APS Employee Census 2023

In 2023, 103 APS agencies participated in the APS Employee Census, with 159,539 APS employees invited to respond to the survey. A total of 127,436 APS employees responded, with a response rate of 80 per cent. The APS Employee Census ran from Monday 8 May to Friday 9 June 2023.

What is the APS Employee Census?

The APS Employee Census is an annual survey which is used to collect confidential attitude and opinion information from APS employees on issues in the workplace. It is an opportunity for APS employees to share their experiences of working in the APS.

The APSC Privacy policy (Part B) provides information about the collection, use and disclosure of personal information in connection with the APSC's roles and functions including the APS Employee Census.

If you are interested in finding out more information about the Census, please read the Participant Information Sheet.

Why do we undertake the APS Employee Census?

The APS Employee Census has been conducted since 2012. It provides insight into employees’ views about the APS, their agency and their workplace. The Census results also help target strategies to build APS workplace capability now and in the future.

Where can I find more information?

Further information on the APS Employee Census and how to interpret results can be found in the Census Explanatory Guide.

The APS Employee Census questions and data from 2012 to 2023, aggregated at the APS-wide level, are available on data.gov.au. To protect the privacy and confidentiality of respondents, the datasets include responses to a limited number of demographic or other attribute questions.

2023 Reports by APS Agency

The links below will direct you to the reports available on the respective agency’s website. Non-APS agency results are not included in the APS overall results.

Extra Small Agencies (20-100 employees)

Australian Centre for International Agricultural Research	aciar.gov.au
Australian Commission on Safety and Quality in Health Care	safetyandquality.gov.au
Australian Institute of Family Studies	aifs.gov.au
Australian Office of Financial Management	aofm.gov.au
Cancer Australia	canceraustralia.gov.au
Climate Change Authority	climatechangeauthority.gov.au
Commonwealth Grants Commission	cgc.gov.au
Office of the Inspector-General of Intelligence and Security	igis.gov.au
Inspector-General of Taxation and Taxation Ombudsman	igt.gov.au
Independent Parliamentary Expenses Authority	ipea.gov.au
Old Parliament House	moadoph.gov.au
National Blood Authority	blood.gov.au
National Capital Authority	nca.gov.au
National Health Funding Body	publichospitalfunding.gov.au
National Mental Health Commission	mentalhealthcommission.gov.au
National Portrait Gallery of Australia	portrait.gov.au
Organ and Tissue Authority	donatelife.gov.au
Professional Services Review	psr.gov.au
Workplace Gender Equality Agency	wgea.gov.au

Small Agencies (101–250 employees)

Australian Commission for Law Enforcement Integrity	aclei.gov.au
Australian Charities and Not-for-profits Commission	acnc.gov.au
Australian Fisheries Management Authority	afma.gov.au
Australian Human Rights Commission	humanrights.gov.au
Australian Institute of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Studies	aiatsis.gov.au
Australian National Maritime Museum	sea.museum
Australian Pesticides and Veterinary Medicines Authority	apvma.gov.au
Australian Research Council	arc.gov.au
Australian Radiation Protection and Nuclear Safety Agency	arpansa.gov.au
Australian Skills Quality Authority	asqa.gov.au
Australian Transport Safety Bureau	atsb.gov.au
Food Standards Australia New Zealand	foodstandards.gov.au
Great Barrier Reef Marine Park Authority	gbrmpa.gov.au
National Film and Sound Archive of Australia	nfsa.gov.au
National Health and Medical Research Council	nhmrc.gov.au
National Museum of Australia	nma.gov.au
National Offshore Petroleum Safety and Environmental Management Authority	nopsema.gov.au
Office of the Australian Information Commissioner	oaic.gov.au
Office of the Commonwealth Ombudsman	ombudsman.gov.au
Office of Parliamentary Counsel	opc.gov.au
Office of the Special Investigator	osi.gov.au
Productivity Commission	pc.gov.au
Royal Australian Mint	ramint.gov.au
Sport Integrity Australia	sportintegrity.gov.au
Safe Work Australia	safeworkaustralia.gov.au
Tertiary Education Quality andStandards Agency	teqsa.gov.au
Torres Strait Regional Authority	tsra.gov.au

Medium Agencies (251–1000 employees)

Administrative Appeals Tribunal	aat.gov.au
Australian Criminal Intelligence Commission	acic.gov.au
Australian Communications and Media Authority	acma.gov.au
Aged Care Quality and Safety Commission	agedcarequality.gov.au
Australian Electoral Commission	aec.gov.au
Australian Financial Security Authority	afsa.gov.au
Aboriginal Hostels Limited	ahl.gov.au
Australian Institute of Health and Welfare	aihw.gov.au
Australian National Audit Office	anao.gov.au
Australian Public Service Commission	apsc.gov.au
Australian Transaction Reports and Analysis Centre	austrac.gov.au
Australian War Memorial	awm.gov.au
Office of the Director of Public Prosecutions	cdpp.gov.au
Clean Energy Regulator	cleanenergyregulator.gov.au
Comcare	comcare.gov.au
Defence Housing Australia	dha.gov.au
Australian Digital Health Agency	digitalhealth.gov.au
Digital Transformation Agency	dta.gov.au
Future Fund Management Agency	futurefund.gov.au
Fair Work Commission	fwc.gov.au
Office of the Fair Work Ombudsman	fairwork.gov.au
Geoscience Australia	ga.gov.au
Murray-Darling Basin Authority	mdba.gov.au
National Archives of Australia	naa.gov.au
National Emergency Management Agency	nema.gov.au
National Library of Australia	nla.gov.au
NDIS Quality and Safeguards Commission	ndiscommission.gov.au

Large Agencies (1001–10,000 employees)

Australian Bureau of Statistics	abs.gov.au
Australian Competition and Consumer Commission	accc.gov.au
Attorney-General's Department	ag.gov.au
Australian Trade and Investment Commission (Austrade)	austrade.gov.au
Bureau of Meteorology	bom.gov.au
Department of Agriculture, Fisheries and Forestry	agriculture.gov.au
Department of Climate Change, Energy,the Environment and Water	dcceew.gov.au
Department of Employment and Workplace Relations	dewr.gov.au
Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade	dfat.gov.au
Department of Industry, Science, and Resources	industry.gov.au
Department of Infrastructure,Transport, Regional Development, Communications and the Arts	infrastructure.gov.au
Department of Finance	finance.gov.au
Department of Health and Aged Care	health.gov.au
Department of Social Services	dss.gov.au
Department of Veterans' Affairs	dva.gov.au
Department of Education	education.gov.au
Federal Court of Australia	fedcourt.gov.au
IP Australia	ipaustralia.gov.au
National Disability Insurance Agency	ndis.gov.au
National Indigenous Australians Agency	niaa.gov.au
Department of the Prime Minister and Cabinet	pmc.gov.au
Department of the Treasury	treasury.gov.au

Extra Large Agencies (more than 10,000 employees)

Australian Taxation Office	ato.gov.au
Department of Defence	defence.gov.au
Department of Home Affairs	homeaffairs.gov.au
Services Australia	servicesaustralia.gov.au

Non-APS agencies

Civil Aviation Safety Authority	casa.gov.au
Parliamentary Budget Office	pbo.gov.au
National Gallery of Australia	nga.gov.au

Exemptions

Three agencies sought and were granted exemptions from the public release of APS Employee Census results and/or an action plan:

The Office of National Intelligence was exempted from publishing its results and an action plan.
The Office of the Special Investigator was exempted from publishing an action plan.
The Australian Commission for Law Enforcement Integrity was exempted from publishing an action plan.