Australia: number of female and male CEOs by industry

In financial year 2019, there were 45 female and 670 male among the Chief Executive Officers in the manufacturing industry across Australia. However, in the health care and social assistance industry there were about 291 female and 412 male CEOs in that year.

Number of male and female chief executive officers in Australia in financial year 2019, by industry

Characteristic	Male	Female
Manufacturing	670	45
Professional, Scientific and Technical Services	614	95
Education and Training	496	276
Health Care and Social Assistance	412	291
Retail Trade	388	50
Financial and Insurance Services	305	32
Wholesale Trade	275	18
Accommodation and Food Services	261	30
Administrative and Support Services	238	58
Construction	235	11
Transport, Postal and Warehousing	214	16
Information Media and Telecommunications	193	17
Mining	157	10
Other Services	140	28
Arts and Recreation Services	129	21
Rental, Hiring and Real Estate Services	88	9
Agriculture, Forestry and Fishing	49	50
Electricity, Gas, Water and Waste Services	47	5
Public Administration and Safety	32	2

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Release date

December 2020

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Region

Australia

Survey time period

financial year 2019

Age group

18 years and older

Supplementary notes

Australia's financial years run from July to June of the following year. For example, FY 2017 starts on July 1, 2016 and ends on June 30, 2017.

The CEO (chief executive officer) is also known as head of business in Australia. It usually refers to the highest ranking corporate officer (executive) or an administrator who is in charge of the management of an organization. The CEO might be also known under different titles, such as vice chancellor, managing director, general manager, managing partner or principal.

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