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The Australian labour market has undergone major structural changes in the past decade with strong employment growth in areas such as health, community services, business services, tourism and hospitality, and retail. Existing occupations have become more specialised and new occupations have emerged, particularly in information technology, communications and health services. This page provides links to sources of information on occupations and occupational outlooks in Australia for students, career advisors, and job seekers. You can use the bookmarks below to go to the relevant section on this page. |
Australian Jobs 2008 is designed to help Australians find up-to-date information on the job they want. It provides a guide to the occupations and industries in which Australians work and highlights jobs with good prospects. It also provides information for key job seeker groups - people with disabilities; mature age; youth; Indigenous people and single parents, as well as information on accessing employment services and apprenticeships.
Job Outlook is a comprehensive source of data on occupations, and these data are updated annually. Data for occupations include:
In September 2006, the Australian and New Zealand Standard Classification of Occupations (ANZSCO) was released. ANZSCO replaces the Australian Standard Classification of Occupations (ASCO) 2nd Edition. This diagram illustrates the structure of the ANZSCO Major and Sub-major groups. Click on this link for a PowerPoint file showing the complete structure.
Further information on the new ANZSCO structure is available from the Australian Bureau of Statistics (ABS) website.
The Occupational and Skills Analysis Section (OSAS) in the Department of Education, Employment and Workplace Relations (DEEWR) has detailed data on employment levels for occupations (four digit ASCO 2nd edition), in a ‘cascading’ Excel spreadsheet. The spreadsheet shows the latest trend employment data and percentage change calculations for one, two, five and ten years. Click on this link to open the ASCO employment spreadsheet or use the bookmarks below to go to other information sections on this page.
The Department of Education, Employment and Workplace Relations (DEEWR) monthly Vacancy Report provides newspaper-based data on vacancies for most skilled occupations (around 120 occupations), for each State and Territory, and the series go back to the early 1980s (except ACT). The DEEWR ICT Vacancy Index is part of the Vacancy Report and is based on a count of vacancies on three online recruiting sites.
- The Olivier Internet Job Index has data on online job advertisement trends for some occupations.
- Australian JobSearch has data on vacancies by occupation (current vacancies), although industry data are not available for ‘vacancies notified’.
NCVER is the main source of data on nationally-recognised VET courses and research. Data are available in publications, including the quarterly update Australian vocational education and training statistics: Apprentices and trainees. More detailed statistics are available on request. NCVER has an extensive range of publications, many of which are relevant to skill shortages and emerging skills issues (for example, employability skills).
NCVER is also the manager of VOCED, the UNESCO/NCVER research database for technical and vocational education and training, an international database of research abstracts (in English).
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