Medical 2017

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Registered and Employed in Australia 2014 – 2017

Profession	Type of Practitioner		2014	2015	2016	2017
Medical Practitioner	Clinician	General Practitioner	26,657	27,519	28,352	29,455
		Hospital non-specialist	9,535	9,755	9,709	10,516
		Specialist	28,363	29,416	30,518	32,245
		Specialist-in-training	14,581	14,965	16,158	16,334
		Other clinician	1,832	1,835	1,813	1,867
	Non Clinician		4,523	4,509	4,791	4,777
Total			85,491	87,999	91,341	95,194

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Registered and Employed in Australia - 2017

Profession	Type of Practitioner		Headcount	Total FTE	Average Age	Average Total Hours
Medical Practitioner	Clinician	General Practitioner	29,455	28,075.00	51.3	38.1
		Hospital non-specialist	10,516	12,550.20	33.1	47.7
		Specialist	32,245	35,041.20	50.0	43.5
		Specialist-in-training	16,334	19,033.40	33.7	46.6
		Other clinician	1,867	1,778.10	44.0	38.1
	Non Clinician		4,777	4,488.00	53.0	37.6
Total			95,194	100,965.60	45.8	42.4

Registered and Employed in Australia - 2017 by State and Territory

State/Territory	Headcount	Total FTE	Average Age	Average Total Hours
NSW	30,037	32,189.00	46.8	42.9
VIC	23,762	24,956.00	45.6	42.0
QLD	19,553	20,851.00	44.8	42.7
SA	7,009	7,330.00	46.3	41.8
WA	9,631	10,103.00	45.0	42.0
TAS	2,059	2,113.00	46.6	41.1
ACT	1,820	1,968.00	46.3	43.3
NT	1,221	1,338.00	43.2	43.8
N/A	102	118.00	_	_
Total	95,194	100,966.00	45.8	42.4

Registered and Employed in Australia - 2017 by Remoteness Area

Remoteness Area	Headcount	Total FTE	Average Age	Average Total Hours
Major cities	75,306	79,593.65	45.9	42.3
Inner regional	13,064	13,828.47	45.9	42.3
Outer regional	5,452	5,965.68	44.9	43.8
Remote	896	1016.62	45.1	45.4
Very remote	387	455.27	48.9	47.1
Unknown	89	105.88	_	_
Total	95,194	100,965.57	45.8	42.4

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

MMM	Headcount	Total FTE	Average Age	Average Total Hours
MMM1	75,306	79,593.70	45.9	42.28
MMM2	8,536	9,144.90	44.6	42.85
MMM3	5,857	6,284.60	45.9	42.92
MMM4	2,034	2,174.10	46.9	42.76
MMM5	2,086	2,187.40	47.6	41.94
MMM6	876	991	45.1	45.25
MMM7	410	484.1	48.5	47.23
Unknown	89	105.9	_	_
Total	95,194	100,965.70	45.9	42.43

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	42.9	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	48.8	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 2017

Registered and Employed in Australia 2014 - 2017

Registered and Employed in Australia

Profession	2014	2015	2016	2017
Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Health Practitioners	265	451	474	487
Chinese Medicine Practitioners	3,762	3,933	3,983	4,019
Chiropractors	4,307	4,480	4,589	4,656
Oral Health Practitioners	18,530	19,051	19,490	19,949
Medical Practitioners	85,491	87,999	91,341	95,194
Medical Radiation Practitioners	12,379	12,830	13,156	13,624
Nurses and Midwives	300,077	306,487	315,164	323,122
Occupational Therapists	14,023	15,022	15,928	17,025
Optometrists	4,322	4,557	4,734	4,832
Osteopaths	1,737	1,833	1,914	2,023
Pharmacists	22,454	23,134	23,842	24,609
Physiotherapists	22,372	23,577	24,271	25,523
Podiatrists	3,951	4,127	4,327	4,491
Psychologists	23,810	24,474	25,219	26,311
Total	517,480	531,955	548,432	565,865

Registered and Employed in Australia - 2017

Registered and Employed in Australia - 2017

Profession	Head count	Total FTE	Average Age	Average Total Hours
Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Health Practitioners	487	520.0	45.6	40.5
Chinese Medicine Practitioners	4,019	3,112.0	49.3	29.4
Chiropractors	4,656	4,045.0	41.9	33.0
Oral Health Practitioners	19,949	18,507.0	42.6	35.3
Medical Practitioners	95,194	100,966.0	45.8	42.4
Medical Radiation Practitioners	13,624	12,575.0	39.0	35.1
Nurses and Midwives	323,122	284,120.0	44.1	33.4
Occupational Therapists	17,025	14,886.0	36.9	33.2
Optometrists	4,832	4,447.0	41.6	35.0
Osteopaths	2,023	1,772.0	38.8	33.3
Pharmacists	24,609	23,137.0	39.3	35.7
Physiotherapists	25,523	23,452.0	38.2	34.9
Podiatrists	4,491	4,249.0	38.1	36.0
Psychologists	26,311	22,411.0	46.3	32.4
Total	565,865	518,199	43.6	35.2

State and Territory Statistics - 2017

Registered and Employed in Australia - 2017 by State and Territory - NSW

Profession	Head count	Total FTE	Average Age	Average Total Hours
Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Health Practitioners	102	100	44.5	37.3
Chinese Medicine Practitioners	1,679	1,326	50.5	30.0
Chiropractors	1,599	1,439	41.7	34.2
Oral Health Practitioners	6,172	5,840	43.5	36.0
Medical Practitioners	30,037	32,189	46.8	42.9
Medical Radiation Practitioners	4,492	4,019	39.0	34.0
Nurses and Midwives	90,833	82,852	44.6	34.7
Occupational Therapists	4,993	4,394	37.2	33.4
Optometrists	1,659	1,533	42.4	35.1
Osteopaths	515	441	45.7	32.6
Pharmacists	7,482	7,037	40.5	35.7
Physiotherapists	7,722	7,095	38.8	34.9
Podiatrists	1,277	1,224	39.3	36.4
Psychologists	8,682	7,325	46.6	32.1
Total	167,244	156,815	44.2	36.0

Registered and Employed in Australia - 2017 by State and Territory - VIC

Profession	Head count	Total FTE	Average Age	Average Total Hours
Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Health Practitioners	12	14	42.0	44.0
Chinese Medicine Practitioners	1,096	815	47.8	28.3
Chiropractors	1,224	1,032	41.8	32.0
Oral Health Practitioners	4,743	4,365	42.1	35.0
Medical Practitioners	23,762	24,956	45.6	42.0
Medical Radiation Practitioners	3,362	3,164	39.0	35.8
Nurses and Midwives	87,737	74,383	43.5	32.2
Occupational Therapists	4,294	3,778	36.6	33.4
Optometrists	1,293	1,171	40.2	34.4
Osteopaths	1,154	1,009	34.6	33.2
Pharmacists	6,357	5,909	39.5	35.3
Physiotherapists	6,392	5,928	37.9	35.2
Podiatrists	1,417	1,310	36.3	35.1
Psychologists	7,354	6,119	46.2	31.6
Total	150,197	133,954	43.0	34.2

Registered and Employed in Australia - 2017 by State and Territory - QLD

Profession	Head count	Total FTE	Average Age	Average Total Hours
Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Health Practitioners	85	86	48.4	38.6
Chinese Medicine Practitioners	750	592	49.2	30.0
Chiropractors	779	691	43.2	33.7
Oral Health Practitioners	4,125	3,903	41.8	36.0
Medical Practitioners	19,553	20,851	44.8	42.7
Medical Radiation Practitioners	2,926	2,790	38.8	36.2
Nurses and Midwives	66,448	59,144	43.9	33.8
Occupational Therapists	3,360	2,994	36.5	33.9
Optometrists	994	911	41.6	34.8
Osteopaths	197	183	40.5	35.3
Pharmacists	4,966	4,732	38.1	36.2
Physiotherapists	5,071	4,735	37.9	35.5
Podiatrists	779	777	37.7	37.9
Psychologists	4,738	4,226	45.4	33.9
Total	114,771	106,615	43.1	35.7

Registered and Employed in Australia - 2017 by State and Territory - SA

Profession	Head count	Total FTE	Average Age	Average Total Hours
Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Health Practitioners	37	38	42.6	39.0
Chinese Medicine Practitioners	162	117	49.6	27.3
Chiropractors	347	288	45.0	31.5
Oral Health Practitioners	1,671	1,468	42.6	33.4
Medical Practitioners	7,009	7,330	46.3	41.8
Medical Radiation Practitioners	1,065	953	39.4	34.0
Nurses and Midwives	28,116	23,531	45.4	31.8
Occupational Therapists	1,307	1,118	36.9	32.5
Optometrists	294	283	39.8	36.6
Osteopaths	33	31	38.9	35.8
Pharmacists	1,806	1,693	38.5	35.6
Physiotherapists	2,134	1,927	38.7	34.3
Podiatrists	396	371	39.5	35.6
Psychologists	1,370	1,160	46.8	32.2
Total	45,747	40,308	44.4	33.8

Registered and Employed in Australia - 2017 by State and Territory - WA

Profession	Head count	Total FTE	Average Age	Average Total Hours
Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Health Practitioners	76	86	46.7	42.9
Chinese Medicine Practitioners	226	178	48.6	30.0
Chiropractors	567	467	38.5	31.3
Oral Health Practitioners	2,357	2,089	42.4	33.7
Medical Practitioners	9,631	10,103	45.0	42.0
Medical Radiation Practitioners	1,164	1,075	39.9	35.1
Nurses and Midwives	32,473	28,261	44.2	33.1
Occupational Therapists	2,323	1,945	36.8	31.8
Optometrists	386	356	43.3	35.1
Osteopaths	52	43	48.4	31.7
Pharmacists	2,751	2,576	38.6	35.6
Physiotherapists	3,066	2,732	37.4	33.9
Podiatrists	432	382	39.7	33.6
Psychologists	2,770	2,340	46.5	32.1
Total	58,274	52,633	43.3	34.7

Registered and Employed in Australia - 2017 by State and Territory - TAS

Profession	Head count	Total FTE	Average Age	Average Total Hours
Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Health Practitioners*	NP	NP	36.5	NP
Chinese Medicine Practitioners*	NP	NP	49.0	NP
Chiropractors	50.0	43	45.6	33.0
Oral Health Practitioners	349.0	338	44.4	36.8
Medical Practitioners	2,059.0	2,113	46.6	41.0
Medical Radiation Practitioners	281.0	266	40.9	35.9
Nurses and Midwives	7,892.0	6,769	46.1	32.6
Occupational Therapists	271	226	41.5	31.7
Optometrists	94.0	83	45.0	33.7
Osteopaths	39.0	32	45.4	30.9
Pharmacists	612.0	549	40.1	34.1
Physiotherapists	421.0	364	41.3	32.9
Podiatrists	99.0	96	39.3	36.7
Psychologists	457.0	390	47.5	32.4
Total	12,660	11,296	45.4	34.2

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

Registered and Employed in Australia - 2017 by State and Territory - ACT

Profession	Head count	Total FTE	Average Age	Average Total Hours
Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Health Practitioners*	NP	NP	51.3	NP
Chinese Medicine Practitioners	58.0	45	49.3	29.8
Chiropractors	63.0	58	45.7	34.9
Oral Health Practitioners	374.0	349	42.6	35.5
Medical Practitioners	1,820.0	1,968	46.3	43.2
Medical Radiation Practitioners	238.0	217	37.2	34.6
Nurses and Midwives	5,442.0	4,981	42.8	34.8
Occupational Therapists	312.0	277	36.8	33.7
Optometrists	75.0	72	39.1	36.3
Osteopaths*	NP	NP	42.8	NP
Pharmacists	446.0	444	38.9	37.9
Physiotherapists	543.0	499	38.2	34.9
Podiatrists	64.0	61	39.3	36.5
Psychologists	741.0	658	45.6	33.8
Total	10,210	9,663	42.9	36.4

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

Registered and Employed in Australia - 2017 by State and Territory - NT

Profession	Head count	Total FTE	Average Age	Average Total Hours
Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Health Practitioners	170	190	45.3	42.6
Chinese Medicine Practitioners*	NP	NP	47.1	NP
Chiropractors	25	24	38.6	36.6
Oral Health Practitioners	148	146	42.4	37.5
Medical Practitioners	1,221	1,338	43.2	43.8
Medical Radiation Practitioners	92	88	37.8	36.3
Nurses and Midwives	4,087	4,104	42.9	38.2
Occupational Therapists	163	153	36.5	35.7
Optometrists	35	36	40.5	39.3
Osteopaths*	NP	NP	53.0	NP
Pharmacists	185	192	36.1	39.5
Physiotherapists	164	162	36.2	37.5
Podiatrists	24	25	37.3	40.1
Psychologists	182	176	49.0	36.7
Total	6,508	6,646	42.6	39.2

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

Remoteness Area Statistics - 2017

Registered and Employed in Australia - 2017 by Remoteness Area - Major Cities

Profession	Head count	Total FTE	Average Age	Average Total Hours
Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Health Practitioners	64	63	43.2	37.2
Chinese Medicine Practitioners	3,471	2,725	49.3	29.8
Chiropractors	3,545	3,095	41.5	33.2
Oral Health Practitioners	15,755	14,537	42.7	35.1
Medical Practitioners	75,306	79,594	45.8	42.3
Medical Radiation Practitioners	10,773	9,943	38.9	35.1
Nurses and Midwives	233,571	205,505	43.3	33.4
Occupational Therapists	13,132	11,505	36.8	33.3
Optometrists	3,828	3,490	41.3	34.6
Osteopaths	1,620	1,438	38.3	33.7
Pharmacists	19,044	17,781	39.0	35.5
Physiotherapists	20,666	19,041	38.0	35.0
Podiatrists	3,391	3,182	38.2	35.7
Psychologists	21,849	18,550	45.8	32.3
Total	426,015	390,448	43.1	35.2

Registered and Employed in Australia - 2017 by Remoteness Area - Inner Regional

Profession	Head count	Total FTE	Average Age	Average Total Hours
Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Health Practitioners	67	63	43.4	35.9
Chinese Medicine Practitioners	428	296	49.0	26.3
Chiropractors	796	675	43.3	32.2
Oral Health Practitioners	2,830	2,686	42.3	36.1
Medical Practitioners	13,064	13,828	45.9	42.3
Medical Radiation Practitioners	2,056	1,880	39.7	34.7
Nurses and Midwives	57,518	49,321	46.4	32.6
Occupational Therapists	2,612	2,230	37.6	32.4
Optometrists	724	681	42.6	35.7
Osteopaths	344	285	40.4	31.5
Pharmacists	3,652	3,449	41.0	35.9
Physiotherapists	3,333	2,994	40.0	34.1
Podiatrists	819	783	37.6	36.3
Psychologists	3,214	2,735	48.6	32.3
Total	91,457	81,908	45.3	34.3

Registered and Employed in Australia - 2017 by Remoteness Area - Outer Regional

Profession	Head count	Total FTE	Average Age	Average Total Hours
Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Health Practitioners	139	144	45.4	39.3
Chinese Medicine Practitioners	107	81	50.8	28.9
Chiropractors	259	227	43.1	33.3
Oral Health Practitioners	1,172	1,099	41.7	35.6
Medical Practitioners	5,452	5,966	44.9	43.8
Medical Radiation Practitioners	695	658	38.7	36.0
Nurses and Midwives	25,561	22,803	45.9	33.9
Occupational Therapists	1,114	994	36.0	33.9
Optometrists	247	241	43.3	37.1
Osteopaths	58	48	42.3	31.6
Pharmacists	1,616	1,592	39.5	37.4
Physiotherapists	1,265	1,171	37.5	35.2
Podiatrists	231	232	38.1	38.2
Psychologists	1,059	956	48.3	34.3
Total	38,975	36,211	44.7	35.6

Registered and Employed in Australia - 2017 by Remoteness Area - Remote Australia

Profession	Head count	Total FTE	Average Age	Average Total Hours
Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Health Practitioners	93	117	46.4	47.9
Chinese Medicine Practitioners*	NP	NP	54.8	NP
Chiropractors	41	35	40.0	32.7
Oral Health Practitioners	130	126	41.8	36.9
Medical Practitioners	896	1,017	45.1	45.4
Medical Radiation Practitioners	72	70	42.7	36.7
Nurses and Midwives	4,079	3,949	44.9	36.8
Occupational Therapists	117	108	35.9	35.1
Optometrists	20	22	39.9	41.5
Osteopaths*	NP	NP	37.0	NP
Pharmacists	212	224	38.7	40.1
Physiotherapists	171	149	37.4	33.1
Podiatrists	31	31	37.4	38.3
Psychologists	124	109	46.3	33.3
Total	5,992	5,962	44.2	38.1

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

Registered and Employed in Australia - 2017 by Remoteness Area - Very Remote Australia

Profession	Head count	Total FTE	Average Age	Average Total Hours
Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Health Practitioners	124	133	47.6	40.6
Chinese Medicine Practitioners*	NP	NP	46.3	NP
Chiropractors	13	11	36.5	31.1
Oral Health Practitioners	54	52	43.9	36.4
Medical Practitioners	387	455	48.9	47.1
Medical Radiation Practitioners	25	21	46.1	31.8
Nurses and Midwives	2,350	2,502	47.7	40.5
Occupational Therapists	48	48	34.7	37.6
Optometrists	NP	NP	40.8	NP
Osteopaths*	-	-	-	-
Pharmacists	84	90	42.4	40.7
Physiotherapists	80	90	37.1	42.8
Podiatrists	16	17	39.0	40.3
Psychologists	54	49	47.2	34.8
Total	3,250	3,480	47.0	41.0

* 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.