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released: 16 Oct 2009 author: AIHW

In 2007, the total number of registered and enrolled nurses estimated by the Nursing and Midwifery Labour Force Survey was 305,834, an increase of 12% since 2003. The nursing workforce continued to age between 2003 and 2007; the proportion of nurses aged 50 years or over increased from 28% to 33%. The number of full time equivalent nurses per 100,000 population increased by 8% since 2003, and the profession continued to be predominantly female, with females comprising 90% of employed nurses in 2007.

ISSN 1327-4309; ISBN 978 1 74024 958 4; Cat. no. HWL 44; 68pp.; Internet only

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Publication table of contents

  • Preliminary material
    • Title and verso pages
    • Contents
    • Acknowledgments
    • Abbreviations
    • Summary 1
  • Body section
    1. Introduction
      • 1.1 Nurses and midwives in Australia
      • 1.2 Data sources
      • 1.3 Additional information
    2. Registered and enrolled nurses
    3. Employed nurses
      • 3.1 Age and sex
      • 3.2 Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander nurses
      • 3.3 Country of first nursing qualification
      • 3.4 Working hours
      • 3.5 Hours worked in main and second jobs
    4. Nursing supply
    5. Regional comparisons
      • 5.1 Overview
      • 5.2 State and territory profiles
    6. Sources of new entrants and re-entrants to the nurse labour force
      • 6.1 Nurse training
      • 6.2 Nurse migration
      • 6.3 Nurses not employed in nursing
  • End matter
    • Appendixes
      • Appendix A: Explanatory notes on the Nursing and Midwifery Labour Force Survey
        • Background
        • Method
        • Scope and coverage
        • Response rate
      • Appendix B: Additional tables available from the AIHW website
        • Registered and enrolled nurses, registered nurses, enrolled nurses
    • Glossary
    • References
    • List of tables
    • List of figures

Notes and corrections

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Previous versions of files that have been updated or corrected are presented below.

  1. (15 April 2010) Report – The data in tables 11, 20, 21 and 23 may be different to previously published data due to revision of the Australian Bureau of Statistics’ Remoteness Area classification made in 2009.
    All online tables – The data in the detailed tables may be different to previously published data due to revision of the Australian Bureau of Statistics’ Remoteness Area classification made in 2009. 

Recommended citation

AIHW 2009. Nursing and midwifery labour force 2007. Cat. no. HWL 44. Canberra: AIHW. Viewed 12 June 2013 <http://www.aihw.gov.au/publication-detail/?id=6442468292>.