From the ALIA web site:

Library workforce statistics The Australian Bureau of Statistics has just released labour force statistics from the 2006 census. The library workforce is grouped under Culture and Leisure Occupations and employs 24,849 people. Of these, 10,085 are librarians, 6,510 library technicians and 8,254 library assistants. Just over 83% of Australian library workers are female, only a slight movement in the gender breakdown over recent years. Details from the ABS data will be provided in the December-January issue of inCite and in the Employment section of this website. In the meantime, data can be viewed on the ABS site at http://www.censusdata.abs.gov.au, clicking on ‘Topic’ and then ‘Labour force’ participation.

Sources: Australian Bureau of Statistics, Australian Library and Information Association

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