Statistician (ANZSCO 224116)

On the Medium and Long-term Strategic Skills List and Core Skills Occupation List · ANZSCO codes 224116, 224113

From the official Home Affairs skilled occupation lists, as at 2026-08-12. Lists change at each government update — always confirm on the official page before acting.

Which lists is Statistician on?

MLTSSL — Medium and Long-term Strategic Skills List. The widest list — occupations on the MLTSSL can access the points-tested permanent skilled visas including the Skilled Independent visa (subclass 189), which needs no state nomination or employer.

CSOL — Core Skills Occupation List. The employer-sponsorship list — occupations on the CSOL can be nominated for the Skills in Demand visa (subclass 482) and the Employer Nomination Scheme 186.

Visas this occupation can access

Being on a list makes the occupation nominatable for these visas — each visa still has its own requirements (points, age, English, a positive skills assessment, and for sponsored visas a willing employer or state).

Skills assessment

A positive skills assessment for Statistician comes from:

What the assessment actually involves

VETASSESS assesses Statistician under Group A, the single one-year-post-qualification pathway, against Statistics, Business or Financial Statistics, Biostatistics, Mathematical Statistics and Mathematics as named highly relevant fields, with Business Analytics, Actuarial Studies, Data Science, Computer Science, Economics and Bioinformatics or Epidemiology considered case by case. Its own page draws the Actuary and Economist line on task content: employment as an Actuary or Econometrician is stated as not highly relevant, and Econometricians are told directly they fall under the Economist unit group instead.

Where these applications come unstuck

Statistician's own page carries a genuine internal inconsistency worth knowing about directly: the top-of-page banner reads registration or licensing may be required, while the body text states plainly that there are currently no legal requirements for licensing or registration for this occupation. Both statements are live on the same page, and which is the intended current position is not resolved by VETASSESS's own material.

An honest read on this pathway

Statistician sits on MLTSSL and CSOL, reaching all eight visas this family covers, including 482 and 186. The licensing position, unlike Valuer's genuinely state-varying regime, is not that it differs by state — it is that VETASSESS's own occupation page contradicts itself on whether a requirement exists at all, which is worth reading directly rather than trusting a single line pulled from it.

VETASSESS assesses qualifications and employment separately. Both need documentation that agrees with itself. The Employment History Builder and Document Vault organise each trail before you lodge.

Talk it through with a registered agent

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