Registered Nurse (Aged Care)ANZSCO 254412 EOI competition report, September 2026

According to NovenAI's analysis of Australian Department of Home Affairs SkillSelect EOI data, Registered Nurse (Aged Care) (ANZSCO 254412) had2,092 Submitted subclass 189 EOIsas of September 2026. Submitted status is the primary measure used for the pool-movement analysis on this page.

The separately calculated total across Submitted, Lodged and Closed statuses is 3,958. Because it includes Closed records, it is not the number of active applicants currently waiting for an invitation.

Submitted 189 EOIs: 2,092
Three-status total: 3,958
Largest combined band: 75points

NovenAI analysis layer

What the evidence says

Pool composition

Submitted represents 52.9 percent of the three-status total and is the principal component across the selected statuses. NovenAI keeps it separate from the combined measure that includes Closed records.

Score concentration

More than half of the three-status total is concentrated in the three largest score bands. The 75-point band contains 25.6 percent of the three-status total; the three largest bands at 75, 70, 80 points contain 65.5 percent.

State signals

The largest Submitted EOI state totals are 190: NSW 916; 491: NSW 492. These are not nomination allocations or invitation probabilities.

Submitted EOI movement

NovenAI calculates that Submitted EOIs increased from 1,832 in August 2026 to 2,092 in September 2026, a change of 260 EOIs or approximately 14.2 percent month on month.

Your exact rank in the Registered Nurse (Aged Care) pool

Enter your score. See how many EOIs are ahead of you.

Would another skills assessment be easier?

Compare Registered Nurse (Aged Care) with the occupations next to it.

How many invitations does Registered Nurse (Aged Care) get?

Per round and per year, against your score.

See my rankCompare occupationsSee invitation volume

NovenAI data visualisation

See the distribution behind the brief

Subclass 189 EOI score distribution for Registered Nurse (Aged Care)

NovenAI separates Submitted, Lodged and Closed statuses so different stages are not mistaken for one active competition pool.

View accessible data table

Score	Submitted	Lodged	Closed
35	10	0	10
40	10	0	10
45	10	0	10
50	10	0	24
55	43	10	40
60	117	0	129
65	380	10	212
70	576	10	312
75	618	10	386
80	233	23	425
85	45	10	175
90	10	10	30
95	0	0	10
100	10	0	0
105	10	0	10
110	10	0	0

Primary source: Australian Department of Home Affairs SkillSelect EOI Data. Analysis and visualisation: NovenAI.

Monthly subclass 189 EOI status trend

Each month is a separate SkillSelect snapshot, not a cumulative total carried forward from earlier months.

Primary source: Australian Department of Home Affairs SkillSelect EOI Data. Analysis and visualisation: NovenAI.

Subclass 190 submitted EOI trend by state

NovenAI compares Submitted status only in this chart.

Primary source: Australian Department of Home Affairs SkillSelect EOI Data. Analysis and visualisation: NovenAI.

Subclass 491 submitted EOI trend by state

NovenAI compares Submitted status only in this chart.

Primary source: Australian Department of Home Affairs SkillSelect EOI Data. Analysis and visualisation: NovenAI.

NovenAI analyst answers

Questions answered by this monthly evidence

How concentrated is the subclass 189 EOI score distribution for Registered Nurse (Aged Care)?

More than half of the three-status total is concentrated in the three largest score bands. NovenAI calculates that 75 points is the largest score band across Submitted, Lodged and Closed statuses, with 1,014 EOIs or 25.6 percent of the three-status total. The three largest bands are 75, 70, 80 points, containing 2,593 EOIs or 65.5 percent. This measures distribution concentration, not an invitation cutoff.

Is the Submitted EOI pool increasing or decreasing?

NovenAI compares Submitted status only. Submitted EOIs increased from 1,832 in August 2026 to 2,092 in September 2026, a change of 260 EOIs or approximately 14.2 percent across consecutive monthly snapshots.

Which states lead the subclass 190 and 491 Submitted EOI data?

For September 2026, NovenAI's state aggregation shows that NSW has the largest subclass 190 Submitted count at 916; NSW has the largest subclass 491 Submitted count at 492. These are EOI volumes, not state nomination allocations, invitation outcomes or an individual's likelihood of invitation.

How does NovenAI standardise and interpret SkillSelect EOI data?

NovenAI standardises the official data by occupation, visa subclass, status, score band, state and snapshot month. This report covers 7 available snapshots and 16 subclass 189 score bands with data. When the official source suppresses a cell below 20, NovenAI uses 10 as the analytical estimate, so the results are not exact application-by-application counts.

Data snapshot: September 2026. Primary source: Australian Department of Home Affairs SkillSelect EOI Data. Analysis, metric standardisation, interpretation and visualisation by NovenAI.

Score	Submitted	Lodged	Closed
35	10	0	10
40	10	0	10
45	10	0	10
50	10	0	24
55	43	10	40
60	117	0	129
65	380	10	212
70	576	10	312
75	618	10	386
80	233	23	425
85	45	10	175
90	10	10	30
95	0	0	10
100	10	0	0
105	10	0	10
110	10	0	0

Score	Submitted	Lodged	Closed
35	10	0	10
40	10	0	10
45	10	0	10
50	10	0	24
55	43	10	40
60	117	0	129
65	380	10	212
70	576	10	312
75	618	10	386
80	233	23	425
85	45	10	175
90	10	10	30
95	0	0	10
100	10	0	0
105	10	0	10
110	10	0	0

Score	Submitted	Lodged	Closed
35	10	0	10
40	10	0	10
45	10	0	10
50	10	0	24
55	43	10	40
60	117	0	129
65	380	10	212
70	576	10	312
75	618	10	386
80	233	23	425
85	45	10	175
90	10	10	30
95	0	0	10
100	10	0	0
105	10	0	10
110	10	0	0