In 2020, 72.8 percent of female graduates from Australian universities who found full-time employment were employed in professional occupations. Clerical and administrative work accounted for the next largest share of employed graduates with an 9.2 percent share.
Distribution of recent female university graduates employed full-time in Australia in 2020, by occupation
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Website (www.qilt.edu.au). (November 15, 2020). Distribution of recent female university graduates employed full-time in Australia in 2020, by occupation [Graph]. In Statista. Retrieved May 11, 2024, from https://www.statista.com/statistics/1025746/australia-female-tertiary-graduate-full-time-employment-breakdown-by-occupation/
Website (www.qilt.edu.au). "Distribution of recent female university graduates employed full-time in Australia in 2020, by occupation ." Chart. November 15, 2020. Statista. Accessed May 11, 2024. https://www.statista.com/statistics/1025746/australia-female-tertiary-graduate-full-time-employment-breakdown-by-occupation/
Website (www.qilt.edu.au). (2020). Distribution of recent female university graduates employed full-time in Australia in 2020, by occupation . Statista. Statista Inc.. Accessed: May 11, 2024. https://www.statista.com/statistics/1025746/australia-female-tertiary-graduate-full-time-employment-breakdown-by-occupation/
Website (www.qilt.edu.au). "Distribution of Recent Female University Graduates Employed Full-time in Australia in 2020, by Occupation ." Statista, Statista Inc., 15 Nov 2020, https://www.statista.com/statistics/1025746/australia-female-tertiary-graduate-full-time-employment-breakdown-by-occupation/
Website (www.qilt.edu.au), Distribution of recent female university graduates employed full-time in Australia in 2020, by occupation Statista, https://www.statista.com/statistics/1025746/australia-female-tertiary-graduate-full-time-employment-breakdown-by-occupation/ (last visited May 11, 2024)
Distribution of recent female university graduates employed full-time in Australia in 2020, by occupation [Graph], Website (www.qilt.edu.au), November 15, 2020. [Online]. Available: https://www.statista.com/statistics/1025746/australia-female-tertiary-graduate-full-time-employment-breakdown-by-occupation/