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As of 4 November 2026, 1,622 research institutes & think tanks companies are based in Australia; 14 are hiring right now and Melbourne has the most.
As of 4 November 2026 · refreshed daily · counts move as websites, DNS and career sites are re-read.
- Companies
- 1,622
- Hiring now
- 14 · 10 new in 30 d
- Largest niche
- Biomedical research groups · 396
- Top city
- Melbourne · 72
- Parent market
- Public, community & associations · 34,450
Research institutes & think tanks in Australia, broken down
| companies | share | |
|---|---|---|
| Biomedical research groups | 396 | 24% |
| Health services research groups | 354 | 22% |
| Policy think tanks | 219 | 14% |
| Other research institutes & think tanks | 211 | 13% |
| University research labs | 167 | 10% |
| Humanities social research projects | 160 | 10% |
| Environmental & agri research | 124 | 8% |
| Biodiversity conservation research | 117 | 7% |
| Multidisciplinary research institutes | 67 | 4% |
| Eu technology research consortia | 58 | 4% |
| Advocacy campaign nonprofits | 54 | 3% |
| Education research projects | 48 | 3% |
| Professional bodies | 48 | 3% |
| Ai & society research | 47 | 3% |
| Local history societies | 37 | 2% |
| companies · hiring | |
|---|---|
| Self-employed | 500 · 0 |
| 2-10 employees | 542 · 0 |
| 11-50 employees | 435 · 1 |
| 51-200 employees | 105 · 1 |
| 201-500 employees | 25 · 6 |
| 501-1000 employees | 7 · 3 |
| 1001-5000 employees | 5 · 2 |
| 5001-10000 employees | 3 · 1 |
| companies | share | |
|---|---|---|
| Melbourne | 72 | 4% |
| Parkville | 28 | 2% |
| Haymarket | 23 | 1% |
| Perth | 23 | 1% |
| Canberra | 22 | 1% |
| Acton | 16 | 1% |
| Nedlands | 15 | 1% |
| Adelaide | 14 | 1% |
| Camperdown | 14 | 1% |
| Carlton | 14 | 1% |
| Westmead | 14 | 1% |
| Adelaide Bc | 13 | 1% |
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The stack of research institutes & think tanks in Australia
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Other segments of public, community & associations in Australia
Public, community & associations in Australia, the whole market →
Nonprofit civic associations · 11,370 →
Amateur sports clubs · 8,417 →
Charitable foundations · 8,170 →
Membership associations & unions · 4,946 →
Churches congregations · 4,904 →
Public programmes & agencies · 1,406 →
Municipal government · 421 →
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1,622 research institutes & think tanks companies are based in Australia; 14 are hiring right now and Melbourne has the most. (Breaknorm, 4 November 2026, https://breaknorm.co/market/community_associations_public/australia/research_institutes_and_think_tanks)
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- Company listRich profiles with a LinkedIn-known headcount only; job boards, directories, portals and non-organisations are left out.
- HiringOpen roles read hourly from the company's own career system.
Research institutes & think tanks in Australia: questions
How many research institutes & think tanks companies are there in Australia?
1,622 with a confident classification, read from their own websites.
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The middle level of our industry tree: Public, community & associations → Research institutes & think tanks → leaf niches such as biomedical research groups, health services research groups, policy think tanks. Each company carries all three with a confidence score.
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