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THE PSYCHOLOGY 2016 WORKFORCEIn 2016, there were 25, 219 registered and employed psychologists and the registered workforce increased by 10.1% (3,090) since 2013, with an average yearly growth rate of 3.3%. In 2016, 78.6% of the registered and employed psychologists were female, up from 77.1% in 2013. In 2016, the average age of the workforce was 46.3 years, up from 45.7 in 2013.HOURS WORKEDAverage hours worked per week have remained relatively stable reducing slightly from 32.8 in 2013 to 32.6 in 2016.In 2016, females worked an average of 31.5 hours per week and males worked an average of 36.5 hours per week. In 2016, males aged 45-54 worked the longest hours per week on average at 38.7.SETTING AND SECTORIn 2016, there were 1.7 new registrants for every psychologist that did not renew their registration from 2015. In 2016, a total of 88.3% (22,269) of psychologists worked as clinicians in their principal role, up from 88.1% (20,348) in 2013.In 2016, 21.6% (5,442) reported a second job role in psychology, down from 23.2% (5,359) in 2013.In 2016, 68.7% (3,739) of the psychologist that reported a second job indicated that this was in a clinician role, compared with 67.5% (3,620) in 2013.In 2016, psychologists worked an average of 24.5 clinical hours per week in their principal role and 6.7 hours per week in their second job. In 2016, 41.7% (10,509) of the workforce held an ‘Area of Practice Endorsement’, of which 28.2%% (7,103) held a clinical psychology endorsement. In 2013, 40.5% (9,342) of the workforce held an Area of Practice Endorsement, of which 26.3% (6,072) held a clinical psychology endorsement. To be eligible to apply for an Area of Practice Endorsement, a psychologist must undertake advanced training (an accredited qualification in the area of practice followed by a period of supervised practice).In 2016, 31.2% (7,869) of the psychologist workforce worked clinical hours in the public sector, down from 35.1% (8,109) in 2013.58.9% (14,850) of the workforce worked clinical hours in the private sectors, up from 56.3% (12,999) in 2013.In 2016, 18.2% (722) of the psychologist workforce, who reported a second job, worked clinical hours in the public sector only, down from 21.7% (933) in 2013.In 2016, 80.4% (3,183) of the workforce worked clinical hours in the private sector only, up from 77.2% (3,315) in 2013.In 2016, 23.2% (5,863) of the workforce worked in a solo private practice in their principal role and 26.5% (1,660) worked in a solo private practice in their second job.The most common work setting in both principal role and second job was in group private practices, with 16.3% (4,120) and 20.3% (1,271) respectively. In 2016, the principal job area worked in was counselling with 43.1% (10,861) of the workforce in this area. This was followed by mental health intervention, with 25.3% (6,371) of the workforce, up from 23.2% (5,378) in 2013.In 2016, 90.8% (22,911) responded that they obtained their initial qualification(s) in Australia and 7.8% (1,960) responded that they had obtained their initial qualification(s) overseas.In 2016, psychologists had worked in the profession, on average, for 14.4 years and intended to work for another 18.6 years. In 2013, psychologists had worked, on average, 13.5 years and intended to work for another 18.5 years.LOCATIONThe overall rate of psychologists increased from 99.7 per 100,000 population to 104.2 per 100,000 between 2013 and 2016.In 2016, the Australian Capital Territory had the highest rate of psychologists with 172.0 per 100,000 population (an increase of 8.0 per 100,000 compared to 2013), followed by Victoria and New South Wales with 113.5 and 109.1 per 100,000 population respectively.In 2016, average total hours worked was again highest in the Northern Territory at 36.7 hours per week and lowest in Victoria at 31.9.In 2016, New South Wales was listed as the principal place of practice for 33.5% (8,447) of the workforce, followed by Victoria at 27.8% (7,015).Between 2013 and 2016, the rate of psychologists per 100,000 population increased overall from 99.7 to 104.2 per 100,000 population. However, in remote locations the rate of psychologists per 100,000 population decreased by 3.5 per 100,000 from 38.9 to 35.4 and in very remote locations the rate decreased by 3.9 per 100,000 population from 28.2 to 24.3.In 2016, 6.8% (1,704) of the workforce reported that they had, in addition to their principal and second job location, worked in regional, rural or remote locations: 48.2% (822) had worked in an inner regional area, 24.8% (423) had worked in outer regional, 6.4% (109) in remote and 4.5% (76) worked in very remote locations.In 2016, the majority (82.9%) of the workforce was located in a major city or location considered as Modified Monash Model 1 under the Modified Monash Model classification system, up from 82.4% in 2013.Modified Monash Model 1 locations had the highest rate of psychologists with 124.0 per 100,000 population, followed by Modified Monash Model 3 with 86.7 per 100,000 population. The lowest rate was in Modified Monash Model 7 locations with 23.5 per 100,000. A total of 14.3% (3,603) of the workforce provided a response to the tele-health questions. On average, the respondents practiced 7.2 hours per week via tele-health.In 2016, the majority (81.4%) of tele-health were delivered by psychologists in major cities. ................
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