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Table 17: All employees: location (statistical area four) by year, 31 December 2003 to 31 December 2020

Table 17: All employees: location (statistical area four) by year, 31 December 2003 to 31 December 2020
2003 2004 2005 2006 2007 2008 2009 2010 2011 2012 2013 2014 2015 2016 2017 2018 2019 2020
ACT Australian Capital Territory 43469 44511 48824 53441 57402 58161 59987 61809 64809 65244 62714 58400 57475 57501 56869 54853 55429 56852
NSW Sydney - City and Inner South 12886 12238 12513 12825 13301 12885 12824 13295 13285 12986 11490 10477 11369 10915 10711 10351 9145 9279
  Sydney - Eastern Suburbs 262 261 286 344 367 360 352 348 341 360 345 350 241 222 206 199 202 188
  Sydney - Inner South West 1198 1128 1149 1169 1204 1113 1107 1032 1038 979 950 543 453 420 260 282 269 264
  Sydney - Sutherland 150 117 144 149 174 174 172 170 165 172 178 160 135 151 132 123 146 152
  Sydney - North Sydney and Hornsby 519 611 715 713 765 768 755 445 486 461 441 531 457 481 471 477 530 507
  Sydney - Inner West 152 141 165 179 164 166 182 149 141 147 115 109 108 136 134 171 143 118
  Sydney - South West 1053 968 984 1063 905 900 880 842 823 932 995 969 1005 1026 988 907 883 855
  Sydney - Northern Beaches 93 91 103 107 106 104 97 87 77 73 84 76 65 56 48 47 59 59
  Sydney - Ryde 62 83 94 87 89 91 81 63 83 77 75 241 241 236 219 206 204 203
  Sydney - Parramatta 1554 1486 2031 2247 2479 2459 2543 2720 2894 2818 3056 3297 3112 3272 3095 3036 2914 3185
  Sydney - Baulkham Hills and Hawkesbury 40 38 51 53 85 82 84 82 84 74 67 78 70 71 67 64 64 58
  Sydney - Blacktown 202 205 215 264 274 293 316 317 274 263 325 296 288 288 301 297 283 289
  Sydney - Outer South West 176 167 190 203 192 180 208 192 178 158 162 178 167 172 187 196 195 209
  Central Coast 417 395 472 532 600 582 600 560 529 525 565 583 579 597 629 894 887 894
  Newcastle and Lake Macquarie 1592 1654 1747 1806 1905 1866 1830 1809 1801 1657 1759 1677 1663 1843 1704 1648 1629 1699
  Hunter Valley exc Newcastle 528 547 602 705 816 910 898 863 925 894 935 844 805 784 741 707 705 660
  Mid North Coast 309 304 346 372 428 427 437 463 434 412 458 455 473 470 463 420 453 446
  New England and North West 239 265 271 290 297 300 285 287 279 223 229 212 201 209 213 261 307 333
  Far West and Orana 147 146 147 175 164 174 177 174 173 155 652 185 176 172 184 157 158 152
  Coffs Harbour - Grafton 399 403 425 459 471 503 570 610 544 528 595 592 608 635 609 583 591 550
  Richmond - Tweed 429 502 505 641 634 614 619 587 549 568 569 567 590 575 549 508 517 514
  Illawarra 853 925 1007 1125 1281 1289 1298 1340 1265 1306 1591 1522 1562 1561 1513 1473 1416 1516
  Southern Highlands and Shoalhaven 363 356 403 459 500 490 500 484 458 408 459 389 414 398 400 392 377 372
  Capital Region 585 548 552 636 613 601 678 739 683 808 702 694 964 879 812 739 702 557
  Riverina 274 272 285 312 338 331 344 323 300 260 327 304 276 279 273 262 264 267
  Murray 776 879 886 886 972 1096 1111 1096 1288 1293 1508 1258 1347 1147 1136 1147 1102 1149
  Central West 184 201 279 307 307 310 293 293 269 220 250 234 228 229 235 284 262 270
  Sydney - Outer West and Blue Mountains 1400 1320 1392 1495 1617 1656 1664 1667 1762 1773 1902 1740 1686 1663 1393 1369 1317 1421
  Other Territories NSW 13 9 9 9 10 8 12 16 14 13 13 14 20 19 17 22 29 26
  Unknown 1 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
VIC Melbourne - Inner 13098 13182 13576 14873 15224 15033 15219 15702 16990 15804 15847 14398 14591 14926 14680 14605 13955 14672
  Melbourne - West 1236 1217 1217 1399 1386 1330 1373 1272 1331 1215 1234 1207 1186 1101 990 949 899 868
  Melbourne - North West 655 569 722 1142 1219 1277 1261 1283 1273 1275 1213 1144 1018 1149 1231 1240 1237 1068
  Melbourne - North East 432 431 439 495 490 477 473 439 458 477 460 429 434 470 498 478 496 519
  Melbourne - Inner East 1327 1275 1271 1278 1247 1217 1211 1213 1255 1363 1481 1347 1307 1280 1291 1194 1126 1260
  Melbourne - Outer East 171 166 201 228 291 282 298 272 239 200 243 225 237 198 168 165 209 192
  Melbourne - Inner South 662 608 619 637 623 579 610 536 461 703 543 556 608 583 561 540 517 465
  Melbourne - South East 1212 1189 1222 1266 1286 1335 1349 1334 1311 1228 1550 1391 1387 1629 1445 1463 1523 1649
  Mornington Peninsula 254 265 281 275 284 284 289 271 263 228 219 205 203 202 184 183 193 234
  Geelong 629 627 655 738 812 790 875 842 793 782 860 804 810 1615 1708 1676 1774 1864
  Warrnambool and South West 141 139 146 166 170 174 187 147 147 132 137 135 134 144 137 134 136 139
  North West 145 145 173 184 193 180 177 159 155 139 123 123 111 108 96 97 120 120
  Ballarat 259 246 243 260 326 329 325 313 282 262 274 273 274 280 269 252 294 275
  Bendigo 270 263 275 329 330 315 325 381 372 339 356 341 351 362 353 392 441 450
  Hume 463 400 456 522 560 544 536 501 513 541 536 531 466 473 476 468 493 503
  Shepparton 120 108 124 164 171 152 151 134 120 106 123 117 105 95 92 86 92 93
  Latrobe - Gippsland 801 765 788 896 924 959 1025 1063 989 993 1140 1201 1268 1240 1158 1262 913 892
QLD Brisbane Inner City 7482 7680 8418 8381 8948 8606 8702 8851 8907 8837 8504 7957 7919 8003 8111 7894 7658 8459
  Brisbane - North 1094 1082 1138 1183 1205 1162 1130 1065 1121 1099 1032 963 1176 1316 1286 1311 1221 1364
  Moreton Bay - North 176 170 179 194 176 191 218 218 187 214 210 214 214 216 204 195 198 217
  Brisbane - East 129 122 139 187 215 219 222 208 200 196 312 215 174 168 152 147 141 152
  Moreton Bay - South 72 69 67 85 81 67 63 61 56 48 66 64 47 48 50 51 64 59
  Brisbane - West 5 2 25 28 30 35 35 38 42 41 36 26 17 18 23 57 63 65
  Ipswich 631 588 609 584 564 527 545 506 496 444 493 516 534 561 545 556 563 570
  Brisbane - South 937 890 884 876 882 851 873 889 978 966 1071 983 977 1150 1073 1179 1237 1285
  Logan - Beaudesert 288 287 280 303 298 300 310 289 268 253 256 223 203 186 166 209 245 210
  Gold Coast 705 724 762 841 828 847 883 883 932 887 847 816 799 853 856 895 907 877
  Toowoomba 390 380 381 429 438 426 438 419 384 386 409 429 465 435 428 385 372 341
  Darling Downs - Maranoa 249 247 261 310 322 312 298 292 275 256 263 238 217 196 195 171 154 157
  Central Queensland 244 243 281 323 309 305 311 269 222 205 254 212 201 185 206 198 199 200
  Queensland - Outback 149 185 203 256 262 257 258 255 295 340 309 294 303 307 317 320 302 300
  Sunshine Coast 260 259 280 305 286 281 295 281 259 256 302 265 247 254 246 272 269 281
  Wide Bay 369 358 401 427 418 405 416 389 355 351 366 324 303 300 297 293 288 300
  Mackay - Isaac - Whitsunday 148 162 164 177 153 159 155 145 124 133 136 117 104 115 117 102 106 112
  Townsville 1609 1597 1686 1822 2042 1935 1996 1976 1929 1994 1962 1834 1808 1867 1824 1711 1657 1669
  Cairns 667 628 679 794 819 914 903 872 799 724 743 724 836 864 824 810 794 787
SA Adelaide - Central and Hills 5051 4911 5306 5443 6093 6005 6229 6198 6303 6018 6038 5744 6037 6017 5813 5777 5783 6237
  Adelaide - West 309 261 299 483 567 596 609 604 654 665 712 668 540 559 556 546 576 592
  Adelaide - South 228 230 245 274 235 234 223 220 205 182 156 150 137 230 177 169 202 183
  Adelaide - North 1834 1870 2007 2252 2262 2198 2229 2323 2440 2363 2308 2229 2151 2078 2036 2034 2106 2032
  South Australia - South East 132 121 125 126 119 119 114 108 117 96 183 116 111 111 108 96 122 130
  Barossa - Yorke - Mid North 106 100 112 117 112 107 108 97 101 89 94 90 82 77 82 97 95 92
  South Australia - Outback 213 213 229 233 227 204 207 208 195 185 187 166 166 163 158 141 151 139
WA Perth - Inner 4453 4312 4706 4830 5024 4765 4557 4521 4371 4135 3960 3623 3876 3784 3581 3606 3368 3837
  Perth - North West 237 243 267 246 224 224 256 236 245 397 704 683 682 656 646 617 636 647
  Western Australia - Wheat Belt 70 70 73 77 81 86 86 77 69 67 91 82 82 83 82 71 89 77
  Perth - North East 300 309 316 322 311 291 312 283 260 195 160 161 173 262 243 248 263 239
  Perth - South East 1166 1035 1013 1239 1146 1114 1124 1047 1056 1031 753 764 712 758 765 775 689 627
  Perth - South West 762 782 810 925 961 902 896 840 803 722 695 643 708 677 701 627 682 740
  Mandurah 34 37 49 59 65 55 47 43 38 36 36 35 34 35 38 33 40 33
  Bunbury 367 361 360 376 386 374 360 333 289 314 379 344 407 391 373 418 389 361
  Western Australia - Outback (South) 261 213 181 192 201 194 178 173 216 264 347 302 146 123 116 107 139 103
  Western Australia - Outback (North) 251 227 203 201 189 182 185 191 208 237 199 166 227 216 210 194 180 166
  Other Territories WA 27 33 28 37 39 56 58 77 91 118 140 82 79 85 75 46 42 57
Tas Hobart 2732 2652 2889 3121 3356 3548 3650 3588 3571 3555 3722 3416 3466 3432 3335 3321 3211 3242
  South East 9 9 11 7 10 11 11 6 5 5 2 4 6 5 4 1 1 1
  Launceston and North East 297 293 297 346 390 363 374 341 322 315 344 282 317 327 299 288 259 299
  West and North West 206 210 239 245 650 257 262 250 228 242 220 211 202 224 223 220 233 244
NT Darwin 1707 1652 1750 1916 2259 2361 2330 2312 2253 2181 1948 1667 1487 1462 1317 1241 1172 1184
  Northern Territory - Outback 477 408 355 375 434 461 482 499 394 476 466 469 697 763 756 698 711 627
O'seas 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 1487360

Source: APSED

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