Table 44: All employees: agency by highest educational qualification, 31 December 2020

Table 44: All employees: agency by highest educational qualification, 31 December 2020
Agency Highest educational qualification Total
Doctorate Masters Postgraduate diploma Bachelor degree Undergraduate diploma Associate diploma Skilled vocational Basic vocational Year 12 Year 11 Year 10 Less than year 10 No data
Agriculture, Water and the Environment 198 333 205 870 65 112 77 38 112 5 30 1 5063 7109
- Australian Fisheries Management Authority 4 12 3 61 2 5 1 1 19 . 7 . 40 155
- Australian Pesticides and Veterinary Medicines Authority 37 15 12 44 5 9 2 1 7 . 1 . 50 183
- Bureau of Meteorology 234 232 214 571 58 159 21 7 67 8 10 2 47 1630
- GBRMPA 9 10 13 48 3 10 1 1 6 . 1 . 134 236
- Murray Darling Basin Authority 38 34 18 73 1 17 2 2 7 . 1 . 102 295
Attorney-General's 10 78 76 252 13 17 7 4 34 3 6 . 1471 1971
- Administrative Appeals Tribunal 3 40 59 143 14 23 7 3 37 9 7 . 322 667
- Asbestos Safety and Eradication Agency 1 . . 2 . . . . . . . . 9 12
- Australian Commission for Law Enforcement Integrity 1 6 16 11 2 5 3 1 5 . 1 . 5 56
- Australian Building and Construction Commission . 8 22 60 3 19 3 1 4 . . . 42 162
- Australian Financial Security Authority 2 22 18 49 4 6 8 1 10 3 4 . 330 457
- Australian Human Rights Commission 1 32 14 33 2 3 1 1 3 . . . 42 132
- Australian Law Reform Commission . 1 . . . . . . . . . . 12 13
- Comcare 4 25 28 110 7 12 29 35 24 2 4 . 356 636
- Commonwealth Ombudsman 1 17 26 51 4 7 4 5 5 . . . 95 215
- Fair Work Commission 2 3 3 16 1 2 . . 6 1 . . 269 303
- Federal Court Statutory Agency 3 33 26 125 13 13 6 4 34 4 8 1 923 1193
- National Archives of Australia 1 4 8 30 3 2 1 2 11 2 5 1 329 399
- Office of the Australian Information Commissioner 2 33 27 43 1 4 . 2 4 . . . 14 130
- Office of the Director of Public Prosecutions 8 16 25 148 3 5 1 4 13 2 1 . 211 437
- Office of the Fair Work Ombudsman 4 66 91 294 18 70 15 9 47 2 4 . 280 900
- Office of the Inspector-General of Intelligence and Security 1 4 . 9 . 2 . 1 . . 1 . 15 33
- Office of Parliamentary Counsel 3 2 5 25 . 1 1 1 1 1 . . 69 109
- Safe Work Australia 4 10 12 33 . 5 1 . 3 . . . 24 92
Defence 740 1164 445 2992 80 490 379 203 758 91 331 12 9620 17305
- Defence Housing Australia . 1 4 11 4 3 3 2 17 5 10 . 466 526
Education, Skills and Employment 99 356 290 952 75 163 76 34 208 11 25 1 1361 3651
- Australian Research Council 5 6 4 6 1 3 . . 6 . 1 . 119 151
- Australian Skills Quality Authority 1 21 10 41 2 16 11 5 1 . . . 89 197
- TEQSA 2 2 9 12 . 2 . . 2 . . . 63 92
Finance 11 117 90 278 19 39 16 5 56 1 6 1 1085 1724
- Australian Electoral Commission 7 66 80 287 29 101 41 92 201 54 85 4 393 1440
- Future Fund Management Agency 9 47 36 73 . 10 5 3 11 1 1 . 7 203
- Independent Parliamentary Expenses Authority . 2 6 7 . 1 . 1 3 . . . 32 52
Foreign Affairs and Trade 96 668 263 759 29 72 33 9 132 27 11 . 1715 3814
- Australian Centre for International Agricultural Research 9 3 6 17 2 3 2 2 3 . . . 10 57
- Australian Trade and Investment Commission 9 76 44 104 8 7 . 2 6 . 1 . 392 649
Health 260 513 356 1426 62 245 104 61 486 32 80 7 787 4419
- Aged Care Quality and Safety Commission 4 54 67 132 15 31 15 8 33 4 8 . 164 535
- Australian Commission on Safety and Quality in Health Care 6 24 5 17 . . 1 . 1 . 1 . 35 90
- Australian Digital Health Agency 1 3 5 15 1 2 . 1 3 . 1 . 30 62
- Australian Institute of Health and Welfare 21 35 16 75 . 7 . 2 6 . . . 210 372
- Australian Radiation Protection and Nuclear Safety Agency 24 15 9 36 2 5 1 2 3 . . . 52 149
- Cancer Australia 2 2 . 6 . 1 . . . . . . 62 73
- Food Standards Australia New Zealand 12 8 5 24 1 1 . . . . . . 58 109
- National Blood Authority 3 3 2 11 1 . 2 . 3 . . . 38 63
- National Health and Medical Research Council 11 13 9 30 3 6 . . 7 . . . 126 205
- National Health Funding Body . 3 . 5 . 1 . . 2 . . . 8 19
- National Mental Health Commission 4 4 3 5 2 1 . . 2 . 1 . 14 36
- Organ and Tissue Authority . 1 2 5 . . . . 1 . . . 13 22
- Professional Services Review . 1 4 3 . 1 1 . 1 . . . 12 23
- Sport Integrity Australia 2 11 13 32 5 17 5 2 12 2 1 . 201 303
Home Affairs 45 594 438 2479 313 674 213 90 1129 113 225 13 7753 14079
- Australian Criminal Intelligence Commission 8 74 51 176 22 73 11 10 44 4 4 1 278 756
- AUSTRAC 10 79 45 154 12 41 10 3 30 2 4 1 6 397
Industry, Science, Energy and Resources 212 311 175 686 31 86 27 10 127 4 13 1 3400 5083
- Clean Energy Regulator 3 13 7 29 2 7 2 3 8 . 2 . 269 345
- Climate Change Authority . 1 . 1 . . . . 1 . . . 6 9
- National Offshore Petroleum Safety And Environmental Management Authority 7 35 20 41 3 11 4 1 3 . 2 . 1 128
Infrastructure,Transport, Regional Development and Communications 34 190 118 529 20 41 41 14 138 5 19 . 446 1595
- Australian Communications & Media Authority 15 58 43 125 8 22 4 5 17 1 1 . 156 455
- Australian National Maritime Museum 1 6 6 15 1 5 2 . 1 . 1 . 82 120
- Australian Transport Safety Bureau . 2 1 10 . 2 . . 5 . . . 85 105
- National Capital Authority . 2 2 3 . 1 . . . . 1 . 48 57
- National Faster Rail Agency . 1 1 2 . 1 . 1 1 . . . 3 10
- National Film and Sound Archive 1 2 2 12 . 2 . . 1 . . . 164 184
- National Library of Australia 4 11 19 29 3 5 3 . 10 . 2 . 292 378
- National Museum of Australia 8 13 12 40 3 3 7 1 14 . . . 147 248
- National Portrait Gallery . 6 . 7 . . . . 1 . . . 44 58
- North Queensland Water Infrastructure Authority . 1 . . . . . . 1 . . . 1 3
- Screen Australia . . . . . . . . . . . . 6 6
Prime Minister and Cabinet 20 75 45 203 5 18 9 6 44 3 5 . 717 1150
- Aboriginal Hostels Ltd. . 5 20 39 4 20 27 34 87 37 55 26 93 447
- Australian Institute of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Studies 8 10 11 35 6 19 6 . 7 2 1 . 33 138
- Australian National Audit Office 6 34 22 91 1 4 1 1 5 . . . 158 323
- Australian Public Service Commission 5 27 24 69 4 14 4 4 8 . 2 . 88 249
- National Drought and North Queensland Flood Response and Recovery Agency 1 3 3 8 . 2 1 . . 1 . . 53 72
- National Indigenous Australians Agency 13 66 54 165 23 42 20 8 42 7 14 1 819 1274
- Office of National Intelligence 13 31 10 63 3 3 1 . 9 . . . 146 279
- Old Parliament House . 1 2 6 . 1 1 . . . . . 92 103
- Torres Strait Regional Authority . 4 2 14 3 13 3 2 16 . 6 1 92 156
- Workplace Gender Equality Agency . 5 2 10 2 . . . . . . . 14 33
Social Services 12 92 99 342 28 74 34 19 134 17 44 1 1354 2250
- Australian Institute of Family Studies 23 19 8 24 1 2 . . 2 . 1 . 17 97
- Digital Transformation Agency 2 23 10 46 5 14 4 . 10 . . . 166 280
- National Disability Insurance Agency 7 84 79 296 25 132 31 9 50 7 12 . 3478 4210
- NDIS Quality and Safeguards Commission . 7 3 13 3 4 3 2 8 1 1 . 202 247
- Services Australia 60 802 789 3877 287 3558 719 224 1704 321 639 51 17709 30740
Treasury 27 175 80 407 7 39 8 3 44 2 6 2 657 1457
- Australian Bureau of Statistics 57 178 215 734 10 55 27 14 98 7 19 . 1564 2978
- Australian Competition and Consumer Commission 20 101 84 328 11 22 2 1 27 1 4 . 662 1263
- Australian Taxation Office 87 1817 1103 4928 319 841 603 207 1261 161 348 20 9166 20861
- Infrastructure and Project Financing Agency . 2 . 1 . 1 . . . . . . 21 25
- Office of the Inspector-General of Taxation . 5 4 12 . . . . . . . . 7 28
- Productivity Commission 13 32 12 61 1 2 1 . 4 1 2 . 35 164
Veterans' Affairs 11 71 66 257 19 77 38 14 203 27 54 5 845 1687
- Australian War Memorial 3 1 5 21 2 2 3 1 10 1 . . 294 343
Total 2645 9324 6396 26850 1750 7669 2756 1245 7727 995 2141 153 79085 148736

Source: APSED

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