Table 13: All employees: agency by location, 31 December 2021

Location
Agency ACT NSW VIC QLD SA WA Tas NT O'seas Total
Agriculture, Water and the Environment 3989 760 669 629 163 280 585 309 21 7405
Australian Fisheries Management Authority 136 . 5 7 . . . 17 . 165
Australian Pesticides and Veterinary Medicines Authority 56 128 . . . . . . . 184
Bureau of Meteorology 100 110 963 206 65 87 87 36 . 1654
GBRMPA 6 . . 243 . . . . . 249
Murray Darling Basin Authority 201 18 26 9 27 1 . . . 282
Attorney-General's 1572 200 138 81 34 40 2 5 . 2072
Administrative Appeals Tribunal 18 270 185 73 35 45 7 . . 633
Asbestos Safety and Eradication Agency 7 8 . 3 . . . . . 18
Australian Building and Construction Commission 3 24 73 25 15 13 4 4 . 161
Australian Commission for Law Enforcement Integrity 66 26 1 . . . . . . 93
Australian Financial Security Authority 75 64 63 84 91 8 9 . . 394
Australian Human Rights Commission . 145 . . . . . . . 145
Australian Law Reform Commission 2 10 . . . . . . . 12
Comcare 370 37 156 25 8 12 11 8 . 627
Commonwealth Ombudsman 120 12 25 34 23 3 . . . 217
Fair Work Commission 7 48 182 24 13 16 4 3 . 297
Federal Court Statutory Agency 56 492 322 248 111 79 29 9 . 1346
National Archives of Australia 257 52 26 6 4 8 4 3 . 360
Office of Parliamentary Counsel 110 . . . . . . . . 110
Office of the Australian Information Commissioner . 120 . . . . . . . 120
Office of the Director of Public Prosecutions 71 152 96 60 20 27 8 3 . 437
Office of the Fair Work Ombudsman 60 269 329 123 86 59 39 4 . 969
Office of the Inspector-General of Intelligence and Security 45 . . . . . . . . 45
Safe Work Australia 99 . . . . . . . . 99
Defence 7086 2383 3127 1180 1964 469 56 199 125 16589
Defence Housing Australia 201 104 24 110 74 17 . 18 . 548
Education, Skills and Employment 3308 172 118 122 129 51 30 19 . 3949
Australian Research Council 138 . . . . . . . . 138
Australian Skills Quality Authority 15 24 57 74 18 2 1 . . 191
TEQSA . . 91 . . . . . . 91
Finance 1499 51 34 26 14 21 4 2 . 1651
Australian Electoral Commission 432 503 459 406 171 229 65 23 . 2288
Future Fund Management Agency . . 199 . . . . . . 199
Independent Parliamentary Expenses Authority 58 . . . . . . . . 58
Foreign Affairs and Trade 2939 69 75 40 33 28 17 9 880 4090
Australian Centre for International Agricultural Research 53 . . . . . . . . 53
Australian Trade and Investment Commission 325 196 111 110 40 25 4 2 71 884
Health 4400 335 235 172 80 52 62 14 . 5350
Aged Care Quality and Safety Commission 80 195 112 121 74 39 53 1 . 675
Australian Commission on Safety and Quality in Health Care . 85 . . . . . . . 85
Australian Digital Health Agency 67 13 . 34 . . . . . 114
Australian Institute of Health and Welfare 382 22 . . . . . . . 404
Australian Radiation Protection and Nuclear Safety Agency . 25 115 . . . . . . 140
Cancer Australia 9 56 9 . . . . . . 74
Food Standards Australia New Zealand 103 2 2 1 1 . 1 . 2 112
National Blood Authority 65 . . . . . . . . 65
National Health and Medical Research Council 195 . 10 . . . . . . 205
National Health Funding Body 22 . . . . . . . . 22
National Mental Health Commission 13 32 . . . . . . . 45
Organ and Tissue Authority 23 . . . . . . . . 23
Professional Services Review 34 . . . . . . . . 34
Sport Integrity Australia 219 43 22 27 12 19 5 . . 347
Home Affairs 5624 2266 2115 1281 617 1029 153 158 147 13390
Australian Criminal Intelligence Commission 402 116 79 74 32 29 2 2 . 736
AUSTRAC 92 178 143 33 2 5 . . . 453
Industry, Science, Energy and Resources 4158 313 376 108 108 89 29 7 4 5192
Clean Energy Regulator 337 . . . . . . . . 337
Climate Change Authority 9 . . . . . . . . 9
National Offshore Petroleum Safety And Environmental Management Authority 1 . 4 . . 131 . . . 136
Infrastructure, Transport, Regional Development and Communications 1712 92 30 17 5 15 2 14 2 1889
Australian Communications & Media Authority 168 137 153 5 . . 1 . . 464
Australian National Maritime Museum . 113 . . . . . . . 113
Australian Transport Safety Bureau 75 2 6 15 3 6 . . . 107
National Capital Authority 56 . . . . . . . . 56
National Faster Rail Agency 7 . . 1 . . . . . 8
National Film and Sound Archive 159 15 5 . . . . . . 179
National Library of Australia 370 . . . . . . . . 370
National Museum of Australia 261 . . . . . . . . 261
National Portrait Gallery 59 . . . . . . . . 59
North Queensland Water Infrastructure Authority 1 . . . . . . . . 1
Screen Australia . 6 . . . . . . . 6
Prime Minister and Cabinet 1221 7 4 10 1 2 1 2 . 1248
Aboriginal Hostels Ltd. 53 55 8 105 20 59 . 179 . 479
Australian Institute of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Studies 121 . . . . . . . . 121
Australian National Audit Office 339 . . . . . . . . 339
Australian Public Service Commission 307 16 6 4 4 2 . . . 339
Digital Transformation Agency 196 11 . . . . . . . 207
National Recovery and Resilience Agency 131 9 4 16 5 2 1 1 . 169
National Indigenous Australians Agency 740 74 30 111 48 90 7 179 . 1279
Office of National Intelligence 277 . . . . . . . . 277
Old Parliament House 83 . . . . . . . . 83
Torres Strait Regional Authority . . . 140 . . . . . 140
Workplace Gender Equality Agency . 34 . . . . . . . 34
Social Services 1867 140 159 104 84 69 61 27 . 2511
Australian Institute of Family Studies . 1 111 . . . . . . 112
National Disability Insurance Agency 251 1162 1727 853 389 291 94 82 . 4849
NDIS Quality and Safeguards Commission 19 168 49 45 35 31 13 8 . 368
Services Australia 4690 8111 6153 7155 2859 2385 1591 418 . 33362
Treasury 1606 91 51 1 . 3 . . 6 1758
Australian Bureau of Statistics 1687 206 978 211 272 185 136 23 . 3698
Australian Competition and Consumer Commission 342 197 461 152 97 37 20 12 . 1318
Australian Taxation Office 2200 5635 5113 3654 1907 1043 667 . . 20219
Office of the Inspector-General of Taxation . 28 . . . . . . . 28
Productivity Commission 56 . 109 . . . . . . 165
Veterans' Affairs 640 277 295 509 160 142 61 10 . 2094
Australian War Memorial 315 . . . . . . . . 315
Total 59724 26715 26228 18907 9953 7275 3926 1810 1258 155796
Source: APSED
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