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Australia's care economy employment was 2,500.9 thousands of persons as of April 2026. People employed in health care and social assistance — the country's largest employing industry — seasonally adjusted. Care work is where the jobs are growing fastest and where workforce shortages bite hardest. It shapes hospital, aged care and disability services capacity. Data is sourced from ABS Labour Account (Cat. 6150.0) - Health care and social assistance employed persons and updated quarterly.
People employed in health care and social assistance — the country's largest employing industry — seasonally adjusted.
Care work is where the jobs are growing fastest and where workforce shortages bite hardest. It shapes hospital, aged care and disability services capacity.
Higher is better
Source: ABS Labour Account (Cat. 6150.0) - Health care and social assistance employed persons
This data is sourced programmatically from official statistical APIs and data feeds (ABS Labour Account (Cat. 6150.0) - Health care and social assistance employed persons), updated quarterly. Our pipeline fetches the machine-readable version automatically and converts it to the standardised format shown here.
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