ANZSIC division

C Manufacturing

Division-level ANZSIC page with linked subdivisions, groups and classes. Use it to understand the broad family of activity before you drill down to a tighter code.

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Subdivisions in Manufacturing

Start with the subdivision that best matches the business family, then keep narrowing until you reach the class page that carries the final four-digit code.

Subdivisions

What this division covers

ANZSIC division C groups a broad set of related industries under a single top-level heading. The main value here is orientation: it tells you which part of the economy the activity belongs to before you read the tighter subdivision and group pages.

Businesses often use this level when they are comparing multiple activities, checking a report category or trying to understand whether a class page has been chosen from the right industrial family.

Division facts

Subdivisions: 15
Groups: 55
Classes: 143

Class-level snapshots

Example classes inside Manufacturing

Division pages are still broad, so this section surfaces real class-level definitions from the ABS-derived dataset. Open the subdivision if you want the full list for that branch.

1111 11 activities

Meat Processing

This class consists of units mainly engaged in slaughtering animals (except poultry), boning, freezing, preserving or packing meat (except poultry) or canning meat (except poultry, seafood, bacon, ham and corned meat).

1112 7 activities

Poultry Processing

This class consists of units mainly engaged in slaughtering and dressing birds (including poultry and game birds) and/or preparing and processing, boning, chilling, freezing or packaging (including canning) the whole or selected parts of bird carcasses.

1113 8 activities

Cured Meat and Smallgoods Manufacturing

This class consists of units mainly engaged in manufacturing cured and preserved meats, such as bacon or ham, and in manufacturing smallgoods or prepared meat products not elsewhere classified.

1120 14 activities

Seafood Processing

This class consists of units mainly engaged in processing fish or other seafoods.

Open subdivision 11 to view all 20 classes.

1211 15 activities

Soft Drink, Cordial and Syrup Manufacturing

This class consists of units mainly engaged in manufacturing aerated or carbonated soft drinks, mineral or purified waters, fruit drinks (less than 100 percent pure juice), concentrated cordials, syrups or non-alcoholic brewed beer or cider.

1212 1 activities

Beer Manufacturing

This class consists of units mainly engaged in manufacturing beer, ale, stout or porter.

1213 5 activities

Spirit Manufacturing

This class consists of units mainly engaged in the fermentation, distillation or blending of fortified spirits for human consumption.

1214 12 activities

Wine and Other Alcoholic Beverage Manufacturing

This class consists of units mainly engaged in manufacturing or blending wine, fermented cider or wine vinegar, or alcoholic beverages not elsewhere classified.

Open subdivision 12 to view all 5 classes.

1311 8 activities

Wool Scouring

This class consists of units mainly engaged in scouring, carbonising, carding or combing of wool or in manufacturing unspun wool tops.

1312 7 activities

Natural Textile Manufacturing

This class consists of units mainly engaged in spinning yarns or weaving fabrics wholly or predominantly made of natural fibres such as cotton or wool.

1313 7 activities

Synthetic Textile Manufacturing

This class consists of units mainly engaged in spinning yarns or weaving fabrics wholly or predominately made of synthetic fibres.

1320 24 activities

Leather Tanning, Fur Dressing and Leather Product Manufacturing

This class consists of units mainly engaged in the production of fellmongered wool, pelt or slipe wool; and in tanning, currying, dressing, finishing, dyeing, embossing or japanning leather, animal skins or fur.

Open subdivision 13 to view all 11 classes.

1411 3 activities

Log Sawmilling

This class consists of units mainly engaged in manufacturing rough sawn timber, and boards.

1412 2 activities

Wood Chipping

This class consists of units mainly engaged in manufacturing softwood or hardwood wood chips.

1413 7 activities

Timber Resawing and Dressing

This class consists of units mainly engaged in resawing or dressing timber, timber boards and mouldings.

1491 8 activities

Prefabricated Wooden Building Manufacturing

This class consists of units mainly engaged in manufacturing wooden prefabricated buildings.

Open subdivision 14 to view all 8 classes.

1510 5 activities

Pulp, Paper and Paperboard Manufacturing

This class consists of units mainly engaged in manufacturing wood pulp (chemical or mechanical), paper or paperboard.

1521 3 activities

Corrugated Paperboard and Paperboard Container Manufacturing

This class consists of units mainly engaged in manufacturing corrugated paperboard containers, sheeting or solid paperboard containers.

1522 1 activities

Paper Bag Manufacturing

This class consists of units mainly engaged in manufacturing paper bags (including multiwall bags of paper).

1523 5 activities

Paper Stationery Manufacturing

This class consists of units mainly engaged in manufacturing paper stationery products, including paper products used for writing, filing and similar applications.

Open subdivision 15 to view all 6 classes.

1611 6 activities

Printing

This class consists of units mainly engaged in printing and/or providing reprographic services.

1612 8 activities

Printing Support Services

This class consists of units mainly engaged in providing printing support services such as pre-press (e.g.

1620 7 activities

Reproduction of Recorded Media

This class consists of units mainly engaged in the reproduction of pre-recorded audio, video, software and other data on electronic, optical and magnetic media.

Open subdivision 16 to view all 3 classes.

1701 14 activities

Petroleum Refining and Petroleum Fuel Manufacturing

This class consists of units mainly engaged in refining heavy and light component crude oil, manufacturing and/or blending materials into petroleum fuels, and manufacturing fuels from the liquefication of petroleum gases.

1709 33 activities

Other Petroleum and Coal Product Manufacturing

This class consists of units mainly engaged in further refining heavy and light oil components into petroleum and coal products not elsewhere classified, using oil and grease base stocks, as well as synthetic organic compound base stocks.

Open subdivision 17 to view all 2 classes.

1811 34 activities

Industrial Gas Manufacturing

This class consists of units mainly engaged in manufacturing industrial organic and inorganic gas in compressed, liquid or solid forms.

1812 24 activities

Basic Organic Chemical Manufacturing

This class consists of units mainly engaged in manufacturing basic organic chemicals, including wood or gum chemicals (e.g.

1813 25 activities

Basic Inorganic Chemical Manufacturing

This class consists of units mainly engaged in manufacturing basic inorganic chemicals, including dyes and pigments; chromium sulphate (used in leather tanning); acids; and salts.

1821 21 activities

Synthetic Resin and Synthetic Rubber Manufacturing

This class consists of units mainly engaged in the manufacture of synthetic resins, non-vulcanisable elastomers and mixing and blending of resins and polymeric materials.

Open subdivision 18 to view all 14 classes.

1911 7 activities

Polymer Film and Sheet Packaging Material Manufacturing

This class consists of units mainly engaged in manufacturing unsupported polymer film or polymer sheet into packaging materials.

1912 26 activities

Rigid and Semi-Rigid Polymer Product Manufacturing

This class consists of units mainly engaged in manufacturing rigid or semi-rigid polymer products.

1913 7 activities

Polymer Foam Product Manufacturing

This class consists of units mainly engaged in manufacturing polymer foam products.

1914 5 activities

Tyre Manufacturing

This class consists of units mainly engaged in manufacturing tyres from synthetic polymers and/or natural rubber, tyre repair materials and inner tubes.

Open subdivision 19 to view all 8 classes.

2010 27 activities

Glass and Glass Product Manufacturing

This class consists of units mainly engaged in manufacturing glass or glass products.

2021 2 activities

Clay Brick Manufacturing

This class consists of units mainly engaged in manufacturing clay bricks (except refractory bricks).

2029 24 activities

Other Ceramic Product Manufacturing

This class consists of units mainly engaged in manufacturing ceramic products not elsewhere classified.

2031 12 activities

Cement and Lime Manufacturing

This class consists of units mainly engaged in manufacturing portland, natural and other hydraulic cement from crushed limestone and clay/shale.

Open subdivision 20 to view all 8 classes.

2110 21 activities

Iron Smelting and Steel Manufacturing

This class consists of units mainly engaged in smelting and/or refining iron ore or iron sands into basic iron products such as ingots, billets and slabs.

2121 11 activities

Iron and Steel Casting

This class consists of units mainly engaged in manufacturing finished iron and steel products by casting (also known as 'founding') molten ferrous metals in moulds.

2122 4 activities

Steel Pipe and Tube Manufacturing

This class consists of units mainly engaged in manufacturing seamless or welded steel pipes or tubes, or ferrous metal pipe or tube fittings (except cast or forged).

2131 3 activities

Alumina Production

This class consists of units mainly engaged in refining bauxite to form alumina (aluminium oxide).

Open subdivision 21 to view all 10 classes.

2210 7 activities

Iron and Steel Forging

This class consists of units mainly engaged in manufacturing finished or semi-finished iron or steel products by forging (compressive force exerted through a die).

2221 10 activities

Structural Steel Fabricating

This class consists of units mainly engaged in fabricating structural steel components of buildings or other structures.

2222 6 activities

Prefabricated Metal Building Manufacturing

This class consists of units mainly engaged in manufacturing prefabricated metal buildings.

2223 22 activities

Architectural Aluminium Product Manufacturing

This class consists of units mainly engaged in manufacturing architectural aluminium products such as doors, railings, roofing and guttering, or aluminium framed windows, doors or shower screens (complete with glass).

Open subdivision 22 to view all 13 classes.

2311 7 activities

Motor Vehicle Manufacturing

This class consists of units mainly engaged in manufacturing motor vehicles or motor vehicle engines.

2312 12 activities

Motor Vehicle Body and Trailer Manufacturing

This class consists of units mainly engaged in manufacturing motor vehicle bodies (including buses and trucks), caravans and trailers, and in vehicle modifications involving permanent changes to bodywork using an existing engine and chassis.

2313 13 activities

Automotive Electrical Component Manufacturing

This class consists of units mainly engaged in manufacturing automotive electrical components, automotive air conditioners or instruments.

2319 15 activities

Other Motor Vehicle Parts Manufacturing

This class consists of units mainly engaged in manufacturing motor vehicle parts not elsewhere classified.

Open subdivision 23 to view all 9 classes.

2411 11 activities

Photographic, Optical and Ophthalmic Equipment Manufacturing

This class consists of units mainly engaged in manufacturing photographic equipment (except sensitised photographic film, paper, plates or chemicals), optical instruments or equipment, or ophthalmic equipment.

2412 22 activities

Medical and Surgical Equipment Manufacturing

This class consists of units mainly engaged in manufacturing medical, surgical or dental equipment, including dentures.

2419 23 activities

Other Professional and Scientific Equipment Manufacturing

This class consists of units mainly engaged in manufacturing navigational, measuring or other professional and scientific equipment not elsewhere classified such as control or meteorological or surveying equipment or instruments, or specialised parts for such equipment.

2421 12 activities

Computer and Electronic Office Equipment Manufacturing

This class consists of units mainly engaged in manufacturing computers, computer peripheral equipment or other electronic office equipment.

Open subdivision 24 to view all 19 classes.

2511 13 activities

Wooden Furniture and Upholstered Seat Manufacturing

This class consists of units mainly engaged in manufacturing furniture of wood or predominantly of wood (except custom-made built-in furniture), complete upholstered seating with wooden or metal frames (including seats convertible into beds) or in upholstering wooden furniture.

2512 10 activities

Metal Furniture Manufacturing

This class consists of units mainly engaged in manufacturing furniture, storage structures, shelving, or parts of furniture predominantly of metal, including sheet metal, tubular metal or other forms of metal.

2513 6 activities

Mattress Manufacturing

This class consists of units mainly engaged in manufacturing mattresses, including rubber or latex.

2519 6 activities

Other Furniture Manufacturing

This class consists of units mainly engaged in manufacturing furniture or parts of furniture from materials not elsewhere classified such as cane, bamboo or rattan.

Open subdivision 25 to view all 7 classes.

Frequently asked questions

What does ANZSIC division C cover?

Manufacturing is the broadest grouping on this page. It gathers related industries into one top-level family before they are split into subdivisions, groups and classes.

When would I use this division page?

Use it when you need orientation rather than the final four-digit code. It is helpful for browsing, cross-checking and understanding where a business area sits in the hierarchy.

How is this different from a class page?

A division page tells you the broad industry family. A class page gives the exact code used in reporting, tax and other operational forms.

How to use this page

If the activity description still looks broad, step down to the subdivision page. If you know the family but not the final code, use the child links here to narrow the match before you confirm on a class page.

This level is also useful when a business runs more than one activity. It gives you the broad industrial context before the coding decision is made further down the hierarchy.

Source and trust

Official source: ABS ANZSIC 2006 release
Last reviewed: 2026-04-17

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