One in seven people in the Australian workforce are working in the Health Care and Social Assistance industry, according to 2021 Census data released today.

Dr David Gruen AO, Australian Statistician said, “Census data provides government and community groups with crucial information about essential healthcare and welfare services.

“There are now over 1.7 million people working in Health Care and Social Assistance in Australia, of which 30 per cent are working in hospitals”.

Occupations that experienced strong growth include Aged and Disabled Carers (227,535 in 2021, up by 72 per cent since 2016), Occupational Therapists (19,429 in 2021, up by 57 per cent), and Audiologists and Speech Pathologists (13,613 in 2021, up by 49 per cent).

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The pressure placed on Nurses and the Nursing shortage that has emerged isn’t, unfortunately, something that’s set to ease in the future, even after the pandemic becomes a bad memory. In fact, research by Health Workforce Australia (HWA) shows that, due to the aging workforce and many other factors, there could be a shortfall of more than 100,000 Nurses in Australia by 2025, and 123,000 by 2030.