Information from the 2021 census, released by the Australian Bureau of Statistics (ABS) today, found that health care, retail, construction and education employed the most people across Australia.
The requirement for low skilled labour was high, and new migrants from Southern and Western Europe provided the necessary labour to fill these jobs to meet the rapidly growing economy of Australia. Some moved into manufacturing and construction providing manual labour in steelworks, mines, factories and on the roads.
The five highest paying jobs in Australia in 2022 and 2023 are surgeons, anaesthetists, internal medicine specialists, financial dealers and psychiatrists, according to the Hays Recruitment Salary Guide.
The top 10 countries providing the most permanent migrants to Australia in order of rank for 2021–22 are: India People's Republic of China United Kingdom.
SEEK has revealed its most- and least-applied for jobs on the jobs website for 2019, with pickers and packers' roles taking out the most-applied for job. At the other end of the spectrum, midwifery, neo-natal, NICU and SCN nursing was the least-applied for role.
Skills Gaps in Australia
Typically, skills gaps have existed in the following sectors in Australia: caring professions such as doctors, nurses, aged & disabled care, and childcare as well as retail managers, construction workers and software programmers.
The biggest occupational sectors for lawful immigrant workers were office and administrative support, sales, and management (each with 9% to 10% of the total).
The top three occupations with the largest number of immigrants without high school diploma are maids and house cleaners, cooks, and miscellaneous agricultural workers.
Construction ranked first in 2014 as the industry that employs the largest share of unauthorized immigrant workers in 14 states, more states than any other industry. Nationwide, 16% of unauthorized immigrant workers were employed in the construction industry.
The temperate climate is a huge contributing factor that attracts many people from other developed countries, such as England, to migrate to Australia. Because Australia is located in the southern hemisphere, the seasons are inverted as well so you can experience a unique summery Christmas.
Australia is an attractive migration destination because of its temperate weather on most of the East coast. All four seasons can be found on the Australian east coast region. With the tropical climate in the Northern region as well as the snowy blue mountains in the South.
Sydney ranked as the 10th most liveable city in the world and is seen as the best place to live in Australia for migrating populations with more than 42% of the city's population being born overseas.
Trusted professions in Australia 2021
Medical professions dominated the top three, while nurses and pharmacists were rated more trustworthy than police officers.
Key statistics
At November 2019: 1.9 million people in Australia were recent migrants or temporary residents. 50% had permanent visas or had become Australian citizens. 68% of recent migrants and temporary residents were employed, with a labour force participation rate of 72%
If you're from overseas then it can be hard to get a job in Australia because you're competing against local candidates. Some hiring managers and recruiters will assume local candidates are a better 'fit' for the role than you are as they .
Migrants held 26.3 per cent of all jobs in Australia in 2019-20 (5.3 million jobs, worked by 3.6 million migrants).
Government, professional, and personal service
There are as many Australians in government offices or in the various service occupations—lawyers, domestic help, teachers, entertainers, physicians, beauticians, morticians, and so on—as are on the land.
Indigenous Australians, immigrants and refugees, the LGBTIQ+ community, people with disabilities, youth, the elderly, single parents and former prisoners all face a significantly higher incidence of prejudice or discrimination and a greater chance of being denied employment opportunities.