Table 34: Agency metrics, 31 December 2021 and the 2021 calendar year
| December 2021 | |||||||||||||
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| Agency | Headcount | % Female | % Indigenous | % with a disability | % NESB | % non-ongoing | % part-time (ongoing employees) |
% at the APS classification level |
Mean Age (years) | Median LOS in APS (years) | % who have worked in only one agency (ongoing employees) |
% with a bachelors degree or higher |
Exit rate (ongoing employees) |
| Agriculture, Water and the Environment | 7405 | 54.1 | 4.5 | 3.1 | 11.6 | 11.8 | 16.5 | 68.6 | 44.2 | 11.5 | 66.1 | 79.5 | 10.8 |
| Australian Fisheries Management Authority | 165 | 47.9 | 5.5 | 3.0 | 3.0 | 13.9 | 7.7 | 68.5 | 43.0 | 10.5 | 50.0 | 70.9 | 23.2 |
| Australian Pesticides and Veterinary Medicines Authority | 184 | 56.0 | 6.5 | 3.8 | 17.4 | 11.4 | 9.2 | 59.8 | 43.5 | 3.3 | 76.1 | 80.5 | 8.6 |
| Bureau of Meteorology | 1654 | 36.0 | 1.5 | 2.7 | 22.5 | 15.1 | 11.1 | 47.2 | 45.4 | 10.9 | 84.0 | 80.3 | 9.2 |
| GBRMPA | 249 | 64.3 | 6.4 | 1.6 | 5.6 | 16.9 | 13.0 | 74.3 | 45.1 | 8.3 | 78.7 | 77.1 | 12.7 |
| Murray Darling Basin Authority | 282 | 50.7 | 1.1 | 6.4 | 12.8 | 10.3 | 13.0 | 51.1 | 44.3 | 10.4 | 54.9 | 84.3 | 9.3 |
| Attorney-General's | 2072 | 68.5 | 1.4 | 3.4 | 9.3 | 14.0 | 15.7 | 50.3 | 38.5 | 6.5 | 49.3 | 84.7 | 17.6 |
| Administrative Appeals Tribunal | 633 | 66.8 | 1.3 | 2.2 | 21.6 | 15.3 | 16.6 | 78.8 | 44.0 | 9.5 | 54.3 | 70.3 | 9.4 |
| Asbestos Safety and Eradication Agency | 18 | 83.3 | . | . | 5.6 | 22.2 | 28.6 | 38.9 | 45.7 | 12.1 | 7.1 | 85.7 | 8.7 |
| Australian Building and Construction Commission | 161 | 53.4 | 0.6 | 2.5 | 1.2 | 14.9 | 14.6 | 69.6 | 39.7 | 5.4 | 57.7 | 76.1 | 21.7 |
| Australian Commission for Law Enforcement Integrity | 93 | 51.6 | 2.2 | 4.3 | 12.9 | 6.5 | 10.3 | 44.1 | 41.9 | 5.7 | 31.0 | 66.7 | 17.5 |
| Australian Financial Security Authority | 394 | 63.5 | 1.8 | 2.5 | 24.9 | 5.6 | 17.2 | 76.6 | 43.8 | 10.1 | 66.1 | 71.7 | 21.7 |
| Australian Human Rights Commission | 145 | 77.9 | 3.4 | 2.8 | 21.4 | 37.9 | 23.3 | 55.9 | 41.0 | 5.2 | 64.4 | 90.7 | 18.6 |
| Australian Law Reform Commission | 12 | 58.3 | . | . | . | 8.3 | 18.2 | 58.3 | 38.2 | 2.6 | 54.5 | 100.0 | 9.5 |
| Comcare | 627 | 62.7 | 1.8 | 3.3 | 20.1 | 13.2 | 15.6 | 69.9 | 42.0 | 9.2 | 57.4 | 62.2 | 21.1 |
| Commonwealth Ombudsman | 217 | 65.9 | 3.7 | 5.5 | 12.9 | 5.1 | 21.4 | 54.4 | 41.0 | 8.1 | 40.8 | 77.0 | 31.6 |
| Fair Work Commission | 297 | 68.0 | 1.0 | 0.7 | 11.1 | 17.5 | 17.1 | 77.4 | 38.9 | 6.5 | 69.0 | 68.4 | 12.9 |
| Federal Court Statutory Agency | 1346 | 74.6 | 2.3 | 1.7 | 11.8 | 42.7 | 20.1 | 73.1 | 41.0 | 4.1 | 76.0 | 67.9 | 12.5 |
| National Archives of Australia | 360 | 55.3 | 0.8 | 5.3 | 15.6 | 14.2 | 16.5 | 76.9 | 45.6 | 13.2 | 52.8 | 67.9 | 21.9 |
| Office of Parliamentary Counsel | 110 | 63.6 | . | 2.7 | 11.8 | 0.9 | 22.9 | 43.6 | 42.8 | 12.5 | 45.9 | 91.4 | 14.8 |
| Office of the Australian Information Commissioner | 120 | 75.0 | 0.8 | 4.2 | 25.8 | 13.3 | 22.1 | 46.7 | 39.2 | 5.2 | 48.1 | 88.6 | 34.0 |
| Office of the Director of Public Prosecutions | 437 | 69.1 | 1.1 | 4.1 | 18.5 | 5.5 | 11.9 | 53.5 | 39.1 | 5.9 | 69.2 | 87.7 | 19.1 |
| Office of the Fair Work Ombudsman | 969 | 63.5 | 0.9 | 3.4 | 17.3 | 9.1 | 22.8 | 79.2 | 40.5 | 9.9 | 65.7 | 73.3 | 10.7 |
| Office of the Inspector-General of Intelligence and Security | 45 | 57.8 | . | 2.2 | 4.4 | . | 13.3 | 31.1 | 42.8 | 6.8 | 13.3 | 81.8 | 13.0 |
| Safe Work Australia | 99 | 72.7 | 2.0 | 10.1 | 11.1 | 7.1 | 21.7 | 43.4 | 39.3 | 10.7 | 23.9 | 86.3 | 41.5 |
| Defence | 16589 | 46.0 | 2.3 | 2.9 | 11.5 | 1.8 | 6.1 | 66.4 | 45.7 | 12.0 | 78.6 | 70.8 | 13.7 |
| Defence Housing Australia | 548 | 68.6 | 1.6 | 2.4 | 10.0 | 10.9 | 9.2 | 75.4 | 41.3 | 6.7 | 74.2 | 36.8 | 27.3 |
| Education, Skills and Employment | 3949 | 62.1 | 3.2 | 4.8 | 15.1 | 2.8 | 14.1 | 51.9 | 42.0 | 12.7 | 44.4 | 73.9 | 16.6 |
| Australian Research Council | 138 | 65.2 | 3.6 | 6.5 | 15.9 | 4.3 | 22.0 | 52.2 | 42.3 | 11.7 | 41.7 | 71.4 | 19.9 |
| Australian Skills Quality Authority | 191 | 71.2 | 0.5 | 3.1 | 8.9 | 5.2 | 8.8 | 53.9 | 44.5 | 8.2 | 62.4 | 65.7 | 29.3 |
| TEQSA | 91 | 64.8 | 1.1 | 1.1 | 19.8 | 8.8 | 7.2 | 72.5 | 41.9 | 3.1 | 56.6 | 88.0 | 28.9 |
| Finance | 1651 | 49.7 | 3.1 | 5.1 | 17.0 | 17.5 | 8.7 | 60.9 | 43.9 | 11.5 | 44.8 | 76.6 | 21.6 |
| Australian Electoral Commission | 2288 | 75.6 | 1.5 | 1.8 | 6.3 | 68.9 | 11.1 | 90.6 | 48.5 | 3.2 | 55.9 | 44.1 | 27.1 |
| Future Fund Management Agency | 199 | 55.8 | . | . | 23.6 | 2.5 | 6.7 | 66.8 | 40.3 | 4.0 | 93.8 | 85.8 | 12.3 |
| Independent Parliamentary Expenses Authority | 58 | 72.4 | . | 3.4 | 6.9 | 10.3 | 17.3 | 63.8 | 40.4 | 11.0 | 40.4 | 82.4 | 34.0 |
| Foreign Affairs and Trade | 4090 | 59.0 | 3.0 | 3.7 | 12.2 | 2.4 | 9.5 | 39.0 | 43.4 | 13.2 | 43.3 | 85.0 | 8.0 |
| Australian Centre for International Agricultural Research | 53 | 69.8 | 1.9 | . | 13.2 | 41.5 | 29.0 | 45.3 | 43.7 | 4.2 | 45.2 | 75.0 | 26.1 |
| Australian Trade and Investment Commission | 884 | 57.8 | 1.8 | 2.4 | 20.8 | 27.7 | 9.9 | 36.0 | 43.5 | 7.3 | 49.8 | 90.1 | 13.7 |
| Health | 5350 | 70.2 | 2.6 | 4.5 | 13.0 | 9.9 | 16.3 | 53.5 | 42.4 | 10.9 | 50.3 | 69.3 | 10.7 |
| Aged Care Quality and Safety Commission | 675 | 73.8 | 1.2 | 3.6 | 13.5 | 6.1 | 11.0 | 70.2 | 47.6 | 8.0 | 55.2 | 69.7 | 14.7 |
| Australian Commission on Safety and Quality in Health Care | 85 | 80.0 | . | 1.2 | 16.5 | 12.9 | 21.6 | 29.4 | 46.5 | 8.2 | 60.8 | 94.5 | 10.8 |
| Australian Digital Health Agency | 114 | 71.1 | 2.6 | 5.3 | 16.7 | 0.9 | 5.3 | 42.1 | 44.4 | 9.1 | 43.4 | 74.7 | 20.5 |
| Australian Institute of Health and Welfare | 404 | 67.6 | 1.2 | 3.7 | 10.1 | 0.2 | 27.0 | 42.8 | 42.2 | 10.9 | 46.4 | 90.6 | 12.9 |
| Australian Radiation Protection and Nuclear Safety Agency | 140 | 47.1 | . | 2.9 | 20.0 | 6.4 | 4.6 | 52.9 | 47.7 | 13.0 | 79.4 | 86.5 | 6.8 |
| Cancer Australia | 74 | 82.4 | 1.4 | 1.4 | 14.9 | 10.8 | 13.6 | 64.9 | 42.8 | 5.4 | 66.7 | 100.0 | 12.8 |
| Food Standards Australia New Zealand | 112 | 64.3 | 0.9 | 3.6 | 15.2 | 15.2 | 15.8 | 43.8 | 45.4 | 13.0 | 49.5 | 96.4 | 10.6 |
| National Blood Authority | 65 | 75.4 | . | 3.1 | 9.2 | . | 13.8 | 50.8 | 41.3 | 10.7 | 27.7 | 75.0 | 36.8 |
| National Health and Medical Research Council | 205 | 69.8 | 2.0 | 3.4 | 8.8 | 4.4 | 17.9 | 49.8 | 43.1 | 11.2 | 47.4 | 78.8 | 15.1 |
| National Health Funding Body | 22 | 59.1 | 4.5 | . | 22.7 | 4.5 | 4.8 | 36.4 | 36.5 | 5.3 | 28.6 | 84.6 | 38.9 |
| National Mental Health Commission | 45 | 75.6 | . | 4.4 | 8.9 | 11.1 | 7.5 | 24.4 | 41.9 | 2.8 | 50.0 | 82.9 | 15.2 |
| Organ and Tissue Authority | 23 | 78.3 | . | . | 8.7 | 17.4 | 21.1 | 13.0 | 40.6 | 8.7 | 26.3 | 88.9 | 28.6 |
| Professional Services Review | 34 | 64.7 | . | 11.8 | 26.5 | 8.8 | 6.5 | 67.6 | 40.5 | 4.7 | 61.3 | 85.0 | 3.7 |
| Sport Integrity Australia | 347 | 51.0 | 0.6 | 1.2 | 2.6 | 72.3 | 11.5 | 85.0 | 50.6 | 7.4 | 47.9 | 59.5 | 12.7 |
| Home Affairs | 13390 | 52.9 | 2.3 | 2.2 | 18.6 | 4.4 | 12.5 | 76.7 | 43.9 | 13.5 | 70.6 | 56.0 | 11.6 |
| Australian Criminal Intelligence Commission | 736 | 50.4 | 2.3 | 2.7 | 9.9 | 3.3 | 9.3 | 47.7 | 42.7 | 9.1 | 57.6 | 65.0 | 19.2 |
| AUSTRAC | 453 | 57.0 | 0.7 | 2.9 | 24.5 | 2.9 | 10.0 | 60.0 | 40.9 | 8.6 | 45.9 | 77.0 | 12.8 |
| Industry, Science, Energy and Resources | 5192 | 52.2 | 2.0 | 4.4 | 19.5 | 7.1 | 11.0 | 57.2 | 41.7 | 10.1 | 58.9 | 80.5 | 13.8 |
| Clean Energy Regulator | 337 | 49.0 | 1.5 | 4.2 | 14.2 | 5.3 | 11.3 | 62.6 | 39.8 | 8.6 | 34.8 | 72.6 | 27.4 |
| Climate Change Authority | 9 | 77.8 | . | . | 11.1 | . | 11.1 | 44.4 | 36.6 | 9.5 | 11.1 | 80.0 | 66.7 |
| National Offshore Petroleum Safety And Environmental Management Authority | 136 | 41.9 | . | . | 14.0 | 31.6 | 9.7 | 33.1 | 47.7 | 8.1 | 89.2 | 83.0 | 5.3 |
| Infrastructure, Transport, Regional Development and Communications | 1889 | 59.8 | 2.4 | 4.9 | 14.3 | 7.4 | 11.7 | 47.4 | 40.9 | 10.8 | 34.4 | 74.4 | 22.0 |
| Australian Communications & Media Authority | 464 | 54.5 | 0.4 | 2.6 | 20.7 | 4.1 | 13.7 | 39.4 | 44.2 | 13.0 | 51.2 | 82.4 | 15.2 |
| Australian National Maritime Museum | 113 | 49.6 | 1.8 | 7.1 | 15.9 | 38.9 | 14.5 | 66.4 | 47.8 | 5.8 | 82.6 | 72.4 | 26.8 |
| Australian Transport Safety Bureau | 107 | 30.8 | . | 0.9 | 7.5 | 16.8 | 7.9 | 29.0 | 45.6 | 6.9 | 74.2 | 65.0 | 10.0 |
| National Capital Authority | 56 | 62.5 | 3.6 | 1.8 | 12.5 | 10.7 | 14.0 | 53.6 | 45.5 | 6.8 | 62.0 | 77.8 | 15.4 |
| National Faster Rail Agency | 8 | 75.0 | . | 12.5 | 25.0 | . | 25.0 | 25.0 | 52.3 | 20.8 | . | 66.7 | 33.3 |
| National Film and Sound Archive | 179 | 50.3 | . | 3.4 | 5.0 | 24.0 | 13.2 | 80.4 | 41.6 | 6.7 | 64.0 | 80.0 | 13.9 |
| National Library of Australia | 370 | 67.6 | 2.4 | 6.2 | 15.1 | 4.6 | 17.3 | 70.0 | 45.8 | 13.0 | 55.8 | 77.4 | 15.9 |
| National Museum of Australia | 261 | 67.8 | 5.0 | 6.5 | 9.6 | 29.5 | 22.3 | 78.2 | 42.0 | 8.4 | 51.1 | 73.9 | 15.3 |
| National Portrait Gallery | 59 | 71.2 | 3.4 | 3.4 | 8.5 | 20.3 | 23.4 | 69.5 | 42.6 | 6.2 | 55.3 | 90.0 | 10.6 |
| Screen Australia | 6 | 50.0 | . | . | 33.3 | . | 16.7 | 50.0 | 49.2 | 15.2 | 83.3 | . | . |
| Prime Minister and Cabinet | 1248 | 66.5 | 2.4 | 4.2 | 12.2 | 8.3 | 10.7 | 45.4 | 37.2 | 7.0 | 26.7 | 80.1 | 26.6 |
| Aboriginal Hostels Ltd. | 479 | 62.0 | 50.1 | 4.4 | 17.1 | 51.1 | 20.9 | 95.6 | 46.0 | 2.5 | 82.5 | 18.2 | 17.8 |
| Australian Institute of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Studies | 121 | 54.5 | 25.6 | 5.0 | 5.0 | 10.7 | 13.9 | 68.6 | 44.1 | 8.5 | 51.9 | 60.2 | 31.0 |
| Australian National Audit Office | 339 | 58.1 | 0.9 | 4.1 | 25.4 | 2.9 | 10.6 | 50.7 | 39.0 | 6.6 | 55.3 | 91.2 | 23.0 |
| Australian Public Service Commission | 339 | 72.0 | 2.7 | 8.8 | 8.0 | 15.0 | 15.6 | 38.6 | 42.3 | 9.8 | 22.2 | 77.7 | 36.0 |
| Digital Transformation Agency | 207 | 55.1 | 1.0 | 6.8 | 15.5 | 3.4 | 6.5 | 40.1 | 39.3 | 8.9 | 28.0 | 76.5 | 46.1 |
| National Recovery and Resilience Agency | 169 | 72.2 | 1.8 | 3.6 | 5.9 | 34.9 | 12.7 | 53.8 | 42.1 | 9.5 | 16.4 | 77.0 | 45.8 |
| National Indigenous Australians Agency | 1279 | 70.0 | 24.5 | 5.5 | 7.8 | 7.0 | 14.5 | 48.6 | 45.1 | 13.4 | 35.4 | 63.4 | 20.7 |
| Office of National Intelligence | 277 | 48.7 | 1.1 | 2.9 | 7.9 | 6.9 | 12.0 | 29.6 | 42.9 | 10.9 | 19.4 | 89.1 | 14.7 |
| Old Parliament House | 83 | 69.9 | 2.4 | 2.4 | 3.6 | 42.2 | 29.2 | 80.7 | 40.6 | 6.3 | 33.3 | 80.0 | 16.0 |
| Torres Strait Regional Authority | 140 | 59.3 | 76.4 | . | 15.0 | 59.3 | 3.5 | 83.6 | 42.8 | 9.2 | 52.6 | 32.7 | 10.5 |
| Workplace Gender Equality Agency | 34 | 79.4 | . | 5.9 | 20.6 | 17.6 | 21.4 | 67.6 | 44.7 | 3.8 | 67.9 | 90.5 | 15.1 |
| Social Services | 2511 | 70.4 | 5.5 | 6.8 | 7.3 | 4.0 | 14.8 | 62.2 | 42.4 | 11.5 | 43.3 | 60.9 | 22.3 |
| Australian Institute of Family Studies | 112 | 76.8 | 0.9 | 0.9 | 23.2 | 35.7 | 29.2 | 65.2 | 39.3 | 3.0 | 79.2 | 89.2 | 17.3 |
| National Disability Insurance Agency | 4849 | 75.1 | 2.4 | 10.3 | 8.4 | 15.7 | 14.0 | 82.7 | 43.8 | 3.6 | 67.5 | 63.7 | 10.7 |
| NDIS Quality and Safeguards Commission | 368 | 72.0 | 3.0 | 7.6 | 3.5 | 9.5 | 9.6 | 64.4 | 43.4 | 2.9 | 54.4 | 58.3 | 19.6 |
| Services Australia | 33362 | 69.8 | 5.6 | 6.5 | 14.7 | 18.6 | 23.5 | 87.9 | 43.9 | 13.2 | 82.3 | 43.6 | 8.8 |
| Treasury | 1758 | 51.3 | 1.4 | 3.9 | 19.3 | 6.1 | 8.8 | 50.0 | 38.7 | 7.9 | 45.2 | 86.4 | 18.7 |
| Australian Bureau of Statistics | 3698 | 52.5 | 1.3 | 2.5 | 7.2 | 34.7 | 17.4 | 80.2 | 39.8 | 6.2 | 75.1 | 84.8 | 8.9 |
| Australian Competition and Consumer Commission | 1318 | 57.4 | 1.6 | 4.6 | 19.0 | 4.0 | 15.3 | 48.1 | 38.3 | 6.6 | 64.0 | 88.6 | 10.9 |
| Australian Taxation Office | 20219 | 57.1 | 2.7 | 4.7 | 20.1 | 9.9 | 10.5 | 70.6 | 43.6 | 12.6 | 82.9 | 70.0 | 6.1 |
| Office of the Inspector-General of Taxation | 28 | 42.9 | . | . | 60.7 | 3.6 | 3.7 | 60.7 | 37.1 | 10.9 | 18.5 | 100.0 | . |
| Productivity Commission | 165 | 58.8 | 0.6 | 3.6 | 24.2 | 9.1 | 16.7 | 43.6 | 42.2 | 10.9 | 52.7 | 88.5 | 18.2 |
| Veterans' Affairs | 2094 | 67.5 | 1.3 | 3.3 | 7.9 | 18.8 | 10.2 | 74.6 | 44.9 | 10.5 | 56.4 | 49.0 | 12.1 |
| Australian War Memorial | 315 | 57.5 | 1.9 | 1.9 | 6.0 | 21.3 | 8.9 | 76.2 | 43.4 | 8.3 | 66.5 | 57.8 | 16.2 |
| Total | 155796 | 60.3 | 3.5 | 4.5 | 14.6 | 12.5 | 14.2 | 70.1 | 43.5 | 11.0 | 68.4 | 66.0 | 12.1 |
Source: APSED