Pharmacists in Australia
May 11, 2012
NEW South Wales has the largest
number of registered pharmacists
in the country, taking a 31.13%
share of the nation’s pool, according
to data released this week by the
Pharmacy Board of Australia.
The data is part of the Board’s
quarterly update on registration and
reflects the March 2012 quarter.
Figures in the report show that
Victoria is not far behind NSW in its
number of registered pharmacists
with 24.62% of the share, whilst
Queensland came in third with
19.37%, followed by West Australia
10.72%, South Australia 7.2%,
Tasmania 2.37%, ACT 1.55% and
the Northern Territory 0.7%.
2.33% of registered pharmacists
were listed as ‘Not Stated’ for
location.
At present, all up there are 26,434
pharmacists in Australia, including:
general (23,820), postgrad/training
(12), teaching/research (1),
provisional (1,752) and nonpracticing
(842) pharmacists.
Looking at the age-breakdown of
registered pharmacists in Australia,
it turns out that the majority of
pharmacists sit in the 26 to 30 age
range (5,275), whilst the second
biggest group belonged to those
aged between 31 and 35 (3,915).
Pharmacists aged between 36
and 40 were the third largest group
(2,587), followed by pharmacists
aged 41-45 (2,221), 21-25 (2,063),
51-55 (1,875), 56-60 (1,460), 61-65
(1,127), 66-70 (758), 71-75 (534),
76-80 (161), 81-85 (50), and lastly
those aged over 86 (21).
Interestingly, female pharmacists
make up the largest portion of
registered pharmacists in Australia,
(57.29%) whilst males came in at
40.01%, and the remaining 2.7%
were listed as “Not Stated”.
For more data details visit
www.pharmacyboard.gov.au.
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