Nursing labour force 2002
This report presents statistics on trends in the employment of nurses in Australia. It is based on the main findings of the 2001 national survey of registered and enrolled nurses, and includes registration and enrolment data for 2002. Information presented in this report includes the number and characteristics of registered and enrolled nurses in each geographic region and in each state and territory, their age and sex profiles, type of nurse, area of clinical nursing, work setting and hours worked.
ISSN 1327-4309; ISBN 978 1 74024 330 8; Cat. no. HWL 29; 34pp.; OUT OF PRINT
Full publication
Publication table of contents
- Preliminary material (125KB PDF)
- Title page and verso
- Contents
- List of tables
- List of figures
- Symbols and other usages
- Abbreviations
- Acknowledgments
- Sections (225KB PDF)
- Main findings
- Composition
- Size of the nursing labour force
- Age
- Sex
- Nursing supply
- State and territory comparisons
- Regional distribution comparisons
- Features of employed nurses
- Nursing role
- Clinical area of nursing
- Work setting
- Sector of employment
- Additional tables (99KB PDF)
- End matter (130K PDF)
- Explanatory notes
- Glossary
- References
Notes and corrections
The current version of the publication is presented above.
Previous versions of files that have been updated or corrected are presented below.
- Significant changes were made to the survey design and processing in 2003. Data from the 1995 to 2001 surveys have been revised to enable time series comparisons.
Recommended citation
AIHW 2003. Nursing labour force 2002. National Health Labour Force Series 29. Cat. no. HWL 29. Canberra: AIHW.