Medical 2016

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Registered and Employed in Australia 2013 – 2016

Profession	Type of Practitioner		2013	2014	2015	2016
Medical Practitioner	Clinician	General Practitioner	25,655	26,657	27,519	28,352
		Hospital non-specialist	9,471	9,535	9,755	9,709
		Specialist	27,221	28,363	29,416	30,518
		Specialist-in-training	13,582	14,581	14,965	16,158
		Other clinician	2,045	1,832	1,835	1,813
	Non Clinician		4,434	4,523	4,509	4,791
Total			82,408	85,491	87,999	91,341

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Registered and Employed in Australia - 2016

Profession	Type of Practitioner		Headcount	Total FTE	Average Age	Average Total Hours
Medical Practitioner	Clinician	General Practitioner	28,352	27,158.2	51.5	38.3
		Hospital non-specialist	9,709	11,455.8	33.4	47.2
		Specialist	30,518	33,332.2	50.1	43.7
		Specialist-in-training	16,158	18,688.8	33.8	46.3
		Other clinician	1,813	1,685.9	45.0	37.2
	Non Clinician		4,791	4,532.1	53.1	37.8
Total			91,341	96,853.0	45.9	42.4

Registered and Employed in Australia - 2016 by State and Territory

State/Territory	Headcount	Total FTE	Average Age	Average Total Hours
NSW	28,995	30,967.9	46.8	42.7
VIC	22,712	23,803.1	45.7	41.9
QLD	18,563	19,895.7	45.1	42.9
SA	6,836	7,149.4	46.4	41.8
WA	9,251	9,718.8	45.0	42.0
TAS	1,964	2,040.6	46.9	41.6
ACT	1,768	1,909.1	46.2	43.2
NT	1,164	1,276.6	43.4	43.9
N/A	88	92.0	_	_
Total	91,341	96,853.0	45.9	42.4

Registered and Employed in Australia - 2016 by Remoteness Area

Remoteness Area	Headcount	Total FTE	Average Age	Average Total Hours
Major cities	72,304	76,411.4	46.0	42.3
Inner regional	12,422	13,129.2	46.1	42.3
Outer regional	5,299	5,813.6	44.8	43.9
Remote	865	975.3	45.3	45.1
Very remote	376	446.4	49.1	47.5
Unknown	75	77.3	_	_
Total	91,341	96,853.0	45.9	42.4

Registered and Employed in Australia - 2016 by Modified Monash Model (MMM)

MMM	Headcount	Total FTE	Average Age	Average Total Hours
MMM1	72,304	76,411.4	46.0	42.3
MMM2	8,122	8,694.6	44.7	42.8
MMM3	5,623	6,035.6	46.1	42.9
MMM4	1,947	2,071.0	46.8	42.6
MMM5	2,024	2,136.7	47.9	42.2
MMM6	846	950.2	45.4	44.9
MMM7	400	476.3	48.7	47.6
Unknown	75	77.3	_	_
Total	91,341	96,853.0	45.9	42.4

Nursing and Midwifery 2017

Registered and Employed in Australia 2014 – 2017

Profession / Division *	2014	2015	2016	2017
Registered Nurse	221,567	228,558	236,931	245,269
Enrolled Nurse only	50,737	50,801	51,454	51,478
Dual Registration	25,077	24,076	23,377	22,568
Midwife only	2,696	3,052	3,402	3,807
Total	300,077	306,487	315,164	323,122

* Based on single headcount

Registered and Employed in Australia - 2017

Profession / Division	Headcount	Total FTE	Average Age	Average Total Hours
Registered Nurse #	267,783	227,509	43.9	32.3
Enrolled Nurse #	51,478	42,787	46.0	31.6
Midwife #	26,369	13,809	48.0	19.9
Total *	323,122	284,120	44.1	33.4

^# Based on hours worked

* Based on single headcount

Registered and Employed in Australia - 2017 by State and Territory

State/Territory	Headcount	Total FTE	Average Age	Average Total Hours
NSW	90,833	82,852	44.6	34.7
VIC	87,737	74,383	43.5	32.2
QLD	66,448	59,144	43.9	33.8
SA	28,116	23,531	45.4	31.8
WA	32,473	28,261	44.2	33.1
TAS	7,892	6,769	46.1	32.6
ACT	5,442	4,981	42.8	34.8
NT	4,087	4,104	43.0	38.2
Unknown	94	94	_	_
Total	323,122	284,120	44.1	33.4

Registered and Employed in Australia - 2017 by Modified Monash Model (MMM)

MMM	Headcount	Total FTE	Average Age	Average Total Hours
MMM1	233,571	205,505	43.3	33.4
MMM2	32,032	28,168	44.7	33.4
MMM3	25,455	22,352	46.1	33.4
MMM4	11,966	10,188	47.6	32.4
MMM5	13,617	11,409	48.9	31.8
MMM6	3,966	3,845	44.8	36.8
MMM7	2,472	2,611	47.8	40.1
Unknown	43	41	_	_
Total	323,122	284,120	44.1	33.4

All Registered Health Practitioners 2016

Registered and Employed in Australia 2013 - 2016

Registered and Employed in Australia

Profession	2013	2014	2015	2016
Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Health Practitioners	270	265	451	474
Chinese Medicine Practitioners	3,668	3,762	3,933	3,983
Chiropractors	4,185	4,307	4,480	4,589
Oral Health Practitioners	17,847	18,530	19,051	19,490
Medical Practitioners	82,408	85,491	87,999	91,341
Medical Radiation Practitioners	11,757	12,379	12,830	13,156
Nurses and Midwives	295,060	300,077	306,487	315,164
Occupational Therapists	13,309	14,023	15,022	15,928
Optometrists	4,219	4,322	4,557	4,734
Osteopaths	1,609	1,737	1,833	1,914
Pharmacists	21,838	22,454	23,134	23,842
Physiotherapists	21,046	22,372	23,577	24,271
Podiatrists	3,693	3,951	4,127	4,327
Psychologists	23,086	23,810	24,474	25,219
Total	503,995	517,480	531,955	548,432

Registered and Employed in Australia - 2016

Registered and Employed in Australia - 2016

Profession	Head count	Total FTE	Average Age	Average Total Hours
Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Health Practitioners	474	511	46.0	41.0
Chinese Medicine Practitioners	3,983	3,092	48.6	29.5
Chiropractors	4,589	4,004	41.6	33.2
Oral Health Practitioners	19,490	18,140	42.5	35.4
Medical Practitioners	91,341	93,752	46.1	42.3
Medical Radiation Practitioners	13,156	12,132	39.1	35.0
Nurses and Midwives	315,164	277,363	44.3	33.4
Occupational Therapists	15,928	13,943	36.7	33.3
Optometrists	4,734	4,379	41.5	35.2
Osteopaths	1,914	1,696	38.7	33.7
Pharmacists	23,842	22,515	39.3	35.9
Physiotherapists	24,271	22,224	38.1	34.8
Podiatrists	4,327	4,085	37.7	35.9
Psychologists	25,219	21,625	46.3	32.4
Total	548,432	499,461	43.6	35.2

State and Territory Statistics - 2016

Registered and Employed in Australia - 2016 by State and Territory - NSW

Profession	Head count	Total FTE	Average Age	Average Total Hours
Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Health Practitioners	87	87	44.2	38.2
Chinese Medicine Practitioners	1,669	1,316	49.9	30.0
Chiropractors	1,579	1,436	41.5	34.6
Oral Health Practitioners	6,025	5,724	43.5	36.1
Medical Practitioners	28,995	30,968	46.8	42.7
Medical Radiation Practitioners	4,325	3,866	39.1	34.0
Nurses and Midwives	88,780	81,032	44.8	34.7
Occupational Therapists	4,640	4,066	37.2	33.3
Optometrists	1,623	1,503	42.3	35.2
Osteopaths	504	442	45.8	33.4
Pharmacists	7,256	6,865	40.4	36.0
Physiotherapists	7,319	6,688	38.9	34.7
Podiatrists	1,202	1,146	39.2	36.2
Psychologists	8,447	7,170	46.5	32.3
Total	162,451	152,307	44.3	36.0

Registered and Employed in Australia - 2016 by State and Territory - VIC

Profession	Head count	Total FTE	Average Age	Average Total Hours
Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Health Practitioners	7	7	45.0	37.9
Chinese Medicine Practitioners	1,086	806	47.1	28.2
Chiropractors	1,205	1,010	41.7	31.9
Oral Health Practitioners	4,589	4,230	42.2	35.0
Medical Practitioners	22,712	23,803	45.7	41.9
Medical Radiation Practitioners	3,321	3,133	38.9	35.9
Nurses and Midwives	85,315	72,165	43.6	32.1
Occupational Therapists	3,972	3,476	36.5	33.3
Optometrists	1,247	1,140	40.2	34.7
Osteopaths	1,061	931	34.3	33.3
Pharmacists	6,160	5,747	39.5	35.5
Physiotherapists	6,107	5,663	37.5	35.2
Podiatrists	1,385	1,285	35.8	35.3
Psychologists	7,015	5,888	46.2	31.9
Total	145,182	129,282	43.1	34.2

Registered and Employed in Australia - 2016 by State and Territory - QLD

Profession	Head count	Total FTE	Average Age	Average Total Hours
Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Health Practitioners	93	102	47.8	41.5
Chinese Medicine Practitioners	731	588	48.4	30.6
Chiropractors	773	691	42.9	34.0
Oral Health Practitioners	4,067	3,886	41.7	36.3
Medical Practitioners	18,563	19,896	45.1	42.9
Medical Radiation Practitioners	2,739	2,593	39.0	36.0
Nurses and Midwives	63,959	57,254	44.1	34.0
Occupational Therapists	3,140	2,784	36.4	33.7
Optometrists	975	898	41.4	35.0
Osteopaths	179	176	40.4	37.3
Pharmacists	4,791	4,616	38.2	36.6
Physiotherapists	4,802	4,494	37.9	35.6
Podiatrists	735	745	37.2	38.5
Psychologists	4,466	4,011	45.4	34.1
Total	110,013	102,731	43.3	35.8

Registered and Employed in Australia - 2016 by State and Territory - SA

Profession	Head count	Total FTE	Average Age	Average Total Hours
Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Health Practitioners	41	42	42.9	39.2
Chinese Medicine Practitioners	169	124	48.5	27.9
Chiropractors	341	283	44.4	31.5
Oral Health Practitioners	1,630	1,412	42.7	32.9
Medical Practitioners	6,836	7,149	46.4	41.8
Medical Radiation Practitioners	1,041	933	39.2	34.1
Nurses and Midwives	28,107	23,381	45.4	31.6
Occupational Therapists	1,261	1,083	36.4	32.6
Optometrists	289	277	40.2	36.4
Osteopaths	32	30	37.9	35.6
Pharmacists	1,768	1,674	38.5	36.0
Physiotherapists	2,046	1,815	38.7	33.7
Podiatrists	391	366	39.4	35.6
Psychologists	1,297	1,108	46.9	32.5
Total	45,249	39,677	44.4	33.6

Registered and Employed in Australia - 2016 by State and Territory - WA

Profession	Head count	Total FTE	Average Age	Average Total Hours
Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Health Practitioners	81	94	47.9	44.1
Chinese Medicine Practitioners	220	175	47.8	30.3
Chiropractors	550	463	37.8	32.0
Oral Health Practitioners	2,331	2,063	41.9	33.6
Medical Practitioners	9,251	9,719	45.0	42.0
Medical Radiation Practitioners	1,136	1,047	39.7	35.0
Nurses and Midwives	32,029	27,975	44.2	33.2
Occupational Therapists	2,215	1,915	36.4	32.9
Optometrists	400	374	43.1	35.5
Osteopaths	58	47	45.4	31.0
Pharmacists	2,662	2,461	38.4	35.1
Physiotherapists	2,929	2,594	37.4	33.7
Podiatrists	424	365	39.1	32.7
Psychologists	2,653	2,251	46.8	32.2
Total	56,939	51,542	43.2	34.7

Registered and Employed in Australia - 2016 by State and Territory - TAS

Profession	Head count	Total FTE	Average Age	Average Total Hours
Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Health Practitioners*	NP	NP	NP	NP
Chinese Medicine Practitioners*	NP	NP	NP	NP
Chiropractors	53	44	44.4	31.6
Oral Health Practitioners	345	340	44.6	37.4
Medical Practitioners	1,964	2,041	46.9	41.6
Medical Radiation Practitioners	271	255	41.4	35.8
Nurses and Midwives	7,661	6,579	46.2	32.6
Occupational Therapists	256	216	41.4	32.0
Optometrists	90	82	45.8	34.8
Osteopaths	41	35	43.5	32.6
Pharmacists	598	543	40.4	34.5
Physiotherapists	410	357	40.9	33.0
Podiatrists	104	93	39.3	34.1
Psychologists	451	384	47.0	32.4
Total	12,282	10,996	45.5	34.4

* Row has been set to Not Published (NP) due to data confidentiality

Registered and Employed in Australia - 2016 by State and Territory - ACT

Profession	Head count	Total FTE	Average Age	Average Total Hours
Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Health Practitioners*	NP	NP	NP	NP
Chinese Medicine Practitioners	60	49	48.6	31.0
Chiropractors	64	54	44.5	31.8
Oral Health Practitioners	357	342	42.2	37.4
Medical Practitioners	1,768	1,909	46.2	43.2
Medical Radiation Practitioners	226	215	37.7	36.1
Nurses and Midwives	5,249	4,887	43.3	35.3
Occupational Therapists	286	258	37.1	34.3
Optometrists	76	71	38.3	35.3
Osteopaths*	NP	NP	NP	NP
Pharmacists	417	410	38.6	37.4
Physiotherapists	493	452	38.2	34.8
Podiatrists	60	58	38.9	36.9
Psychologists	694	626	45.9	34.3
Total	9,788	9,365	43.1	36.7

* Row has been set to Not Published (NP) due to data confidentiality

Registered and Employed in Australia - 2016 by State and Territory - NT

Profession	Head count	Total FTE	Average Age	Average Total Hours
Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Health Practitioners	160	174	45.9	41.4
Chinese Medicine Practitioners*	NP	NP	NP	NP
Chiropractors	24	23	40.0	37.0
Oral Health Practitioners	140	138	41.8	37.4
Medical Practitioners	1,164	1,277	43.4	43.9
Medical Radiation Practitioners	90	84	38.0	35.6
Nurses and Midwives	3,982	4,007	43.1	38.2
Occupational Therapists	157	146	36.2	35.3
Optometrists	33	34	40.6	38.9
Osteopaths*	NP	NP	NP	NP
Pharmacists	186	194	36.0	39.6
Physiotherapists	158	156	35.8	37.4
Podiatrists	25	27	37.1	40.4
Psychologists	184	178	49.1	36.7
Total	6,316	6,446	42.7	39.2

* Row has been set to Not Published (NP) due to data confidentiality

Remoteness Area Statistics - 2016

Registered and Employed in Australia - 2016 by Remoteness Area - Major Cities

Profession	Head count	Total FTE	Average Age	Average Total Hours
Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Health Practitioners	63	72	44.0	43.5
Chinese Medicine Practitioners	3,454	2,721	48.6	29.9
Chiropractors	3,472	3,057	41.2	33.5
Oral Health Practitioners	15,394	14,246	42.6	35.2
Medical Practitioners	72,304	76,411	46.0	42.3
Medical Radiation Practitioners	10,361	9,521	38.9	34.9
Nurses and Midwives	227,566	200,584	43.5	33.5
Occupational Therapists	12,273	10,777	36.7	33.4
Optometrists	3,738	3,421	41.1	34.8
Osteopaths	1,536	1,379	38.1	34.1
Pharmacists	18,391	17,219	38.9	35.6
Physiotherapists	19,621	17,987	37.9	34.8
Podiatrists	3,262	3,071	37.8	35.8
Psychologists	20,914	17,881	45.9	32.5
Total	412,349	378,346	43.2	35.2

Registered and Employed in Australia - 2016 by Remoteness Area - Inner Regional

Profession	Head count	Total FTE	Average Age	Average Total Hours
Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Health Practitioners	58	55	44.4	36.2
Chinese Medicine Practitioners	408	282	48.5	26.3
Chiropractors	801	675	43.2	32.0
Oral Health Practitioners	2,755	2,623	42.4	36.2
Medical Practitioners	12,422	13,129	46.1	43.9
Medical Radiation Practitioners	2,015	1,876	39.7	35.4
Nurses and Midwives	56,087	47,994	46.5	32.5
Occupational Therapists	2,414	2,059	37.4	32.4
Optometrists	722	688	42.9	36.2
Osteopaths	323	268	40.5	31.6
Pharmacists	3,559	3,389	41.1	36.2
Physiotherapists	3,189	2,878	39.8	34.3
Podiatrists	789	747	37.4	36.0
Psychologists	3,110	2,659	48.6	32.5
Total	88,652	79,321	45.4	34.3

Registered and Employed in Australia - 2016 by Remoteness Area - Outer Regional

Profession	Head count	Total FTE	Average Age	Average Total Hours
Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Health Practitioners	148	151	46.1	38.7
Chinese Medicine Practitioners	112	84	49.9	28.4
Chiropractors	268	232	42.5	32.8
Oral Health Practitioners	1,159	1,099	41.4	36.0
Medical Practitioners	5,299	5,814	44.8	43.9
Medical Radiation Practitioners	673	631	38.7	32.2
Nurses and Midwives	25,213	22,480	46.0	33.9
Occupational Therapists	1,079	950	35.6	33.5
Optometrists	237	234	43.5	37.5
Osteopaths	52	47	42.8	34.3
Pharmacists	1,595	1,593	39.6	37.9
Physiotherapists	1,222	1,132	37.6	35.2
Podiatrists	235	224	37.9	36.2
Psychologists	1,035	936	48.0	34.4
Total	38,327	35,605	44.7	35.6

Registered and Employed in Australia - 2016 by Remoteness Area - Remote Australia

Profession	Head count	Total FTE	Average Age	Average Total Hours
Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Health Practitioners	90	103	45.7	43.3
Chinese Medicine Practitioners*	NP	NP	NP	NP
Chiropractors	39	35	40.9	33.6
Oral Health Practitioners	131	124	41.3	36.0
Medical Practitioners	865	975	45.3	45.1
Medical Radiation Practitioners	76	74	43.3	36.9
Nurses and Midwives	3,969	3,840	45.2	36.8
Occupational Therapists	117	112	34.7	36.4
Optometrists	26	27	39.2	38.9
Osteopaths*	NP	NP	NP	NP
Pharmacists	211	220	38.1	39.6
Physiotherapists	154	139	37.8	34.4
Podiatrists	29	31	39.8	40.4
Psychologists	109	104	48.0	36.4
Total	5,820	5,786	44.4	38.1

* Row has been set to Not Published (NP) due to data confidentiality

Registered and Employed in Australia - 2016 by Remoteness Area - Very Remote Australia

Profession	Head count	Total FTE	Average Age	Average Total Hours
Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Health Practitioners	115	131	48.1	43.2
Chinese Medicine Practitioners*	NP	NP	NP	NP
Chiropractors	9	7	39.3	27.9
Oral Health Practitioners	46	44	46.0	36.4
Medical Practitioners	376	446	49.1	47.5
Medical Radiation Practitioners	26	25	45.3	36.9
Nurses and Midwives	2,289	2,423	47.6	40.1
Occupational Therapists	44	46	35.4	39.5
Optometrists	10	8	37.1	29.3
Osteopaths*	NP	NP	NP	NP
Pharmacists	85	93	41.4	41.7
Physiotherapists	79	82	37.1	39.4
Podiatrists	11	12	35.6	40.6
Psychologists	47	42	47.1	33.7
Total	3,142	3,361	47.1	40.8

* Row has been set to Not Published (NP) due to data confidentiality

Source of the data is the NHWDS.

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