1384.6 - Statistics - Tasmania, 2005  
ARCHIVED ISSUE Released at 11:30 AM (CANBERRA TIME) 13/09/2002   
   Page tools: Print Print Page Print all pages in this productPrint All  
Contents >> Service Industries >> Selected health professions >> Optometry and optical dispensing services

At 30 June 1998 there were 23 businesses operating in the optometry and optical dispensing services industry in Tasmania.

These 23 businesses employed 186 people and paid a total of $4.7m in wages and salaries. Total income in the optometry and optical dispensing services industry for 1997-98 was $20.5m.

OPTOMETRY AND OPTICAL DISPENSING SERVICES - 1997-98

Unit
Tasmania
Australia

Businesses(a)
no.
23
1,557
Employment(a)
no.
186
8,915
Wages and salaries
$m
4.7
206.5
Total income
$m
20.5
818.4

(a) At 30 June

Source: Optometry and Optical Dispensing Services, Australia, 1997-98 (Cat. no. 8553.0).

At 30 June 1998 there were 63 optometrist in Tasmania. Of these 43 (68.3%) were male and 20 (31.7%) were female. At 30 June 1998, there was 7,490 people for every optometrist in Tasmania. This compared to the 7,780 people for every optometrist for Australia.

OPTOMETRISTS - 1997-98(a)

Unit
Tasmania
Australia

Maleno.
43
1,501
Femaleno.
20
909
Personsno.
63
2,410
Population per practitionerno.
7,490
7,780

(a) At 30 June.

Source: Optometry and Optical Dispensing Services, Australia, 1997-98 (Cat. no. 8553.0).



Previous PageNext Page