Nursing and midwifery labour force 2007

Nursing and midwifery labour force 2007

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National health labour force series no. 43

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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Published 16 October 2009; ISSN 1327-4309; ISBN-13 978 1 74024 958 4; AIHW cat. no. HWL 44; 68pp.; $25.00


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  • Preliminary material
    • Title and verso pages
    • Contents
    • Acknowledgments
    • Abbreviations
    • Summary (HTML)
  • 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
      • Appendix B: Additional tables available from the AIHW website
    • Glossary
    • References
    • List of tables
    • List of figures

Additional material

Nursing and midwifery labour force detailed tables

Nursing and Midwifery Labour Force Census questionnaires