NEW quarterly registration data revealed by the Pharmacy Board of Australia has shown there were 30,287 pharmacists across the country as at 31 Mar 2017.
The majority (30.53% or 9.248) are practising in NSW, followed by Victoria with 7,581 or 25.03%.
Queensland has 19.78% of the country's pharmacists at 5,991 followed by Western Australia with 3,217 or 10.62%.
There are 1,809 pharmacists with provisional registration, the figures reveal - while younger pharmacists also dominate the sector.
Pharmacists aged 25-29 number 6,201, just ahead of the 6,008 aged 30-34 and the numbers progressively decline as age increases, with 4,268 aged 35-39; 2,706 aged 40-44 and 2,291 in the 45-49 year old age group.
There are also 2,430 pharmacists aged under 25, of whom 1,058 have provisional registration.
The figures also break out pharmacists by gender, revealing of the total there are 61.8% female pharmacists versus 38.2% male.
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