RACGP - Tables

Table 1. General practices and Australian population (n), 2010–2021

	2010	2011	2012	2013	2014	2015	2016	2017	2018	2019	2020	2021
Number of practices (national)	7151	7097	na	na	na	na	na	na	8039	8147	na	na
Australian population (million) (as at June in given year*)	22.3	22.6	22.6	23.1	23.4	23.8	24.1	24.6	24.9	25.4	25.7	25.7
Practices per 100,000 people	32.0	31.4	na	na	na	na	na	na	32.2	32.1	na	na
Total practices accredited	4812	4783	5026	5585	5645	5953	6324	6368	6596	6825	6892	6500
Proportion of practices that are accredited	67.3	67.4	na	na	na	na	na	na	82.1	83.8	na	na

* Australian Bureau of Statistics. National, state and territory population. Canberra: Australian Bureau of Statistics, 2021. [Accessed 1 February 2022].

Source: based on Steering Committee for the Review of Government Service Provision data, Report on government services 2022.

Table 2. FTE GPs (n) in Australia, and in each state and territory, 2014–2020

	2014	2015	2016	2017	2018	2019	2020
GPs (national)	32,739	33,690	35,086	36,064	36,858	37,472	37,785
FTE GPs (national)	24,737	25,545	26,793	27,736	28,346	29,854	29,419
New South Wales	8,426	8,621	8,914	9,182	9,298	9,765	9,601
Victoria	6,243	6,428	6,759	6,986	7,142	7,612	7,342
Queensland	5,160	5,366	5,672	5,905	6,084	6,390	6,382
Western Australia	2,150	2,277	2,458	2,578	2,698	2,839	2,870
South Australia	1,780	1,815	1,892	1,943	1,963	2,054	2,024
Tasmania	493	516	532	550	562	566	576
Australian Capital Territory	307	320	345	362	372	396	404
Northern Territory	177	203	221	231	228	231	219
FTE GPs per 100,000 people (national)	104.6	106.5	109.9	112.0	112.6	117.0	114.5
New South Wales	111.4	112.4	114.3	116.0	115.6	120.1	117.5
Victoria	104.8	105.5	108.2	109.4	109.4	114.4	110.2
Queensland	108.7	111.7	116.1	118.9	120.4	124.6	122.9
Western Australia	85.0	89.4	95.7	99.7	103.5	107.6	107.5
South Australia	105.1	106.4	110.2	112.4	112.6	116.8	114.3
Tasmania	95.9	100.0	102.6	104.8	105.8	105.5	106.4
Australian Capital Territory	78.3	80.3	84.9	87.0	87.8	92.7	93.6
Northern Territory	72.9	83.1	90.2	93.4	92.9	94.4	88.7

FTE = full-time equivalent; GP = general practitioner

Source: Based on Steering Committee for the Review of Government Service Provision data, Report on government services 2022.

Table 3. General practices (n) accredited by AGPAL and QPA, 2010–2021

	2010	2011	2012	2013	2014	2015	2016	2017	2018	2019	2020	2021
AGPAL accredited practices	3818	3739	3714	3757	3776	3918	4008	4093	4208	4317	4395	4580
AGPAL increase in practices from previous year		−2%	−1%	1%	1%	4%	2%	2%	3%	3%	2%	4%
AGPAL market share %	79%	78%	74%	67%	67%	66%	63%	64%	64%	63%	64%	70%
QPA accredited practices	994	1044	1312	1828	1869	2035	2316	2275	2388	2508	2497	1920
QPA increase in practices from previous year		5%	26%	39%	2%	9%	14%	−2%	5%	5%	0%	−23%
QPA market share %	21%	22%	26%	33%	33%	34%	37%	36%	36%	37%	36%	30%

Source: Based on Steering Committee for the Review of Government Service Provision data, Report on government services 2022.