6160.0 - Jobs in Australia, 2011-12 to 2016-17

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This document was added or updated on 18/08/2020.

Key statistics

During 2016-17:

jobs have increased in 84.6% of the 2,288 regions compared to 2015-16.
15.6% of employed people (2.1 million) were multiple job holders.

Table 1: Australia


		Number	Change in last year	Change in last 6 years

Jobs		19,166,420	3.6%	6.4%
	Held by men	9,958,718	3.3%	5.1%
	Held by women	9,207,702	3.9%	7.9%
Employed persons		13,535,414	2.1%	5.4%
Median employee income per job (duration adjusted)		$43,189	0.4%	11.4%

Total employment income		$801 bil	3.1%	19.1%

* 'Duration adjusted' is an analytical measure of employee income per job that seeks to put all jobs onto a comparable full- year duration basis.

Graph 1: Number of jobs and employed persons in Australia (2011-12 to 2016-17)

Jobs

During 2016-17:
there were 19.2 million job relationships.
17.2 million (89.5%) jobs were employees and 2.0 million (10.5%) jobs were owner managers.
14.3 million (74.8%) were private sector jobs and 3.2 million (17.0%) were public sector jobs.

Employed people

During 2016-17:
people aged 25-29 years held the highest number of employee jobs (2.6 million jobs).
males in this age group held a slightly higher proportion of jobs than females (52.2% and 47.8%).

Graph 2: Number of jobs by age and sex of job holders in Australia (2016-17)

Graph 2: Number of jobs by age and sex of job holders in Australia, 2016-17
Employee income

After adjusting for the duration of the job, in 2016-17, the median employee income per job was:

$43,189 for all persons
$52,676 for males
$34,862 for females

Graph 3: Median employee income per job (2011-12 to 2016-17)

Multiple job holders

A multiple job holder is a person who held more than one employee job at the same time, rather than one after another, during the year.

During 2016-17:

approximately 15.6% of employed people (2.1 million) were multiple job holders
close to four out of five employed people held only one job
of the 2.1 million multiple job holders, 53.7% were female

Industry

During 2016-17, the industries with the most jobs were:

Health care and social assistance (10.4%)
Retail trade (8.7%)
Administrative and support services (8.6%)

Graph 4: Distribution of employee jobs per industry in Australia (2016-17)

Occupation

During 2016-17, the most common occupations were:

Professionals (18.2%)
Clerical and Administrative Workers (11.5%)
Managers (10.7%)

Differences in male and female employment in occupations continue to be apparent. Almost all jobs worked by machinery operators and drivers were held by males (89.6%), while most clerical and administrative jobs were held by females (76.5%).

Graph 5: Number of employed persons per occupation of main job by sex in Australia (2016-17)

Graph 5: Number of employed persons per occupation of main job by sex in Australia, 2016-17

Employers

During 2016-17:

29.2% of employee jobs were with small businesses (less than 20 employees) (5.6 million jobs)
21.9% were with medium businesses (between 20 and 199 employees) (4.2 million jobs)
40.7% were with large businesses (200 or more employees) (7.8 million jobs)

Table 2: Regional Comparison


	Highest number of jobs		Highest Median Employee Income Per Job		Highest Total Employment Income (million)

New South Wales	Sydney - Haymarket - The Rocks	62,052	St Leonards - Naremburn	$73,500	Mosman	$2,528
	Waterloo - Beaconsfield	33,285	Balmain	$71,254	Double Bay - Bellevue Hill	$1,881
	Parramatta - Rosehill	30,185	North Sydney - Lavender Bay	$70,570	Lane Cove - Greenwich	$1,860
	Bondi Beach - North Bondi	27,848	Lilyfield - Rozelle	$69,542	Sydney - Haymarket - The Rocks	$1,810

Victoria	Melbourne	43,532	Port Melbourne	$66,591	Richmond	$1,727
	St Kilda	35,054	Newport	$56,665	Brighton	$1,456
	Richmond	34,037	Yarraville	$56,148	Kew	$1,395
	Tarneit	30,080	Richmond	$55,286	St Kilda	$1,363

Queensland	Upper Coomera - Willow Vale	26,556	Weipa	$67,215	North Lakes - Mango Hill	$1,117
	North Lakes - Mango Hill	26,453	Moranbah	$63,443	Upper Coomera - Willow Vale	$998
	Surfers Paradise	24,948	Bulimba	$59,191	Forest Lake - Doolandella	$913
	Forest Lake - Doolandella	23,351	Boyne Island - Tannum Sands	$58,656	The Hills District	$909

South Australia	Plympton	19,498	Roxby Downs	$73,354	Unley - Parkside	$844
	Northgate - Oakden - Gilles Plains	17,839	Blackwood	$49,252	Goodwood - Millswood	$748
	Seaford	16,639	Nailsworth - Broadview	$48,290	Glenelg	$741
	Glenelg	16,529	Largs Bay - Semaphore	$48,156	Burnside - Wattle Park	$738

Western Australia	Perth City	42,767	Ashburton (WA)	$77,174	Perth City	$1,973
	Ellenbrook	31,029	Port Hedland	$75,762	Ellenbrook	$1,368
	Baldivis	29,103	South Hedland	$63,681	Baldivis	$1,345
	Rivervale - Kewdale - Cloverdale	23,224	North Coogee	$63,360	Nedlands - Dalkeith - Crawley	$1,137

Tasmania	Sandy Bay	10,351	Geilston Bay - Risdon	$46,767	Sandy Bay	$447
	Devonport	10,106	Howrah - Tranmere	$46,093	Howrah - Tranmere	$348
	Kingston - Huntingfield	8,721	Old Beach - Otago	$45,869	Kingston Beach - Blackmans Bay	$333
	Hobart	8,298	Cambridge	$44,572	Kingston - Huntingfield	$328

Northern Territory	Darwin City	12,298	Durack - Marlow Lagoon	$61,724	Darwin City	$531
	Katherine	11,392	Palmerston - North	$60,552	Humpty Doo	$397
	Charles	11,232	Lyons (NT)	$60,420	Katherine	$379
	Humpty Doo	8,308	Rosebery - Bellamack	$59,364	Rosebery - Bellamack	$330

Australian Capital Territory	Kambah	12,232	Barton	$77,725	Kambah	$596
	Ngunnawal	9,470	Kingston (ACT)	$73,271	Ngunnawal	$427
	Harrison	7,114	Forde	$68,681	Harrison	$351
	Gordon (ACT)	6,725	Deakin	$66,848	Kingston (ACT)	$356

Note:

Analysis only includes areas with a population of more than 1,000 people.
Regional areas include the 4 highest Statistical Area Level 2s (SA2s) with relevant characteristics.

The job counts in this publication differ from the filled job estimates from other data sources such as the Australian Labour Account and the Labour Force Australia. The Jobs in Australia data sourced from LEED provides insights into all jobs held throughout the year, while the Labour Account data provides the number of filled jobs at a point-in-time each quarter, and Labour Force Survey data measures the number of people employed each month.