Table 16: All employees: location by year, 31 December 2003 to 31 December 2021

December
Location 2003 2004 2005 2006 2007 2008 2009 2010 2011 2012 2013 2014 2015 2016 2017 2018 2019 2020 2021
Canberra 43470 44512 48825 53442 57403 58159 59985 61808 64809 65242 62712 58397 57473 57496 56857 54838 55393 56762 59724
Sydney 20164 19249 20504 21430 22322 21815 21867 21970 22161 21800 20748 19625 19973 19706 18848 18626 17248 17685 18035
Regional NSW 6692 7011 7464 8182 8736 8920 9053 9085 8983 8746 10048 8949 9329 9202 8849 8604 8519 8519 8680
Melbourne 19047 18902 19548 21593 22050 21814 22083 22322 23581 22493 22791 20903 20970 21539 21042 20815 20153 20937 21415
Regional VIC 2828 2693 2860 3259 3486 3443 3601 3540 3371 3294 3549 3525 3520 4318 4291 4369 4264 4328 4813
Brisbane 10740 10815 11662 11737 12324 11897 12037 12074 12216 12056 11964 11145 11250 11655 11597 11584 11381 12313 13435
Regional QLD 4864 4858 5175 5768 5952 5902 6014 5832 5613 5574 5610 5272 5298 5388 5327 5175 5064 5041 5472
Adelaide 7422 7272 7857 8452 9157 9033 9290 9345 9602 9229 9216 8793 8866 8887 8588 8530 8670 9064 9588
Regional SA 451 434 466 476 458 430 429 413 413 370 464 372 359 351 348 334 367 361 365
Perth 6950 6716 7159 7620 7729 7350 7191 6969 6772 6515 6308 5910 6185 6173 5975 5906 5679 6126 6487
Regional WA 978 906 847 884 898 893 868 852 874 1001 1156 976 941 898 856 836 840 766 788
Hobart 2575 2505 2776 3036 3276 3473 3594 3541 3531 3500 3698 3413 3424 3393 3284 3262 3197 3242 3353
Regional TAS 669 659 660 683 1130 706 703 644 595 617 590 500 567 596 579 569 507 546 573
Darwin 1707 1652 1750 1916 2259 2361 2330 2312 2253 2181 1947 1666 1486 1460 1315 1240 1175 1184 1241
Regional NT 477 408 355 375 434 461 482 499 394 476 466 469 697 763 757 698 711 623 569
Overseas 961 972 967 1091 1189 1719 1562 1623 1423 1368 1307 1418 1364 1414 1388 1368 1369 1129 1258
All 129995 129564 138875 149944 158803 158376 161089 162829 166591 164462 162574 151333 151702 153239 149901 146754 144537 148626 155796

Source: APSED

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