Table 16: All employees: location by year, 31 December 2003 to 31 December 2020

Table 16: All employees: location by year, 31 December 2003 to 31 December 2020
  December
2003 2004 2005 2006 2007 2008 2009 2010 2011 2012 2013 2014 2015 2016 2017 2018 2019 2020
Canberra 43469 44511 48824 53441 57402 58161 59987 61809 64809 65244 62714 58400 57475 57501 56869 54853 55429 56852
Sydney 20164 19249 20504 21430 22322 21813 21865 21969 22160 21798 20750 19628 19976 19706 18841 18619 17241 17681
Regional NSW 6692 7011 7464 8182 8736 8919 9052 9084 8982 8745 10047 8947 9327 9200 8849 8603 8512 8511
Melbourne 19047 18902 19548 21593 22050 21814 22083 22322 23581 22493 22790 20902 20971 21538 21048 20817 20155 20927
Regional VIC 2828 2693 2860 3259 3486 3443 3601 3540 3371 3294 3549 3525 3519 4317 4289 4367 4263 4336
Brisbane 10740 10815 11662 11737 12324 11897 12037 12074 12216 12057 11961 11142 11246 11653 11592 11579 11372 12364
Regional QLD 4864 4858 5175 5768 5952 5902 6014 5832 5613 5573 5610 5272 5298 5389 5328 5177 5066 5041
Adelaide 7422 7272 7857 8452 9157 9033 9290 9345 9602 9228 9214 8791 8865 8884 8582 8526 8667 9044
Regional SA 451 434 466 476 458 430 429 413 413 370 464 372 359 351 348 334 368 361
Perth 6950 6716 7159 7620 7729 7350 7191 6969 6772 6515 6308 5909 6185 6172 5974 5906 5678 6123
Regional WA 978 906 847 884 898 893 868 852 874 1001 1156 976 941 898 856 836 839 764
Hobart 2575 2505 2776 3036 3276 3473 3594 3541 3531 3500 3698 3413 3424 3392 3282 3261 3197 3240
Regional TAS 669 659 660 683 1130 706 703 644 595 617 590 500 567 596 579 569 507 546
Darwin 1707 1652 1750 1916 2259 2361 2330 2312 2253 2181 1948 1667 1487 1462 1316 1241 1172 1184
Regional NT 477 408 355 375 434 461 482 499 394 476 466 469 697 763 757 698 711 627
Overseas 961 972 967 1091 1189 1719 1562 1623 1423 1368 1307 1418 1364 1416 1391 1370 1371 1135
All 129994 129563 138874 149943 158802 158375 161088 162828 166589 164460 162572 151331 151701 153238 149901 146756 144548 148736

Source: APSED

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