Statistical Clerks

ANZSCO ID 552314

Overview

Snapshot

Employed
220
Future Growth
N/A
Weekly Earnings
N/A
Full-Time Share
71%
Female Share
59%
Average age
44

Summary

Statistical Clerks compile data and undertake statistical and actuarial computations.

Specialisations: Actuarial Clerk.

Formal qualifications are not essential to work as a Statistical Clerk. Although some workers have a university degree or Vocational Education and Training (VET) qualification in statistics and economics.

Tasks

  • Compiles statistics from financial records, survey returns and other data sources, and verifies the authenticity of the material.

  • Operates computers to input, manipulate and output information.

  • Compiles results of calculations into tables, graphs and charts to be used in analysis.

Characteristics

Job Type
Clerical And Administrative Workers
Skill Level
Lower skill
ANZSCO Occupation group
Unemployment Rate
n/a
Industries
Pathway(s)
  • University
  • Vocational Education and Training (VET)
  • Informal or on-the-job
Interests
  • Analytical
  • Administrative
Physical Demand
  • Sedentary

Outlook

Employment Outlook

JSA produces employment projections to show where likely future job opportunities may be. Employment projections data are only produced for occupations at the broad four digit Australian and New Zealand Standard Classification of Occupations (ANZSCO) level. While data are not available for this occupation, projections data are available for the parent occupation, Insurance, Money Market and Statistical Clerks, under the outlook section.


Earnings and hours

Working arrangements

  • Around 71% of people employed as Statistical Clerks work full-time hours, in all their jobs combined. This is 5 percentage points above the all jobs average (66%).

    Full-time workers work an average of 41 hours per week in their main job. This is similar to the all jobs average (44 hours per week).

    Sources:Full-time share and full-time hours: ABS, 2016 Census, customised report. Compared to the all jobs average.


Industries

Main industries

1
Professional, Scientific and Technical Services
57.2%
2
Public Administration and Safety
22.3%
3
Health Care and Social Assistance
5.1%
4
Financial and Insurance Services
4.7%
5
Other industries
6.0%

Regions

Employment across Australia

NSW

22.2% All occupations: 31.6%

VIC

20.3% All occupations: 25.6%

QLD

14.0% All occupations: 20.0%

SA

7.7% All occupations: 7.0%

WA

8.2% All occupations: 10.8%

TAS

4.3% All occupations: 2.0%

NT

1.4% All occupations: 1.0%

ACT

21.7% All occupations: 1.9%

Employment by State and Territory (% Share)

State Statistical Clerks All Jobs Average
NSW 22.2 31.6
VIC 20.3 25.6
QLD 14.0 20.0
SA 7.7 7.0
WA 8.2 10.8
TAS 4.3 2.0
NT 1.4 1.0
ACT 21.7 1.9


  • Around 85% of Statistical Clerks live in capital cities, compared with the all jobs average of 62%.

    The Australian Capital Territory has a large share of employment relative to its population size.

    Source: Based on ABS Census 2016, Customised Report. Share of workers across Australian states, territories and regions, in this job compared to the all jobs average.


Worker profile

Age and gender

Age In Years
44
All Jobs Average is 40
Female Share
59%
All Jobs Average is 48%
  • The median age of Statistical Clerks is 44 years. This is higher than the all jobs average of 40 years.

    A large share of workers are aged 45 to 54 years.

    Females make up 59% of the workforce. This is 11 percentage points above the all jobs average of 48%.

    Source: Based on ABS Census 2016, Customised Report. Age profile and gender share compared to the all jobs average.

Age Profile (% Share)

Source: Based on ABS Census 2016, Customised Report. Age profile of workers in this job compared to the all jobs average.
Age Bracket Statistical Clerks All Jobs Average
15-19 1.4 5.0
20-24 6.1 9.3
25-34 25.5 22.9
35-44 21.2 22.0
45-54 28.3 21.6
55-59 6.6 9.0
60-64 7.1 6.0
65 and Over 3.8 4.2
Median Age 44 40

Source: Based on ABS Census 2016, Customised Report. Age profile of workers in this job compared to the all jobs average.


Employment Pathways

Education, training and experience

Formal qualifications are not essential to work as a Statistical Clerk. Although some workers have a university degree or Vocational Education and Training (VET) qualification in statistics and economics.

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Highest Level of Education (% Share)

Source: ABS Census 2016, Customised Report. 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.
Type of Qualification Statistical Clerks All Jobs Average
Post Graduate/Graduate Diploma or Graduate Certificate 23.3 10.1
Bachelor degree 37.6 21.8
Advanced Diploma/Diploma 7.4 11.6
Certificate III/IV 7.9 21.1
Year 12 19.0 18.1
Year 11 1.6 4.8
Year 10 and below 3.2 12.5

Source: ABS Census 2016, Customised Report. 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.


Skills and Knowledge

Employers look for Insurance, Money Market and Statistical Clerks who have a high attention to detail, provide good customer service and are reliable.

Skills

Skills can be improved through training or experience.

  • 70%

    Mathematics

    Using maths to solve problems.

  • 57%

    Reading comprehension

    Reading work related information.

  • 55%

    Critical thinking

    Thinking about the pros and cons of different ways to solve a problem.

  • 54%

    Active learning

    Being able to use what you have learnt to solve problems now and again in the future.

  • 54%

    Speaking

    Talking to others.

  • 54%

    Writing

    Writing things for co-workers or customers.

  • 52%

    Active listening

    Listening to others, not interrupting, and asking good questions.

  • 50%

    Programming

    Writing computer programs.

  • 48%

    Complex problem solving

    Noticing a problem and figuring out the best way to solve it.

  • 43%

    Judgment and decision making

    Figuring out the pros and cons of different options and choosing the best one.

  • 43%

    Time management

    Managing your own and other peoples' time to get work done.

  • 43%

    Learning strategies

    Figuring out the best way to teach or learn something new.

  • 43%

    Monitoring

    Keeping track of how well work is progressing so you can make changes or improvements.

  • 41%

    Instructing

    Teaching people how to do something.

  • 41%

    Social perceptiveness

    Understanding why people react the way they do.

  • 39%

    Coordination with others

    Being adaptable and coordinating work with other people.

  • 39%

    Serving others

    Looking for ways to help people.

  • 37%

    Persuasion

    Talking people into changing their minds or their behaviour.

  • 37%

    Negotiation

    Bringing people together and trying to sort out their differences.

  • 29%

    Management of personnel resources

    Motivating, developing, and directing people as they work, and choosing the best people for the job.


Knowledge

These are important topics, subjects or knowledge areas.

  • 76%

    Mathematics

    Arithmetic, algebra, geometry, calculus, or statistics.

  • 72%

    Computers and electronics

    Circuit boards, processors, chips, electronic equipment, and computer hardware and software, including applications and programming.

  • 63%

    English language

    English language including the meaning and spelling of words, rules of composition, and grammar.

  • 61%

    Clerical

    Word processing, managing files and records, stenography and transcription, designing forms, and other office work.

  • 56%

    Customer and personal service

    Understanding customer needs, providing good quality service, and measuring customer satisfaction.

  • 52%

    Education and training

    Curriculum and training design, teaching and instruction for individuals and groups, and the measurement of training effects.

  • 43%

    Administration and management

    Business principles involved in strategic planning, leadership, and coordinating people and resources.

  • 42%

    Economics and accounting

    Economics and accounting, the financial markets, banking and checking and reporting of financial data.

  • 39%

    Law and government

    How our laws and courts work. Government rules and regulations, and the political system.

  • 38%

    Personnel and human resources

    Recruiting and training people, managing pay and other entitlements (like sick leave), and negotiating pay and conditions.

  • 37%

    Communications and media

    Media production, communication, and dissemination. Includes written, spoken, and visual media.

  • 30%

    Production and processing

    Raw materials, production processes, quality control, costs, and ways of making and distributing goods.

  • 30%

    Psychology

    Human behaviour; differences in ability, personality, and interests; learning and motivation; research methods; assessing and treating disorders.

  • 29%

    Engineering and technology

    Use engineering, science and technology to design and produce goods and services.

  • 27%

    Sociology and anthropology

    Group behaviour and dynamics, societal trends and influences, human migrations, ethnicity, cultures and their history and origins.

  • 26%

    Sales and marketing

    Showing, promoting, and selling including marketing strategy, product demonstration, sales techniques, and sales control systems.

  • 26%

    Public safety and security

    Use of equipment, rules and ideas to protect people, data, property, and institutions.

  • 17%

    Telecommunications

    Transmission, broadcasting, switching, control, and operation of telecommunications systems.

  • 15%

    Transportation

    Moving people or goods by air, rail, sea, or road.

  • 14%

    Food production

    Planting, growing, and harvesting food (both plant and animal), including storage and handling.


Abilities

Workers use these physical and mental abilities..

  • 70%

    Mathematics

    Choose the right maths method or formula to solve a problem.

  • 66%

    Working with numbers

    Add, subtract, multiply, or divide.

  • 59%

    Oral comprehension

    Listen to and understand what people say.

  • 57%

    Near vision

    See details that are up-close (within a few feet).

  • 57%

    Oral expression

    Communicate by speaking.

  • 57%

    Written comprehension

    Read and understand written information.

  • 55%

    Written expression

    Write in a way that people can understand.

  • 55%

    Deductive reasoning

    Use general rules to find answers or solve problems logically.

  • 54%

    Sorting or ordering

    Order or arrange things in a pattern or sequence (e.g., numbers, letters, words, pictures, mathematical operations).

  • 50%

    Brainstorming

    Come up with a number of ideas about a topic, even if the ideas aren't very good.

  • 48%

    Inductive reasoning

    Use lots of detailed information to come up with answers or make general rules.

  • 48%

    Categorising

    Come up with different ways of grouping things.

  • 48%

    Problem spotting

    Notice when something is wrong or is likely to go wrong, even if you can't solve the problem.

  • 45%

    Speech recognition

    Identify and understand the speech of another person.

  • 45%

    Originality

    Come up with unusual or clever ideas, or creative ways to solve a problem.

  • 43%

    Flexibility of closure

    See a pattern (a figure, object, word, or sound) hidden in other distracting material.

  • 43%

    Selective attention

    Pay attention to something without being distracted.

  • 43%

    Speech clarity

    Speak clearly so others can understand you.

  • 41%

    Speed of recognition

    Quickly make sense of and organize things you can see like letters, numbers, pictures, or other things.

  • 39%

    Perceptual speed

    Use your eyes to quickly compare groups of letters, numbers, pictures, or other things.


Activities

These are kinds of activities workers regularly do in this job.

  • 82%

    Collecting and organising information

    Compiling, coding, categorizing, calculating, tabulating, auditing, or checking information or data.

  • 76%

    Making sense of information and ideas

    Looking at, working with, and understanding data or information.

  • 70%

    Keeping your knowledge up-to-date

    Keeping up-to-date with technology and new ideas.

  • 70%

    Planning and prioritising work

    Deciding on goals and putting together a detailed plan to get the work done.

  • 68%

    Building good relationships

    Building good working relationships and keeping them over time.

  • 68%

    Researching and investigating

    Looking for, getting and understanding different kinds of information.

  • 67%

    Communicating within a team

    Giving information to co-workers by telephone, in writing, or in person.

  • 62%

    Working with computers

    Using computers to program, write software, set up functions, enter data, or process information.

  • 61%

    Making decisions and solving problems

    Using information to work out the best solution and solve problems.

  • 61%

    Explaining things to people

    Helping people to understand and use information.

  • 56%

    Documenting or recording information

    Entering, transcribing, recording, storing, or maintaining information in written or electronic/magnetic form.

  • 55%

    Communicating with the public

    Giving information to the public, business or government by telephone, in writing, or in person.

  • 51%

    Coaching and developing others

    Working out the needs of others and coaching, mentoring, or helping them to improve.

  • 47%

    Coordinating the work of a team

    Getting members of a group to work together to finish a task.

  • 47%

    Giving expert advice

    Providing guidance and expert advice to management or other groups.

  • 45%

    Checking compliance with standards

    Deciding whether events or processes comply with laws, regulations, or standards.

  • 45%

    Looking for changes over time

    Comparing objects, actions, or events. Looking for differences between them or changes over time.

  • 41%

    Estimating amounts, costs and resources

    Working out sizes, distances, amounts, time, costs, resources, or materials needed for a task.

  • 40%

    Leading and encouraging a team

    Encouraging and building trust, respect, and cooperation among team members.

  • 36%

    Providing office support

    Doing day-to-day office work such as filing and processing paperwork.


Interests and demands

Learn about the daily activities, and physical and social demands faced by workers. Explore the values and work styles that workers rate as most important.

Interests

Interests are the style or type of work we prefer to do. All interest areas are shown below.

  • 100%

    Administrative

    Following set procedures and routines. Working with numbers and details more than with ideas, usually following rules.

  • 76%

    Analytical

    Ideas and thinking. Searching for facts and figuring out problems in your head.

  • 52%

    Enterprising

    Starting up and carrying out projects. Leading people and making many decisions. Sometimes require risk taking and often deal with business.

  • 38%

    Practical

    Practical, hands-on work. Often with plants and animals, or materials like wood, tools, and machinery.

  • 29%

    Creative

    Working with forms, designs and patterns. Often need self-expression and can be done without following rules.

  • 19%

    Helping

    Working with people. Helping or providing service to others.


Values

Work values are important to a person’s feeling of satisfaction. All six values are shown below.
  • 62%

    Support

    Supportive management that stands behind employees. Workers are treated fairly by their company, they are supported by management, and have supervisors who train them well.

  • 48%

    Achievement

    Results oriented. Workers are able to use their strongest abilities, giving them a feeling of accomplishment.

  • 48%

    Relationships

    Serve and work with others. Workers usually get along well with each other, do things to help other people, and are rarely pressured to do things that go against their sense of right and wrong.

  • 48%

    Working conditions

    Job security and good working conditions. There is usually a steady flow of interesting work, and the pay and conditions are generally good.

  • 43%

    Independence

    Work alone and make decisions. Workers are able to try out their own ideas, make decisions on their own, and work with little or no supervision.

  • 38%

    Recognition

    Advancement and the potential to lead. Workers are recognised for the work that they do, they may give directions and instructions to others, and they are looked up to in their company and their community.


Demands

The physical and social demands that workers face most often are shown below:
  • 100%

    Electronic mail

    Use electronic mail.

  • 96%

    Spend time sitting

    Spend time sitting at work.

  • 95%

    Face-to-face discussions

    Talk with people face-to-face.

  • 89%

    Being exact or accurate

    Be very exact or highly accurate.

  • 88%

    Indoors, heat controlled

    Work indoors with access to heating or cooling.

  • 88%

    Telephone

    Talk on the telephone.

  • 82%

    Teamwork

    Work with people in a group or team.

  • 81%

    Freedom to make decisions

    Have freedom to make decision on your own.

  • 80%

    Contact with people

    Have contact with people by telephone, face-to-face, or any other way.

  • 79%

    Unstructured work

    Have freedom to decide on tasks, priorities, and goals.

  • 73%

    Making repetitive motions

    Spend time making repetitive motions.

  • 73%

    Time pressure

    Work to strict deadlines.

  • 69%

    Impact of decisions

    Make decisions that have a large impact on other people.

  • 69%

    Lead or coordinate a team

    Lead others to do work activities.

  • 69%

    Repeating same tasks

    Repeat the same tasks or activities (e.g., key entry) over and over, without stopping.

  • 64%

    Frequent decision making

    Frequently make decisions that impact other people.

  • 60%

    Contact with the public

    Work with customers or the public.

  • 60%

    Competition

    Compete with others, or be aware of competitive pressures.

  • 58%

    Loud or uncomfortable sounds

    Be exposed to noises and sounds that are distracting or uncomfortable.

  • 56%

    Physically close to people

    Work physically close to other people.

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The skills and importance ratings on this page are derived from the US Department of Labor O*NET Database Version 21.2, 43-9111.00 - Statistical Assistants.


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