ANZSCO 521211

Secretaries (General)

Overview

EMPLOYED

22,700

PART-TIME SHARE

61%

FEMALE SHARE

95%

MEDIAN WEEKLY EARNINGS

N/A

MEDIAN AGE

55

ANNUAL EMPLOYMENT GROWTH

N/A

About this data

Summary

Secretaries (General) perform secretarial, clerical and other administrative tasks in support of Managers and Professionals.

Tasks

  • Liaises with other staff to arrange meetings, and to gain and provide information
  • Prepares reports, briefing notes and correspondence, and proofreads work for typographical and grammatical errors
  • Maintains appointment diaries and makes travel arrangements
  • Processes incoming and outgoing mail, files correspondence and maintains records
  • Answers telephone calls, responds to inquiries and redirects callers
  • Takes and transcribes dictation of letters and other documents
  • Greets visitors, ascertains nature of business and directs visitors to appropriate personal
  • May implement management decisions and maintain records of meetings
  • May handle bookkeeping and petty cash functions

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 Secretaries (General) All Occupations
    Share of workers who work full-time hours 39% 64%
    Average full-time hours worked per week 41 hours 44 hours

    Industries

    Secretaries (General) 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

    40.1%

    Victoria

    19.8%

    Queensland

    18.9%

    South Australia

    6.7%

    Tasmania

    1.8%

    Northern Territory

    0.5%

    Australian Capital Territory

    1.6%

    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 Secretaries (General) All Occupations
    Median age 55 years 40 years
    Female share of employment 95% 49%
    Source: ABS, 2021 Census of Population and Housing based on place of usual residence.
    Age Profile (% Share) All Occupations Secretaries (General)
    15–19 5.2 1.0
    20–24 9.1 3.1
    25–34 22.7 8.6
    35–44 22.3 13.7
    45–54 20.4 23.0
    55–59 8.8 14.7
    60–64 6.5 14.6
    65 and Over 4.9 21.3

    Education

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    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 Secretaries (General)
    Post Graduate/Graduate Diploma or Graduate Certificate 12.2 5.4
    Bachelor degree 23.2 12.9
    Advanced Diploma/Diploma 11.1 13.5
    Certificate III/IV 19.5 11.8
    Year 12 15.9 19.4
    Year 11 4.0 6.5
    Year 10 and below 9.7 20.5
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      Australian and New Zealand Standard Classification of Occupations

      Australian and New Zealand Standard Classification of Occupations (ANZSCO) is the skill-based classification system used to categorise occupations in the Australian and New Zealand labour markets. ANZSCO provides a basis for the standardised collection, analysis and dissemination of occupation data. Visit the ABS website to learn how ANZSCO works. Jobs and Skills Australia displays data for occupations that are defined by ANZSCO 2013 Version 1.3.