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 and resources
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
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Topic
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Data source
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Latest time period reported
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Measure content last updated
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People in health-related occupations (self-reported)
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Census of Population and Housing
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2021
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7 July 2023
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Indigenous staff in primary health-care organisations
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Online Services Data Collection
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2021–22
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7 July 2023
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Registered health professionals
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National Health Workforce Data Set
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2021
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7 July 2023
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Archived content
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