There are 89%
female counsellors (NSW Department of Education and Training [NSW DET], 2011), which
is similar to the proportion of primary school teachers but higher than the proportion of high
school teachers. It appears that there has been a substantial decline in the percentage of males
to females working as school counsellors, known as Guidance Officers in Queensland, from
1999 when there were 44% of males which dropped in 2010 to 28.2% (Anderson et al., 2010;
Bramston & Rice, 2000; Rice & Bramston, 1999).