Table 2: All employees: agency by employment category, 31 December 2019 and 31 December 2020

Agency Ongoing Non-ongoing Total
Dec-2019 Dec-2020 Dec-2019 Dec-2020 Dec-2019 Dec-2020
Agriculture, Water and the Environment 2152 6138 764 971 2916 7109
- Australian Fisheries Management Authority 143 134 21 21 164 155
- Australian Pesticides and Veterinary Medicines Authority 151 161 21 22 172 183
- Bureau of Meteorology 1380 1376 194 254 1574 1630
- GBRMPA 208 203 41 33 249 236
- Murray Darling Basin Authority 262 264 25 31 287 295
Attorney-General's 1653 1725 253 246 1906 1971
- Administrative Appeals Tribunal 507 505 193 162 700 667
- Asbestos Safety and Eradication Agency 11 9 1 3 12 12
- Australian Commission for Law Enforcement Integrity 41 50 10 6 51 56
- Australian Building and Construction Commission 130 141 24 21 154 162
- Australian Financial Security Authority 455 429 30 28 485 457
- Australian Human Rights Commission 93 93 43 39 136 132
- Australian Law Reform Commission 6 10 5 3 11 13
- Comcare 536 555 68 81 604 636
- Commonwealth Ombudsman 211 206 14 9 225 215
- Fair Work Commission 236 249 68 54 304 303
- Federal Court Statutory Agency 784 776 408 417 1192 1193
- National Archives of Australia 300 322 79 77 379 399
- Office of the Australian Information Commissioner 92 103 15 27 107 130
- Office of the Director of Public Prosecutions 400 424 20 13 420 437
- Office of the Fair Work Ombudsman 793 840 54 60 847 900
- Office of the Inspector-General of Intelligence and Security 32 31 . 2 32 33
- Office of Parliamentary Counsel 98 107 6 2 104 109
- Safe Work Australia 95 91 3 1 98 92
Defence 16643 16944 304 361 16947 17305
- Defence Housing Australia 575 487 69 39 644 526
Education, Skills and Employment 1283 3513 73 138 1356 3651
- Australian Research Council 135 139 8 12 143 151
- Australian Skills Quality Authority 185 187 26 10 211 197
- TEQSA 82 83 9 9 91 92
Finance 1324 1376 358 348 1682 1724
- Australian Electoral Commission 702 670 1151 770 1853 1440
- Future Fund Management Agency 159 197 4 6 163 203
- Independent Parliamentary Expenses Authority 47 48 10 4 57 52
Foreign Affairs and Trade 3666 3718 99 96 3765 3814
- Australian Centre for International Agricultural Research 38 38 19 19 57 57
- Australian Trade and Investment Commission 541 543 67 106 608 649
Health 4042 4187 145 232 4187 4419
- Aged Care Quality and Safety Commission 433 505 26 30 459 535
- Australian Commission on Safety and Quality in Health Care 74 74 20 16 94 90
- Australian Digital Health Agency 55 62 1 . 56 62
- Australian Institute of Health and Welfare 380 371 2 1 382 372
- Australian Radiation Protection and Nuclear Safety Agency 126 134 14 15 140 149
- Cancer Australia 63 59 16 14 79 73
- Food Standards Australia New Zealand 94 93 14 16 108 109
- National Blood Authority 52 60 5 3 57 63
- National Health and Medical Research Council 197 187 15 18 212 205
- National Health Funding Body 19 15 1 4 20 19
- National Mental Health Commission 22 26 12 10 34 36
- Organ and Tissue Authority 19 16 4 6 23 22
- Professional Services Review 24 22 3 1 27 23
- Sport Integrity Australia . 78 . 225 . 303
Home Affairs 13151 13409 690 670 13841 14079
- Australian Criminal Intelligence Commission 740 737 21 19 761 756
- AUSTRAC 367 372 40 25 407 397
Industry, Science, Energy and Resources 4057 4649 437 434 4494 5083
- Clean Energy Regulator 307 318 32 27 339 345
- Climate Change Authority 8 9 . . 8 9
- National Offshore Petroleum Safety And Environmental Management Authority 97 94 25 34 122 128
Infrastructure,Transport, Regional Development and Communications 948 1496 43 99 991 1595
- Australian Communications & Media Authority 423 434 27 21 450 455
- Australian National Maritime Museum 89 80 34 40 123 120
- Australian Transport Safety Bureau 91 91 10 14 101 105
- National Capital Authority 54 54 20 3 74 57
- National Faster Rail Agency 3 10 . . 3 10
- National Film and Sound Archive 138 138 41 46 179 184
- National Library of Australia 341 351 53 27 394 378
- National Museum of Australia 221 195 60 53 281 248
- National Portrait Gallery 40 45 12 13 52 58
- North Queensland Water Infrastructure Authority 1 2 1 1 2 3
- Screen Australia 7 6 . . 7 6
Prime Minister and Cabinet 887 1028 80 122 967 1150
- Aboriginal Hostels Ltd. 103 102 320 345 423 447
- Australian Institute of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Studies 112 124 9 14 121 138
- Australian National Audit Office 325 315 10 8 335 323
- Australian Public Service Commission 210 202 60 47 270 249
- National Drought and North Queensland Flood Response and Recovery Agency . 35 . 37 . 72
- National Indigenous Australians Agency 1118 1176 92 98 1210 1274
- Office of National Intelligence 240 263 15 16 255 279
- Old Parliament House 55 52 63 51 118 103
- Torres Strait Regional Authority 59 57 100 99 159 156
- Workplace Gender Equality Agency 25 25 2 8 27 33
Social Services 2410 2189 63 61 2473 2250
- Australian Institute of Family Studies 35 32 65 65 100 97
- Digital Transformation Agency 219 273 14 7 233 280
- National Disability Insurance Agency 2940 3155 1127 1055 4067 4210
- NDIS Quality and Safeguards Commission 214 239 5 8 219 247
- Services Australia . 26804 . 3936 . 30740
Treasury 1196 1344 114 113 1310 1457
- Australian Bureau of Statistics 2265 2271 552 707 2817 2978
- Australian Competition and Consumer Commission 1117 1185 89 78 1206 1263
- Australian Taxation Office 16525 17229 1958 3632 18483 20861
- Infrastructure and Project Financing Agency 13 20 4 5 17 25
- Office of the Inspector-General of Taxation 31 27 . 1 31 28
- Productivity Commission 151 146 13 18 164 164
Veterans' Affairs 1630 1616 66 71 1696 1687
- Australian War Memorial 265 270 73 73 338 343
Agriculture 4528 . 535 . 5063 .
Human Services (NC) 27404 . 2708 . 30112 .
Australian Sports Anti-Doping Authority (NC) 66 . 234 . 300 .
Communications (NC) 527 . 30 . 557 .
Employment, Skills, Small and Family Business (NC) 2220 . 44 . 2264 .
Total 129722 131443 14826 17293 144548 148736

Source: APSED

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