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.
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- 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.
(15 April 2010)
Recommended citation
AIHW 2009. Nursing and midwifery labour force 2007. Cat. no. HWL 44. Canberra: AIHW.