries with the lowest regional competitive effect were:

  • Retail Trade (-1,877 )
  • Education and Training (-2,720 )
  • Health Care and Social Assistance (-4,155 )

RDA Darling Downs and South West Region

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