ANZSCO 841513

Mixed Livestock Farm Workers

Overview

EMPLOYED

1,500

PART-TIME SHARE

34%

FEMALE SHARE

29%

MEDIAN WEEKLY EARNINGS

N/A

MEDIAN AGE

36

ANNUAL EMPLOYMENT GROWTH

N/A

About this data

Summary

Mixed Livestock Farm Workers perform routine tasks on mixed livestock farms, such as moving, feeding and counting livestock, and assisting with animal husbandry.

Tasks

  • Patrolling, inspecting and reporting on the condition of livestock
  • Providing livestock with feed and water
  • Assisting with maintaining the health and welfare of livestock
  • Mustering and droving livestock to milking and shearing sheds and between paddocks to ensure sufficient feed is available
  • Washing and cleaning udders, and attaching milking machines to udders and milking cows
  • Collecting eggs and placing in incubators
  • Herding sheep for shearing and keeping mobs separate during shearing
  • Spreading fleeces on skirting tables for classing, pressing wool and branding bales
  • Exercising horses by walking, riding, leading and swimming, and attending to horses at track work, barrier trials and races
  • Cleaning stables and hatcheries, storing bedding and performing minor repairs on fixtures, buildings and fences
  • Assembling, preparing and storing horse gear

ANZSCO Classification

Details

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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 Mixed Livestock Farm Workers All Occupations
    Share of workers who work full-time hours 66% 64%
    Average full-time hours worked per week 46 hours 44 hours

    Industries

    Mixed Livestock Farm Workers 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

    21.6%

    Queensland

    9.3%

    South Australia

    13.3%

    Tasmania

    5.6%

    Northern Territory

    0.3%

    Australian Capital Territory

    0.2%

    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 Mixed Livestock Farm Workers All Occupations
    Median age 36 years 40 years
    Female share of employment 29% 49%
    Source: ABS, 2021 Census of Population and Housing based on place of usual residence.
    Age Profile (% Share) All Occupations Mixed Livestock Farm Workers
    15–19 5.2 13.0
    20–24 9.1 14.0
    25–34 22.7 19.3
    35–44 22.3 11.4
    45–54 20.4 12.6
    55–59 8.8 7.8
    60–64 6.5 7.2
    65 and Over 4.9 14.4

    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 Mixed Livestock Farm Workers
    Post Graduate/Graduate Diploma or Graduate Certificate 12.2 1.3
    Bachelor degree 23.2 6.9
    Advanced Diploma/Diploma 11.1 7.3
    Certificate III/IV 19.5 23.1
    Year 12 15.9 20.6
    Year 11 4.0 7.6
    Year 10 and below 9.7 28.8
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