Health and community services labour force 2006
In 2006, over 9% of Australia's workforce was employed in health and community services occupations - a 26% increase from 2001. Between 2001 and 2006 the health workforce and community services workforce increased by 22.8% and 35.6% respectively. Over the same period, the health and community services workforce aged with the proportion of workers in the 55 to 64 years age bracket increasing by 4 percentage points. This report also contains information on geographical distribution, country of birth and qualifications held.
ISSN 1327-4309; ISBN 978 1 74024 891 4; Cat. no. HWL 43; 80pp.; $27.00
Notes and corrections
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- Appendix 5 was not available as part of the printed copy. (20 March 2009)
- (22 Sept 2011) Amendments to Section 3.3.3 on page 38.
First and third paragraphs: The first paragraph contains incorrect data and the discussion amended to discuss the size of the overall disability services workers and aged and/or disabled care workers group. The third paragraph has had the sentence “Teachers of the sight impaired were the smallest proportion (0.6%)” included.
Table 3.19: heading of third column from the left reads “Change between 2001 and” corrected to read “Change between 2001 and 2006 (%)”.Previous version - Health and community services labour force 2006 (PDF)
Recommended citation
AIHW 2009. Health and community services labour force 2006. Cat. no. HWL 43. Canberra: AIHW.