Table 44: All employees: agency by highest educational qualification, 30 June 2021

Agency Highest educational qualification Total
Doctorate Masters Postgraduate diploma Bachelor degree  Undergraduate diploma Associate diploma Skilled vocational
qualification		 Basic vocational
qualification		 Year 12  Year 11  Year 10  Less than year 10 No data 
Agriculture, Water and the Environment 197 343 198 873 61 114 75 43 112 6 27 1 5016 7066
- Australian Fisheries Management Authority 3 13 4 64 2 6 2 1 18 . 7 . 41 161
- Australian Pesticides and Veterinary Medicines Authority 37 16 11 44 4 9 2 1 7 . 1 . 49 181
- Bureau of Meteorology 240 242 209 586 53 156 28 6 64 8 10 1 48 1651
- GBRMPA 11 10 13 49 3 10 1 2 6 . 1 . 138 244
- Murray Darling Basin Authority 36 33 17 72 1 16 3 2 7 . 1 . 108 296
Attorney-General's 10 78 72 242 13 19 7 3 32 3 5 . 1514 1998
- Administrative Appeals Tribunal 3 38 53 120 14 21 7 2 32 9 7 . 310 616
- Asbestos Safety and Eradication Agency 1 . 2 3 1 . . . . . . . 11 18
- Australian Building and Construction Commission . 9 23 63 3 18 3 1 4 . . . 44 168
- Australian Commission for Law Enforcement Integrity 1 6 13 13 3 6 3 1 4 . 1 . 18 69
- Australian Financial Security Authority 2 20 18 50 4 6 8 1 10 3 4 . 315 441
- Australian Human Rights Commission 2 53 20 42 2 3 1 1 4 . . . 47 175
- Australian Law Reform Commission . 1 . . . . . . . . . . 12 13
- Comcare 4 27 29 107 7 14 27 34 25 1 3 . 346 624
- Commonwealth Ombudsman 2 16 24 46 3 8 4 6 4 . . . 118 231
- Fair Work Commission 2 3 3 15 1 2 . . 8 1 . . 262 297
- Federal Court Statutory Agency 3 31 24 119 11 12 6 4 33 4 8 1 1010 1266
- National Archives of Australia 1 4 7 28 3 2 1 1 9 1 5 1 315 378
- Office of Parliamentary Counsel 3 1 5 24 . 1 1 1 1 1 . . 73 111
- Office of the Australian Information Commissioner 2 34 25 46 1 5 . 3 4 . . . 15 135
- Office of the Director of Public Prosecutions 10 14 25 140 4 5 1 4 12 2 1 . 200 418
- Office of the Fair Work Ombudsman 5 73 96 308 18 78 17 12 46 3 5 . 287 948
- Office of the Inspector-General of Intelligence and Security 2 4 . 11 . 2 . 1 . . 1 . 16 37
- Safe Work Australia 4 13 12 31 . 4 1 . 5 . . . 26 96
Defence 720 1156 431 2980 75 471 370 195 727 87 309 13 9515 17049
- Defence Housing Australia . 2 4 12 4 3 3 2 14 4 10 . 477 535
Education, Skills and Employment 102 411 293 1025 80 177 77 34 227 12 26 1 1302 3767
- Australian Research Council 4 7 3 7 1 3 . . 5 . 1 . 111 142
- Australian Skills Quality Authority 1 20 8 35 1 15 11 5 4 . . . 91 191
- TEQSA 2 2 10 13 . 2 . . 1 . . . 65 95
Finance 11 120 92 273 24 36 14 10 55 1 6 1 1103 1746
- Australian Electoral Commission 11 66 81 303 29 102 39 93 195 50 85 4 445 1503
- Future Fund Management Agency 9 45 34 72 . 8 3 3 11 1 1 . 14 201
- Independent Parliamentary Expenses Authority . 2 6 7 . . . . 3 . . . 44 62
Foreign Affairs and Trade 96 677 263 755 30 76 30 9 132 27 9 . 1811 3915
- Australian Centre for International Agricultural Research 9 5 5 15 2 2 2 2 3 . 1 . 10 56
- Australian Trade and Investment Commission 9 78 42 110 7 5 . 2 7 . . . 525 785
Health 278 571 383 1529 71 255 115 72 527 34 86 7 824 4752
- Aged Care Quality and Safety Commission 4 51 66 144 16 34 16 8 32 2 8 . 212 593
- Australian Commission on Safety and Quality in Health Care 7 23 5 17 . . 1 . 1 . 1 . 34 89
- Australian Digital Health Agency 1 4 4 14 1 2 . 1 3 . 2 . 27 59
- Australian Institute of Health and Welfare 23 41 17 75 . 7 . 2 6 . . . 201 372
- Australian Radiation Protection and Nuclear Safety Agency 23 14 8 33 1 5 1 2 3 . . . 50 140
- Cancer Australia 3 2 . 7 . . . . . . . . 56 68
- Food Standards Australia New Zealand 12 10 6 24 1 1 . . . . . . 55 109
- National Blood Authority 2 4 1 10 . . 2 . 3 . . . 41 63
- National Health and Medical Research Council 11 10 7 31 2 6 . . 7 . . . 135 209
- National Health Funding Body . 2 . 8 . . . . 2 . . . 11 23
- National Mental Health Commission 4 5 5 2 2 1 . . 2 . 1 . 13 35
- Organ and Tissue Authority . . 2 6 . . . . 1 . . . 13 22
- Professional Services Review . 1 6 6 . 1 1 . 1 . . . 13 29
- Sport Integrity Australia 2 18 22 47 6 25 7 3 17 3 5 . 204 359
Home Affairs 40 567 419 2395 302 649 214 86 1084 107 209 11 7704 13787
- Australian Criminal Intelligence Commission 7 77 45 192 21 75 10 11 45 5 4 1 269 762
- AUSTRAC 11 89 57 165 12 41 11 3 31 2 4 1 10 437
Industry, Science, Energy and Resources 202 302 165 644 30 91 26 9 129 4 12 1 3465 5080
- Clean Energy Regulator 6 15 7 30 3 5 3 2 8 . 2 . 252 333
- Climate Change Authority . 1 . 2 . . . . 1 . . . 6 10
- National Offshore Petroleum Safety And Environmental Management Authority 7 34 21 44 3 11 2 1 3 . 2 . 1 129
Infrastructure,Transport, Regional Development and Communications 36 207 121 580 24 43 44 17 144 8 17 . 453 1694
- Australian Communications & Media Authority 14 59 41 121 8 20 4 5 15 1 1 . 155 444
- Australian National Maritime Museum 1 5 6 15 . 5 1 . 1 . 1 . 80 115
- Australian Transport Safety Bureau . 2 2 9 . 2 . . 5 . . . 94 114
- National Capital Authority . 2 2 3 . 1 . . . . 1 . 47 56
- National Faster Rail Agency . 2 1 2 . 1 . 1 . . . . 3 10
- National Film and Sound Archive 1 2 2 11 . 3 . 1 1 . . . 160 181
- National Library of Australia 4 12 18 30 3 3 3 . 9 . 2 . 293 377
- National Museum of Australia 8 13 14 43 4 3 7 . 15 . . . 142 249
- National Portrait Gallery . 7 1 7 . . . . 1 . . . 46 62
- North Queensland Water Infrastructure Authority . 1 . . . . . . 1 . . . . 2
- Screen Australia . . . . . . . . . . . . 6 6
Prime Minister and Cabinet 18 77 49 188 5 18 8 3 48 3 4 . 689 1110
- Aboriginal Hostels Ltd. . 8 20 40 6 22 21 35 94 37 68 24 95 470
- Australian Institute of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Studies 7 8 10 33 5 19 6 . 6 2 1 . 37 134
- Australian National Audit Office 6 21 19 85 1 4 . 1 5 . . . 170 312
- Australian Public Service Commission 5 39 19 79 5 12 7 5 10 . 2 . 79 262
- Digital Transformation Agency 2 24 9 50 3 15 1 . 9 1 1 . 178 293
- National Drought and North Queensland Flood Response and Recovery Agency 1 8 8 22 . 7 1 . 3 1 1 . 99 151
- National Indigenous Australians Agency 13 62 59 170 21 45 19 9 47 7 14 2 820 1288
- Office of National Intelligence 14 27 10 60 3 3 1 . 10 . . . 153 281
- Old Parliament House . 1 2 6 . 1 1 . . . . . 88 99
- Torres Strait Regional Authority . 4 2 15 3 12 2 2 15 . 5 1 92 153
- Workplace Gender Equality Agency . 9 1 9 1 . . . . . . . 12 32
Social Services 16 91 95 337 25 76 32 18 127 16 43 1 1479 2356
- Australian Institute of Family Studies 26 14 8 24 1 4 . . 2 . 1 . 29 109
- National Disability Insurance Agency 7 81 78 297 26 130 35 10 53 5 12 . 3579 4313
- NDIS Quality and Safeguards Commission . 6 6 22 3 4 2 2 7 1 2 . 274 329
- Services Australia 66 863 792 3928 288 3504 726 220 1690 310 617 43 21009 34056
Treasury 29 183 77 443 9 38 10 3 46 2 6 2 830 1678
- Australian Bureau of Statistics 59 176 213 735 13 51 30 14 97 7 20 . 1928 3343
- Australian Competition and Consumer Commission 18 94 83 320 10 21 2 1 26 1 3 . 666 1245
- Australian Taxation Office 94 2028 1175 5236 314 852 656 222 1220 162 333 19 8868 21179
- Office of the Inspector-General of Taxation . 5 4 12 . . . . . . . . 7 28
- Productivity Commission 13 30 12 59 1 2 1 . 4 1 2 . 36 161
Veterans' Affairs 11 73 64 250 19 73 36 14 200 27 52 5 948 1772
- Australian War Memorial 2 1 5 20 2 1 3 1 10 1 . . 290 336
Total 2669 9759 6449 27389 1739 7621 2815 1269 7658 974 2080 141 83382 153945

Source: APSED

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