Table

Job vacancy rate, by major industry division. Percentage of job vacancies in relation to the number of posts (job vacancies and occupied posts) in each group
	Annual average		Quarterly average						Change in percentage points from the previous year¹
	2011	2012	3rd quarter 2011	4th quarter 2011	1st quarter 2012	2nd quarter 2012	3rd quarter 2012	4th quarter 2012	4th quarter 2011 - 4th quarter 2012
¹Discrepancies may occur due to rounding
Total	2.8	2.6	2.7	2.5	2.8	2.9	2.4	2.3	-0.2
Agriculture, forestry and fishing	1.9	0.9	2.5	1.4	1.2	0.9	0.8	0.6	-0.8
Mining and quarrying	3.5	3.6	3.2	3.8	3.8	4.1	3.5	3.2	-0.6
Manufacture	1.9	2.0	1.8	1.7	2.4	2.1	1.8	1.7	0.0
Power and water supply, sewerage/remediation activities	2.1	1.9	1.7	2.2	2.1	1.9	1.8	1.9	-0.3
Construction	2.6	2.1	2.3	2.5	2.4	2.1	2.0	1.9	-0.6
Domestic trade, car repair shop	2.1	1.9	2.6	1.8	2.0	1.9	1.9	1.7	0.0
Transportation and storage	1.6	1.5	1.6	1.1	1.5	1.4	1.8	1.1	0.1
Accomommodation and food service activities	3.0	2.9	2.7	1.4	3.1	3.1	3.0	2.2	0.9
Information and communication	3.7	3.7	3.4	3.1	4.2	4.0	3.6	3.2	0.1
Financial and insurance activities	2.3	1.5	1.8	1.6	1.7	1.4	1.3	1.4	-0.2
Real estate activities	3.3	2.4	2.9	3.6	2.5	2.4	2.1	2.6	-1.0
Professional, scientific and technical activities	4.2	3.3	3.8	4.6	3.3	4.0	3.0	3.0	-1.6
Administrative and support service activities	6.8	6.6	6.6	5.7	7.5	6.9	6.1	5.9	0.2
Public administration and defence	2.4	2.7	2.2	2.2	3.0	2.7	2.5	2.6	0.4
Education	1.5	1.9	1.3	1.1	2.0	3.2	1.2	1.2	0.1
Human health activities	2.0	2.1	1.9	1.9	2.1	2.3	2.0	2.0	0.1
Residential care activities	5.8	3.8	5.6	5.5	4.6	4.2	3.2	3.3	-2.2
Social work activities without accommodation	2.7	2.4	2.2	2.4	1.8	3.2	2.2	2.2	-0.2
Arts, entertainment and recreation	1.8	1.7	1.6	2.0	2.0	1.6	2.1	1.3	-0.7
Personal service activities	2.4	2.4	3.0	2.3	2.6	2.4	2.2	2.3	0.0