GAMBLING
CENSUS OF POPULATION AND HOUSING
The 2001 Census found that there were 11,204 persons who identified their main job as working in a gambling occupation. This was 5.1% lower than in 1996 when 11,805 persons identified their main job in this way.
The gender breakdown of workers in gambling occupations was slightly more even in 2001 than in 1996. In 2001, females made up 53.3% of these workers, down from 55.9% in 1996.
For both years the gambling occupations with the most persons were Gaming dealer and Betting agency counter clerk. In 2001, 35.8% (4,011) were Gaming dealers and a further 18.0% (2,016) were Betting agency counter clerks.
12.4 EMPLOYMENT IN GAMBLING OCCUPATIONS, By sex - 1996 and 2001 |
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| 1996 CENSUS | 2001 CENSUS | |
Occupation | Males | Females | Persons | Males | Females | Persons | |
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Bookmaker | 368 | 36 | 404 | 271 | 37 | 308 | |
Betting agency branch manager | 708 | 1 305 | 2 013 | 419 | 825 | 1 244 | |
Gaming workers n.f.d. | 46 | 38 | 84 | 81 | 88 | 169 | |
Gaming pit boss | 327 | 273 | 600 | 190 | 82 | 272 | |
Gaming table supervisor | 631 | 489 | 1 120 | 947 | 875 | 1 822 | |
Gaming dealer | 2 228 | 1 946 | 4 174 | 2 373 | 1 638 | 4 011 | |
Betting clerks n.f.d. | - | 4 | 4 | 14 | 27 | 41 | |
Betting agency counter clerk | 466 | 1 760 | 2 226 | 612 | 1 404 | 2 016 | |
Telephone betting clerk | 54 | 359 | 413 | 107 | 655 | 762 | |
Bookmaker's clerk | 287 | 48 | 335 | 151 | 53 | 204 | |
Betting clerks n.e.c. | 92 | 340 | 432 | 64 | 291 | 355 | |
Total gambling occupations | 5 207 | 6 598 | 11 805 | 5 229 | 5 975 | 11 204 | |
Total employment | 4 272 051 | 3 364 266 | 7 636 317 | 4 546 783 | 3 751 823 | 8 298 606 | |
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- nil or rounded to zero (including null cells) |
Source: Employment in Sport and Recreation, Australia, August 2001 (cat. no. 4148.0). |