Table 44: All employees: agency by highest educational qualification, 31 December 2021

Highest educational qualification
Agency Doctorate Masters Postgraduate diploma Bachelor degree Undergraduate diploma Associate diploma Skilled vocationalqualification Basic vocational qualification Year 12 Year 11 Year 10 Less than year 10 No data Total
Agriculture, Water and the Environment 203 338 211 892 56 111 75 47 102 6 25 1 5338 7405
Australian Fisheries Management Authority 3 13 4 70 2 6 2 1 19 . 7 . 38 165
Australian Pesticides and Veterinary Medicines Authority 35 15 10 39 4 9 2 1 7 . 1 . 61 184
Bureau of Meteorology 246 244 208 591 51 157 26 7 56 9 9 2 48 1654
GBRMPA 9 9 13 43 3 10 1 2 5 . 1 . 153 249
Murray Darling Basin Authority 35 31 17 67 1 14 3 2 7 . 1 . 104 282
Attorney-General's 13 81 75 241 11 16 7 3 29 4 4 . 1588 2072
Administrative Appeals Tribunal 3 42 56 117 14 22 8 3 29 8 8 . 323 633
Asbestos Safety and Eradication Agency 1 . 2 3 1 . . . . . . . 11 18
Australian Building and Construction Commission . 10 21 58 4 17 2 1 4 . . . 44 161
Australian Commission for Law Enforcement Integrity 1 10 11 18 3 7 3 1 5 . 1 . 33 93
Australian Financial Security Authority 3 16 18 44 4 5 7 1 8 3 4 . 281 394
Australian Human Rights Commission 4 45 14 35 2 2 . 1 5 . . . 37 145
Australian Law Reform Commission . 1 . . . . . . . . . . 11 12
Comcare 2 28 28 115 8 14 24 30 25 1 3 . 349 627
Commonwealth Ombudsman 2 14 21 40 3 8 4 3 5 . . . 117 217
Fair Work Commission 2 4 3 17 1 2 . . 8 1 . . 259 297
Federal Court Statutory Agency 2 27 23 109 11 12 6 5 30 3 8 1 1109 1346
National Archives of Australia . 6 4 28 2 . 1 1 9 1 3 1 304 360
Office of Parliamentary Counsel 3 1 5 23 . 1 1 . . 1 . . 75 110
Office of the Australian Information Commissioner . 24 25 44 1 4 . 2 5 . . . 15 120
Office of the Director of Public Prosecutions 8 10 24 129 2 5 1 4 10 2 . . 242 437
Office of the Fair Work Ombudsman 7 76 104 311 18 78 20 9 48 3 5 . 290 969
Office of the Inspector-General of Intelligence and Security 1 4 1 12 . 2 . 1 . . 1 . 23 45
Safe Work Australia 5 12 15 31 1 4 1 . 3 . 1 . 26 99
Defence 701 1128 426 2873 73 450 352 189 687 78 271 13 9348 16589
Defence Housing Australia 1 4 4 12 3 3 3 3 14 3 7 . 491 548
Education, Skills and Employment 105 445 328 1118 93 192 88 39 253 12 28 1 1247 3949
Australian Research Council 5 8 3 9 . 3 . . 6 . 1 . 103 138
Australian Skills Quality Authority 2 22 7 36 3 14 8 5 5 . . . 89 191
TEQSA 1 2 7 12 . 2 . . 1 . . . 66 91
Finance 10 113 97 259 22 37 15 11 53 2 5 1 1026 1651
Australian Electoral Commission 8 63 88 291 31 95 40 86 187 46 82 4 1267 2288
Future Fund Management Agency 7 43 32 63 . 8 3 3 8 1 1 . 30 199
Independent Parliamentary Expenses Authority . 3 6 5 . . . . 3 . . . 41 58
Foreign Affairs and Trade 98 698 266 781 31 78 33 10 137 26 10 . 1922 4090
Australian Centre for International Agricultural Research 10 4 5 14 2 2 1 2 3 . 1 . 9 53
Australian Trade and Investment Commission 9 80 38 109 8 5 . 3 10 . . . 622 884
Health 316 686 432 1707 85 297 152 86 627 47 91 6 818 5350
Aged Care Quality and Safety Commission 4 69 81 163 17 50 16 8 36 3 8 . 220 675
Australian Commission on Safety and Quality in Health Care 7 23 6 16 . . 1 . 1 . 1 . 30 85
Australian Digital Health Agency 2 16 9 35 3 5 3 2 6 . 2 . 31 114
Australian Institute of Health and Welfare 21 41 18 84 2 6 . 1 7 . 1 . 223 404
Australian Radiation Protection and Nuclear Safety Agency 23 15 8 31 1 5 1 2 3 . . . 51 140
Cancer Australia 4 3 . 6 . . . . . . . . 61 74
Food Standards Australia New Zealand 15 10 5 24 1 1 . . . . . . 56 112
National Blood Authority . 4 2 12 . 2 1 . 3 . . . 41 65
National Health and Medical Research Council 11 8 5 28 2 5 . . 7 . . . 139 205
National Health Funding Body . 1 1 9 . . . . 2 . . . 9 22
National Mental Health Commission 5 12 5 7 2 1 . . 2 . 1 . 10 45
Organ and Tissue Authority . 1 2 5 . . . . 1 . . . 14 23
Professional Services Review 1 1 9 6 . 1 1 . 1 . . . 14 34
Sport Integrity Australia 2 19 24 55 5 30 4 4 17 3 5 . 179 347
Home Affairs 38 523 382 2258 292 627 200 79 1014 107 194 7 7669 13390
Australian Criminal Intelligence Commission 7 74 48 191 25 78 11 10 39 5 3 1 244 736
AUSTRAC 15 92 57 177 12 41 9 2 30 3 4 1 10 453
Industry, Science, Energy and Resources 194 296 152 642 30 95 28 11 129 4 13 1 3597 5192
Clean Energy Regulator 6 17 8 30 4 5 2 1 10 . 1 . 253 337
Climate Change Authority . 2 . 2 . . . . 1 . . . 4 9
National Offshore Petroleum Safety And Environmental Management Authority 7 38 22 45 3 12 3 1 2 . 2 . 1 136
Infrastructure, Transport, Regional Development and Communications 43 231 139 618 25 58 52 20 175 9 16 . 503 1889
Australian Communications & Media Authority 14 65 39 125 7 18 4 5 15 1 2 . 169 464
Australian National Maritime Museum 1 3 4 13 . 5 1 . 1 . 1 . 84 113
Australian Transport Safety Bureau . 2 2 9 . 2 . . 5 . . . 87 107
National Capital Authority . 2 2 3 . 1 . . . . 1 . 47 56
National Faster Rail Agency . 3 1 . . 1 . 1 . . . . 2 8
National Film and Sound Archive 1 3 2 10 . 2 . 1 1 . . . 159 179
National Library of Australia 4 14 17 30 2 3 3 1 8 . 2 . 286 370
National Museum of Australia 7 12 14 49 4 4 8 . 13 . . . 150 261
National Portrait Gallery . 5 1 3 . . . . 1 . . . 49 59
North Queensland Water Infrastructure Authority . 1 . . . . . . . . . . . 1
Screen Australia . . . . . . . . . . . . 6 6
Prime Minister and Cabinet 14 74 58 204 5 19 7 5 44 2 5 . 811 1248
Aboriginal Hostels Ltd. . 8 19 42 7 26 24 35 86 39 70 24 99 479
Australian Institute of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Studies 7 8 6 29 5 16 6 . 3 2 1 . 38 121
Australian National Audit Office 6 26 18 85 1 4 2 . 6 . . . 191 339
Australian Public Service Commission 4 53 22 102 3 19 6 5 15 . 4 . 106 339
Digital Transformation Agency 1 15 8 38 2 7 3 . 6 . 1 . 126 207
National Recovery and Resilience Agency 2 10 10 25 . 6 1 1 4 1 1 . 108 169
National Indigenous Australians Agency 12 61 55 163 18 48 19 10 50 7 14 2 820 1279
Office of National Intelligence 12 29 11 54 2 2 1 . 8 . . . 158 277
Old Parliament House . 1 2 5 . 1 1 . . . . . 73 83
Torres Strait Regional Authority . 4 1 12 3 10 1 2 13 . 5 1 88 140
Workplace Gender Equality Agency 1 11 . 7 1 1 . . . . . . 13 34
Social Services 16 92 84 335 25 86 32 19 124 13 39 1 1645 2511
Australian Institute of Family Studies 23 14 7 22 1 4 . . 2 . 1 . 38 112
National Disability Insurance Agency 7 86 77 302 28 126 36 10 53 5 11 . 4108 4849
NDIS Quality and Safeguards Commission . 5 7 23 2 6 2 3 8 1 3 . 308 368
Services Australia 73 869 759 3832 287 3403 698 219 1628 297 576 41 20680 33362
Treasury 32 178 77 442 11 35 10 4 46 2 5 2 914 1758
Australian Bureau of Statistics 59 167 204 702 12 44 20 14 86 7 20 . 2363 3698
Australian Competition and Consumer Commission 17 94 82 320 8 23 3 1 25 2 4 . 739 1318
Australian Taxation Office 97 2053 1176 5218 294 853 653 220 1158 151 313 19 8014 20219
Office of the Inspector-General of Taxation . 5 4 12 . . . . . . . . 7 28
Productivity Commission 14 28 14 60 1 3 2 2 4 1 2 . 34 165
Veterans' Affairs 11 77 62 251 19 75 38 17 189 25 49 5 1276 2094
Australian War Memorial 2 1 5 18 2 1 2 2 11 1 . . 270 315
Total 2703 9935 6485 27355 1728 7568 2804 1280 7512 948 1960 135 85383 155796

Source: APSED

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