• The Catholic Church is one of Australia’s largest employers with employees in administration, pastoral care, education, health, aged care, welfare and community services.
• Employment data for around 99.5% of Catholic agencies and organisations in Australia.

Although Catholic Church organisations in Australia have been engaged in many different work activities for a long time, up until now little was known about the size and composition of their workforce. The PRO research team arrived at the figure of approximately 220,000 by compiling employment data from around 99.5 per cent of Australia’s Catholic agencies and organisations.