Estimated people employed as Registered Nurses in the Sunshine Coast and the Wide Bay, from Jobs and Skills Australia's monthly nowcast, to October 2026.
Figures add up two ABS regions: Sunshine Coast (SA4 316) and Wide Bay (SA4 319).
- Registered Nurses employed in the Sunshine Coast and the Wide Bay
- 12,948
- up 3.9% on a year earlier
- October 2026 · JSA estimate
- Over five years
- +29.4%
- 10,003 in Oct 2021 → 12,948
- Each October
- Across Queensland
- 86,310
- up 3.0% on a year earlier
- The Sunshine Coast and the Wide Bay are growing faster than the state
Jobs and Skills Australia's nowcast is experimental: its figures are model estimates of the people employed in each occupation, not a count of them, and each monthly release revises the months before it.
Source: Jobs and Skills Australia, Nowcast of Employment by Region and Occupation (NERO), October 2026, CC BY 4.0. Experimental estimates.
ViewJobs analysis of the Jobs and Skills Australia Nowcast of Employment by Region and Occupation: Figures for this region are the sum of the SA4 market areas listed. Capital city, state and national figures are sums of SA4 regions.