Performs spiritual functions associated with beliefs and practices of a religious faith, and provides motivation, guidance and training in religious life for the people of a congregation or parish, and the wider community. This occupation requires high levels of personal commitment and interest as well as, or in place of, formal qualifications or experience. Registration or licensing may be required.
A nationwide profile of who works in this occupation today — size, growth, pay, age, gender split, working pattern and the headline shortage signal.
Year-on-year national employment in this unit group, from the ABS Labour Force Survey.
JSA's projected change in employment for this unit group, indexed against the latest baseline.
Workforce by 5-year age band. Solid bars = this occupation; dashed ghost bars = the Professionals benchmark for context. Where the solid bar exceeds the ghost, this occupation skews older or younger relative to its peer group.
Highest qualification held by the workforce, benchmarked against Professionals. Useful to map skills-assessment evidence to typical applicant profiles.
Statistical Area Level 4 (SA4) regions ranked by current employment from the ABS labour-force survey.
SA4 regions ranked by current internet job-ad counts. Reflects where employer demand is right now.
Australian and New Zealand Standard Industrial Classification (ANZSIC), 2-digit subdivisions, ranked by share of employment. Bar widths are proportional to rank (most → least dominant) — JSA does not publish exact share figures for this unit group.
Where workers come from before joining this unit group, where they move to, and how many stay year-over-year. Based on JSA's longitudinal flows analysis.
Vocational and higher-ed qualifications JSA links to this occupation. Useful when evaluating skills-assessment evidence.