Industries in Queensland

Brisbane’s Economic Development Agency reports that key areas of excellence for Brisbane are:

  • energy and resources
  • environmental sustainability
  • construction and infrastructure
  • advanced manufacturing and logistics
  • digital industries and information communication technology
  • food and agribusiness
  • medical research.

The largest employment sector in Queensland is healthcare and social assistance. Other key employment sectors include:

  • retail trade
  • education and training
  • construction
  • accommodation and food services (includes tourism).

You can find more key industries here.

To help build the post-COVID-19 economy in Queensland, the priority industries are:

  • aerospace
  • beef processing
  • biofutures
  • biomedical
  • defence
  • hydrogen
  • mining technology and services
  • resource recovery.