Appendix 1: Online table index

The tables listed below represent the data available from the Australian Public Service Employment Database (APSED). Employment data concerning all current and former APS employees is stored in APSED, which is drawn from the human resources systems of all APS agencies.

Table 1: All employees: gender by employment category, 31 December 2003 to 31 December 2022

Table 2: All employees: agency by employment category, 31 December 2020 and 31 December 2022

Table 3: Ongoing employees: agency by hours and gender, 31 December 2022

Table 4: Non-ongoing employees: agency by hours and gender, 31 December 2022

Table 5: All employees: agency by hours and gender, 31 December 2022

Table 6: Ongoing employees: agency by base classification, 31 December 2022

Table 7: Non-ongoing employees: agency by base classification, 31 December 2022

Table 8: All employees: agency by base classification, 31 December 2022

Table 9: All employees: permanency by year, 31 December 2003 to 31 December 2022

Table 10: All employees: agency by gender and classification level, 31 December 2022

Table 11: All employees: base classification by gender, 31 December 2003 to 31 December 2022

Table 12: All employees: paid classification by gender, 31 December 2012 to 31 December 2022

Table 13: All employees: agency by location, 31 December 2022

Table 14: All employees: location by base classification and employment category, 31 December 2022

Table 15: All employees: state by year, 31 December 2003 to 31 December 2022

Table 16: All employees: location by year, 31 December 2003 to 31 December 2022

Table 17: All employees: location (statistical area four) by year, 31 December 2003 to 31 December 2022

Table 18: All employees: location by base classification and gender, 31 December 2022

Table 19: All employees: hours by base classification and gender, 31 December 2022

Table 20: All employees, hours by base classification and employment category, 31 December 2022

Table 21: All employees: agency by base classification group, 31 December 2020 and 2022*

Table 22: All employees: agency by median length of service (years) and base classification, 31 December 2022

Table 23: All employees: agency by age group, 31 December 2022

Table 24: All employees: age group by base classification and employment category, 31 December 2022

Table 25: Ongoing employees: age group by base classification and gender, 31 December 2022

Table 26: All employees: age group by gender, 31 December 2003 to 31 December 2022

Table 27: All employees: age group by base classification and gender, 31 December 2022

Table 28: All employees: highest educational qualification by base classification and gender, 31 December 2022

Table 29: All employees: Job family by gender, 31 December 2022

Table 30: All employees: job family by permanency status, 31 December 2022

Table 31: All employees: job family by location, 31 December 2022

Table 32: All employees: job family by classification level, 31 December 2022

Table 33: Agency type by headcount, December 2022

Table 34: Agency metrics, 31 December 2022 and the 2022 calendar year

Table 35: Agency metrics broken down by Category E agencies and other APS bodies, 31 December 2022 and the 2022 calendar year

Table 36: Ongoing employees: agency by paid classification, 31 December 2022

Table 37: Non-ongoing employees: agency by non-ongoing category and gender, 31 December 2022

Table 38: Non-ongoing employees: age group by base classification and gender, 31 December 2022

Table 39: Ongoing employees: length of service by gender, 31 December 2003 to 31 December 2022

Table 40: Ongoing employees: age group by gender, 31 December 2003 to 31 December 2022

Table 41: All employees: age group by employment category, 31 December 2003 to 31 December 2022

Table 42: Ongoing employees: agency retention, 31 December 2020 to 31 December 2022 **

Table 43: Ongoing employees: agency by temporary assignment classification, 31 December 2022

Table 44: All employees: agency by highest educational qualification, 31 December 2022

Table 45: Ongoing employees: agency by number of agencies worked in and base classification group, 31 December 2022

Table 46: Ongoing employees: base classification by paid classification and gender, 31 December 2022

Table 47: All employees: mean age (years) by location, base classification and gender, 31 December 2022

Table 48: All employees: median length of service (years) by location, base classification and gender, 31 December 2022

Table 49: Ongoing employees: agency by operative status (including maternity related leave) and gender, 31 December 2022 ***

Table 50: Engagements of ongoing employees: age group by gender, 2003 to 2022

Table 51: Engagements of ongoing employees: classification by gender, 2003 to 2022

Table 52: Engagements of ongoing employees: agency by major classification group, 2020 and 2022 *

Table 53: Engagements of ongoing employees: age group by classification and gender, 2022

Table 54: Engagements of ongoing employees: prior service in APS by classification and gender, 2022

Table 55: Engagements of ongoing employees: highest educational qualification by classification and gender, 2022

Table 56: Engagements of ongoing employees: previous employment by classification and gender, 2022

Table 57: Engagements of ongoing employees: location by classification and gender, 2022

Table 58: Engagements of ongoing employees: mean age (years) by location, classification and gender, 2022

Table 59: Promotions of ongoing employees: classification promoted from and to by gender, 2022

Table 60: Promotions of ongoing employees: mean age (years) by location, classification and gender, 2022

Table 61: Promotions of ongoing employees: agency by classification, 2022

Table 62: Promotions of ongoing employees: within, from and to other agencies, 2022

Table 63: Transfers and temporary transfers of ongoing employees: from and to other agencies, 2022

Table 64: Movement of ongoing employees: location from and to by gender, 2022

Table 65: Separations of ongoing employees: type of separation by gender, 2003 to 2022

Table 66: Separations of ongoing employees: base classification by gender, 2003 to 2022

Table 67: Separations of ongoing employees: age group by gender, 2003 to 2022

Table 68: Separations of ongoing employees: resignations by age group and gender, 2003 to 2022

Table 69: Separations of ongoing employees: age retirements by age group and gender, 2003 to 2022

Table 70: Separations of ongoing employees: retrenchments by age group and gender, 2003 to 2022

Table 71: Separations of ongoing employees: separation type by base classification and gender, 2022

Table 72: Separations of ongoing employees: agency by type of separation, 2020 and 2022

Table 73: Separations of ongoing employees: agency by type of termination, 2022

Table 74: Separations of ongoing employees: agency by base classification, 2022

Table 75: Separations of ongoing employees: length of service by base classification and gender, 2022

Table 76: Separations of ongoing employees: length of service by type of separation and gender, 2022

Table 77: All employees: diversity group, 2003 to 2022

Table 78: All employees by country of birth, 31 December 2022

Table 79: All employees by first language spoken, December 2022

Table 80: Ongoing employees: agency by diversity group, 31 December 2022

Table 81: Non-ongoing employees: agency by diversity group, 31 December 2022

Table 82: All employees: agency by diversity group, 31 December 2022

Table 83: All employees: base classification by diversity group and gender, 31 December 2022

Table 84: All employees: diversity group by highest educational qualification and gender, 31 December 2022

Table 85: Engagements of ongoing employees: classification by diversity group and gender, 2022

Table 86: Separations of ongoing employees: base classification by diversity group and gender, 2022

Table 87: All employees: Average age by year, 2003 to 2022

* A number of agencies were affected by Administrative Arrangements Order changes during 2022. Appendix 2 should be noted when making comparisons between the two years' data.

** Employees affected by machinery-of-government (MoG) changes during 2022 are not included in this table.

*** For definitions of operative status and maternity-related leave, please refer to the APSED specifications.

Employee headcounts for agencies are listed under their portfolio department. All Departments, Statutory agencies and Executive agencies are included. Apart from Table 35, staff of the following indented entities are reported in the staff numbers of their related portfolios.

Attorney-General’s:

  • Australian Government Solicitor

Health:

  • Therapeutic Goods Administration
  • Office of the Gene Technology Regulator (OGTR) & Australian Industrial Chemicals Introduction Scheme (AICIS)

Industry, Science and Resources:

  • Geoscience Australia
  • IP Australia
  • Questacon—National Science and Technology Centre

Treasury:

  • Australian Office of Financial Management
  • Commonwealth Grants Commission
  • Royal Australian Mint
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