Summary Statistics, Medical Profession

Summary tables were generated using a statistical package that uses different rounding methodologies to the Health Workforce Data Tool. Percentages and/or averages may differ slightly to those extracted from the Health Workforce Data Tool.

Registered and Employed in Australia 2019 to 2023

Clinician Status	Area	2019	2020	2021	2022	2023
Clinician	General practitioner (GP)*	31,102	31,620	31,842	31,926	26,599
Clinician	Hospital non-specialist	12,098	13,161	13,671	14,260	14,228
Clinician	Specialist	35,024	36,189	37,421	39,582	44,312
Clinician	Specialist-in-training	16,526	17,001	17,735	18,736	17,240
Clinician	Other clinician	2,289	2,289	2,527	2,553	2,576
Clinician	Medical practitioner working in General Practice	.	.	.	.	6,881
Other		4,802	5,033	5,305	4,851	4,774
Total		101,841	105,293	108,501	111,908	116,610

*General Practitioners refer to General practitioners using the NHWDS as defined in the method papers under Main job area : General practitioners in Australia: Headcount & workload methods - Summary

*From 16 June 2021, Services Australia started using the Australian Health Practitioner Regulation Agency (Ahpra) Register of practitioners to identify General Practitioners (GPs) who had specialist registration. This ensured eligible patients retained access to Medicare Rebates. This change saw a significant short-term increase in medical specialist applications from GPs. Please note that this change in registration practice does not represent an additional GP workforce and care should be taken when comparing figures between 2020 and 2021.

Registered and Employed in Australia, 2023

Clinician Status	Area	Headcount	Total FTE	Average Age	Average Total Hours
Clinician	General practitioner (GP)*	26,599	24,118	50.6	36.3
Clinician	Hospital non-specialist	14,228	16,623	32.6	46.7
Clinician	Specialist	44,312	45,888	48.8	41.4
Clinician	Specialist-in-training	17,240	19,323	34.2	44.8
Clinician	Other clinician	2,576	2,534	43.8	39.3
Clinician	Medical practitioner working in General Practice	6,881	6,168	53.0	35.9
Other		4,774	4,282	53.9	35.9
Total		116,610	118,937	45.4	40.8

*General Practitioners refer to General practitioners using the NHWDS as defined in the method papers under Main job area : General practitioners in Australia: Headcount & workload methods - Summary

State and Territory, Registered and Employed in Australia, 2023

State	Headcount	Total FTE	Average Age	Average Total Hours
NSW	35,347	36,128	46.4	40.9
VIC	30,124	30,589	45.0	40.6
QLD	24,111	24,696	44.9	41.0
SA	8,185	8,506	45.7	41.6
WA	12,390	12,399	44.8	40.0
TAS	2,753	2,795	45.3	40.6
ACT	2,272	2,370	45.7	41.7
NT	1,238	1,291	42.8	41.7
Unknown	190	163	46.2	34.4
Australia	116,610	118,937	45.4	40.8

*Australia data includes those where State or Territory is unknown

Remoteness Area, Registered and Employed in Australia, 2023

Remoteness Area	Headcount	Total FTE	Average Age	Average Total Hours
Major cities	91,385	92,987	45.5	40.7
Inner regional	17,033	17,277	45.3	40.6
Outer regional	6,611	6,974	44.6	42.2
Remote	941	1,034	44.8	43.9
Very remote	457	506	48.0	44.3
Australia	116,610	118,937	45.4	40.8

Modified Monash Model (MMM), Registered and Employed in Australia, 2023

Modified Monash Model	Headcount	Total FTE	Average Age	Average Total Hours
1	91,385	92,987	45.5	40.7
2	11,143	11,501	44.0	41.3
3	7,445	7,669	45.4	41.2
4	2,631	2,662	46.5	40.5
5	2,406	2,402	47.7	39.9
6	935	1,028	44.9	44.0
7	482	530	47.8	44.0
Total	116,610	118,937	45.4	40.8