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released: 30 Sep 2003 author: AIHW media release

This publication, published jointly by the AIHW and the Australian Bureau of Statistics (ABS), is the second in an AIHW series that presents health and community services workforce data from the ABS Census of Population and Housing. It includes information on the number, distribution and characteristics of employed persons in 105 occupations identified as providing health and community services in 2001, and discusses growth and other changes in this workforce since 1996. Also included in this report are data from the census showing all persons employed in the health and community services industries. In addition, data from the ABS Employee Earnings and Hours surveys of May 1996 and May 2002 are provided to give an indication of the remuneration of employees in these industries.

ISSN 1327 4309; ISBN 978 1 74024 309 4; Cat. no. HWL 27; 149pp.; $25.00

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  • Preliminary material (123KB PDF)
    • Title page and verso
    • List of tables
    • List of figures
    • Contents
    • Preface
    • Acknowledgments
    • Abbreviations
    • Main Findings
  • Sections
    • Introduction (81KB PDF)
      • Health and community services industries and occupations
    • Context (91KB PDF)
      • Population
      • Changes in the age profile
      • Changes in geographical distribution
      • Health and welfare services in the economy
      • Expenditure on health services
      • Expenditure on welfare services
      • Industry changes
      • Changes in occupational mix
      • Changes in income and hours worked
    • Characteristics of health and community services workers (67K PDF)
      • Sex
      • Age
      • Highest qualification in a health field
      • Indigenous health and community service workers
    • Health occupations (71KB PDF)
      • Medical practitioners
      • Medical imaging
      • Dental workers
      • Nursing workers
      • Pharmacists
      • Allied health workers
      • Complementary therapies workers
      • Other health workers
    • Community services occupations (59K PDF)
      • Child and youth services workers
      • Family services workers
      • Disability services workers
      • Aged or disabled care workers
      • Other community services workers
    • Geographic regions (128KB PDF)
      • Industry by remoteness areas
      • Occupation by state/territory and region
      • New South Wales
      • Victoria
      • Queensland
      • Western Australia
      • South Australia
      • Tasmania
      • Australian Capital Territory
      • Northern Territory
    • Health and community services, occupations and industries tables (149KB PDF)
      • Table A.1: Total health expenditure, constant prices, Australia, by area of expenditure,1995 - 96 and 1999 - 00 ($ million)
      • Table A.2: Health expenditure as proportion of GDP: areas of expenditure, Australia, 1995 - 96 to 1999 - 00
      • Table A.3: Hospital expenditure as proportion of GDP, Australia, 1995 - 96 to 2000 - 01
      • Table A.4: Persons employed in health industries: occupation, 2001
      • Table A.5: Persons employed in community services industries: occupation, 2001
      • Table A.6: Persons employed in selected health occupations: 1991, 1996, 2001
      • Table A.7: Persons employed in health occupations: industry, 2001
      • Table A.8: Persons employed in community services occupations: industry of employment, 2001
      • Table A.9: Persons with a highest qualification in a health field: age and employment status, 2001
      • Table A.10: Persons employed in health occupations: sex, states and territories, 2001
      • Table A.11: Persons employed in community services occupations: sex, states and territories, 2001
      • Table A.12: Persons employed in health occupations per 100,000 population: states and territories, 2001
      • Table A.13: Persons employed in community services occupations per 100,000 population: states and territories, 2001 (126KB PDF)
      • Table A.14: Persons employed in health occupations: age and sex, 2001
      • Table A.15: Persons employed in community services occupations: age and sex, 2001
      • Table A.16: Persons employed in selected health occupations: sex and hours worked, 2001
      • Table A.17: Persons employed in community services occupations: sex and hours worked, 2001
      • Table A.18: Persons employed in selected health occupations: Indigenous status, 2001
      • Table A.19: Persons employed in community services occupations: Indigenous status, 2001
      • Table A.20: Persons employed in health occupations, Australia, 1996 and 2001
      • Table A.21: Persons employed in community services occupations, Australia, 1996 and 2001
      • Table A.22: Persons employed in health occupations: income, 2001
      • Table A.23: Persons employed in community services occupations: income, 2001 (141KB PDF)
      • Table A.24: Health and community services: adult non-managerial employees, weekly earnings, 1996 and 2002
      • Table A.25: Persons employed in health occupations: birthplace, 2001
      • Table A.26: Persons employed in health and community services occupations: year of arrival in Australia, 2001
      • Table A.27: Employed persons per 100,000 population in health and community services industries, remoteness area and state or territory, 2001
      • Table A.28: Persons employed in health and community services industries: states and territories, remoteness area of workplace, 2001
      • Table A.29: Health and community services workers: capital city and other regions, Australia, 2001
      • Table A.30: Persons employed in health occupations: statistical region of workplace, Australia, 2001
      • Table A.31: Persons employed in community services occupations: statistical region of workplace, 2001
      • Table A.32: Persons employed in health occupations per 100,000 population: statistical region of workplace, 2001
      • Table A.33: Employed persons per 100,000 population: statistical region of workplace and selected health occupation, 2001
      • Table A.34: Persons employed in community services occupations per 100,000 population: statistical region of workplace and occupation, 2001
  • End matter

Notes and corrections

  1. 4 April 2006: An amendment has been made to the totals in Table 6: Employed persons in health and community services industries: occupation, Australia, 1996 and 2001 on page 11.
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Recommended citation

AIHW 2003. Health and community services labour force 2001. National Health Labour Force Series no. 27. Cat. no. HWL 27. Canberra: AIHW.