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Tier 3 - Health system performance

3.12 Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people in the health workforce

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Note: This visualisation was last updated in December 2020. More recent data can be found in the data tables (last updated July 2023).

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Data tables: 3.12 Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people in the health workforce
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List of tables in measure 3.12


  • Table D3.12.1: Number and percentage of registered practitioners employed in their field by profession and Indigenous status, Australia, 2021

  • Table D3.12.2: Employed health professionals by Indigenous status, sex and profession, Australia, 2021

  • Table D3.12.3: Employed health professionals by Indigenous status, age group and profession, Australia, 2021

  • Table D3.12.4: Employed health professionals by Indigenous status, state/territory and profession, Australia, 2021

  • Table D3.12.5: Employed health professionals by Indigenous status, remoteness area and profession, Australia, 2021

  • Table D3.12.6: Employed medical practitioners, by Indigenous status, state and territory, 2021

  • Table D3.12.7: Employed medical practitioners, by Indigenous status, 2013 to 2021

  • Table D3.12.8: Employed medical practitioners, by Indigenous status and age group, 2021

  • Table D3.12.9: Employed nurses and midwives, by division, Indigenous status and state and territory, 2021

  • Table D3.12.10: Employed nurses and midwives, by Indigenous status, 2013 to 2021

  • Table D3.12.11: Employed nurses and midwives, by Indigenous status and age group, 2021

  • Table D3.12.12: Employed persons aged 15 and over, by health-related occupation and Indigenous status, Australia, 2006, 2011, 2016 and 2021

  • Table D3.12.13: Employed persons aged 15 and over in health workforce, by state/territory and Australia, 2006, 2011, 2016 and 2021

  • Table D3.12.14: Employed persons aged 15 and over in health workforce, by Indigenous status, age and sex, Australia, 2021

  • Table D3.12.15: Employed FTE staff at Indigenous primary health care organisations, by position type, type of organisation and Indigenous status, 2021–22

Data sources

This measure was last updated on 7 July 2023. See table below for details of updates by data source.

Updates to measure content by data source

Topic

Data source

Latest time period reported

Measure content last updated

People in health-related occupations (self-reported)

Census of Population and Housing

2021

7 July 2023

Indigenous staff in primary health-care organisations

Online Services Data Collection

2021–22

7 July 2023

Registered health professionals

National Health Workforce Data Set

2021

7 July 2023

 

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