Toowoomba

Shift-share analysis

In Toowoomba, the strongest regional competitive effect between 2016/17 and 2021/22 was experienced in Building Cleaning, Pest Control and Other Support Services.

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 Queensland
Toowoomba - Employment (Total)2021/222016/172016/17 to 2021/22
IndustryNumbernumberchangeBenchmark growth effectIndustry mix effectRegional competitive effect
Agriculture, Forestry and Fishing4,5004,483+17+619.7-348.3-254.4
Mining1,8281,866-38+258.0+119.6-415.7
Manufacturing7,1925,592+1,600+773.1-155.8+982.5
Electricity, Gas, Water and Waste Services1,0721,008+63+139.4+79.4-155.5
Construction7,5806,428+1,152+888.6-358.5+622.3
Wholesale Trade2,7742,384+390+329.6-84.8+145.2
Retail Trade8,1817,389+792+1,021.5-569.4+339.5
Accommodation and Food Services4,8984,461+437+616.7-139.6-40.1
Transport, Postal and Warehousing3,5723,884-312+536.9-96.7-752.6
Information Media and Telecommunications5481,015-466+140.3-283.7-323.0
Financial and Insurance Services2,2461,973+273+272.8+59.7-59.8
Rental, Hiring and Real Estate Services1,2341,472-238+203.6-65.5-375.7
Professional, Scientific and Technical Services4,1824,813-631+665.3+612.0-1,908.6
Administrative and Support Services2,9801,914+1,066+264.6-123.5+925.1
Public Administration and Safety4,9214,841+81+669.2-81.6-506.9
Education and Training9,5028,663+840+1,197.5-140.3-217.2
Health Care and Social Assistance17,76713,305+4,462+1,839.1+2,159.4+463.9
Arts and Recreation Services9231,052-129+145.4-156.5-117.5
Other Services4,2733,889+384+537.6+14.3-167.9
Total Industries90,18280,440+9,742+11,118.9---1,376.5

Source: National Institute of Economic and Industry Research (NIEIR) ©2023. ©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 2016/17 and 2021/22 in Toowoomba shows the three industries with the highest regional competitive effect in Toowoomba relative to Queensland were:

  • Manufacturing (+982 )
  • Administrative and Support Services (+925 )
  • Construction (+622 )

The three industries with the lowest regional competitive effect were:

  • Public Administration and Safety (-507 )
  • Transport, Postal and Warehousing (-753 )
  • Professional, Scientific and Technical Services (-1,909 )

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