THE Pharmacy Board of Australia has published registration data for the period 01 Jul-30 Sep 2016, revealing there are 27,073 pharmacists with general registration across Australia.
The majority - 8,335 - are practising in NSW, followed by Vic with 6,709, Qld with 5,407, WA with 2,970, SA with 1,972, Tas with 658, the ACT with 465 and the NT with 202 pharmacists.
16,531 or 61% are female, with 10,542 or 39% being male - more at pharmacyboard.gov.au.
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