Figure 4 below shows the workplace location of Australian solicitors. Overall, the largest proportion of solicitors was practising within the capital city of their jurisdiction (57.2 per cent). Over one quarter (26.7 per cent) were practising in a suburban location, followed by 12.8 per cent working in a country or rural area. City-based solicitors were more prevalent in the Northern Territory (96.2 per cent) and South Australia (76.1 per cent) while Queensland and Tasmania had the highest proportions of solicitors working in country or rural areas (31.0 per cent and 30.1 per cent respectively).
Young lawyers were slightly more concentrated in city-based employment than the profession as a whole (62.7 per cent of young lawyers compared to 57.2 per cent overall). Female practitioners were also most concentrated in city-
based workplaces (47.0 per cent) whilst male practitioners were more prevalent in country or rural areas (59.8 per cent). Interestingly, this trend was reversed for young female lawyers, who outnumbered their male counterparts in country and rural areas (62.5 per cent female, 37.5 per cent male).
State and territory round up Did you know…?
• 27.7per cent of Australian solicitors are based in Victoria
• South Australia has the highest proportion of long-serving solicitors (41.1 per cent admitted for 15 years or more)
• City-based solicitors were most prevalent in the Northern Territory (96.2 per cent)
• The Australian Capital Territory has the most even distribution of male and female solicitors (51.7
Figure 3 – Proportion of firms vs proportion of solicitors by firm size (per cent)
per cent male and 48.3 per cent female)
• Tasmania has the highest proportion of solicitors working in private practice (96.3 per cent)
• Western Australia had the highest proportion of solicitors admitted in the last fi ve years (35.7 per cent)
• Queensland had the greatest proportion of solicitors working in country and rural areas (31.0 per cent)
• New South Wales had the highest concentrations of private practitioners working in both sole practice (40.5 per cent) and in large fi rms (28.3 per cent)
Figure 4 – Solicitor location
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