Includes services residential aged care, home care, home support, multi-purpose services, and National Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Flexible Aged Care
Survey conducted with a selection of aged care services.Â
Counts are estimates from weighted survey data; counts may not add up to totals due to rounding.
Counts include direct care workers with 'Other, or unknown employment arrangements'. This category may include, for example, brokerage.Â
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Number of direct care aged care workers Australia 2023, by job role
According to a survey conducted in 2023 in Australia, there were estimated to be around ** thousand registered nurses working across various aged care services in the country. Around ** thousand enrolled nurses were also estimated to be working in this industry.Â
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