Baseline report
Data as at March 2024
This report provides sources and reference points for each indicator and measure listed in the reporting framework of Working for Women: A Strategy for Gender Equality. As a baseline, this is a point-in-time data and reference set on the status of gender equality in Australia at the time of the Strategy's release on 7 March 2024.
This report lists the data the Government will monitor to assess the impact of Working for Women and progress towards gender equality over the next 10 years. These data points have been selected in order to track progress against the ambitions of Working for Women and provide insight into the experiences of women and men in Australia. This baseline report will inform the mid-point review of Working for Women to be conducted in 2029.
Data sources used in this report are reported on different cycles from monthly through to every five years. Some data sources are updated on an ad hoc basis. The mid-point review will include the release of a mid-point update to the baseline to track change towards gender equality. Data measures and sources may also be added over time where more appropriate data sets emerge.
Where available, the data includes disaggregated data for First Nations people, culturally and linguistically diverse people, people with disability, people of different ages, and LGBTIQA+ people. There are limitations to this data in some cases, particularly where there are small population or sample sizes. The Government will work to improve data to help inform better outcomes for all Australians.
In addition to this report and the mid-point review, the Government will continue to release Status of Women Report Cards annually, highlighting key statistics across the priority areas of Working for Women.
Where indicators are informed by targets from existing strategies, time frames and target levels have been included in this report. The remaining indicators outline directional goals, but are not targets with specific time frames.
Priority area 2. Unpaid and paid care: Balance unpaid work and close the gender pay gap
| Ref. | Indicator | Measure | Baseline (2024) |
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| 2.5.1 | Average earnings of men and women in the care and support workforce | The average weekly total cash earnings of women and men in care and support occupations, using the definition of care workforce from the NSC Care Workforce Labour Market Study |
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| 2.5.2 | Men represented in the care and support workforce | The number of men in the care and support workforce, using the definition of care workforce from the NSC Care Workforce Labour Market Study |
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| 2.5.3 | Men represented in health and education fields of study in tertiary education | The percentage of male enrolments in university health and education fields of study |
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| 2.5.3 | Men represented in health and education fields of study in tertiary education | The percentage of VET health study enrolments who are men. The percentage of VET education study enrolments who are men. |
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