ANZSCO 212499

Bloggers, Critics, Sports and Other Writers (not covered elsewhere)

Overview

EMPLOYED

1,700

PART-TIME SHARE

40%

FEMALE SHARE

57%

MEDIAN WEEKLY EARNINGS

N/A

MEDIAN AGE

38

ANNUAL EMPLOYMENT GROWTH

N/A

About this data

Summary

Bloggers, Critics, Sports and Other Writers (not covered elsewhere) includes jobs like Blogger, Critic, Editorial Assistant, and Photo Journalist.

Tasks

  • Determines written advertising approaches by consulting clients and management, and studying products to establish principal selling features
  • Writes advertisements for press, radio, television, cinema screens, billboards, catalogues and shop displays
  • Makes decisions about the specific content of publications in conjunction with other senior editors and in accordance with editorial policies and guidelines
  • Reviews copy for publication, to ensure conformity with accepted rules of grammar, style, format and story coherence as well as the accuracy, legality and ethics of content
  • Collects and analyses facts about newsworthy events from interviews, printed matter, investigations and observations
  • Writes news reports, commentaries, articles and feature stories for newspapers, magazines, journals, television and radio on topics of public interest
  • Researches and writes technical, information-based material and documentation for manuals, text books, handbooks and multimedia products
  • Critically discusses daily news topics in the editorial columns of newspapers and reviewing books, films and plays

ANZSCO Classification

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    Hours worked

    Source: ABS, 2021 Census of Population and Housing based on place of usual residence.
    Note: those who were classified as "Employed, away from work" at the time of the 2021 Census (accounting for approx. 8% of total employment), have been excluded from the "Average full-time hours worked per week" denominator.
    Hours worked Bloggers, Critics, Sports and Other Writers (not covered elsewhere) All Occupations
    Share of workers who work full-time hours 60% 64%
    Average full-time hours worked per week 42 hours 44 hours

    Industries

    Bloggers, Critics, Sports and Other Writers (not covered elsewhere) work in industries like:

    Source: ABS, 2021 Census of Population and Housing based on place of usual residence.
    Note: industries that comprise less than 5% of an occupation have been suppressed.

    States and territories

    New South Wales

    42.8%

    Victoria

    25.9%

    Queensland

    13.1%

    South Australia

    4.7%

    Tasmania

    1.8%

    Northern Territory

    0.4%

    Australian Capital Territory

    4.7%

    Source: ABS, 2021 Census of Population and Housing based on place of usual residence.

    Age and gender

    Age and Gender Profile
    Source: ABS, 2021 Census of Population and Housing based on place of usual residence.
    Age and Gender Bloggers, Critics, Sports and Other Writers (not covered elsewhere) All Occupations
    Median age 38 years 40 years
    Female share of employment 57% 49%
    Source: ABS, 2021 Census of Population and Housing based on place of usual residence.
    Age Profile (% Share) All Occupations Bloggers, Critics, Sports and Other Writers (not covered elsewhere)
    15–19 5.2 1.0
    20–24 9.1 12.6
    25–34 22.7 26.5
    35–44 22.3 22.5
    45–54 20.4 15.0
    55–59 8.8 8.0
    60–64 6.5 6.1
    65 and Over 4.9 7.9

    Education

    Source: ABS, 2021 Census of Population and Housing based on place of usual residence. Highest qualification completed by workers in this job (in any field of study).
    Qualifications needed by new workers might be different from the qualifications of workers already in the job.
    Note: the sum of the educational attainment categories may not add up to 100% due to the exclusion of non-descriptive categories such as not stated responses.
    Highest Level of Educational Attainment (% Share) All Occupations Bloggers, Critics, Sports and Other Writers (not covered elsewhere)
    Post Graduate/Graduate Diploma or Graduate Certificate 12.2 20.0
    Bachelor degree 23.2 52.3
    Advanced Diploma/Diploma 11.1 5.9
    Certificate III/IV 19.5 3.4
    Year 12 15.9 12.3
    Year 11 4.0 0.9
    Year 10 and below 9.7 1.6
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