Table 2: All employees: agency by employment category, 31 December 2020 and 31 December 2021

  Ongoing Non-ongoing Total
Agency 2020 2021 2020 2021 2020 2021
Agriculture, Water and the Environment 6140 6530 953 875 7093 7405
Australian Fisheries Management Authority 134 142 20 23 154 165
Australian Pesticides and Veterinary Medicines Authority 161 163 22 21 183 184
Bureau of Meteorology 1378 1404 253 250 1631 1654
GBRMPA 202 207 23 42 225 249
Murray Darling Basin Authority 263 253 31 29 294 282
Attorney-General's 1724 1781 246 291 1970 2072
Administrative Appeals Tribunal 505 536 161 97 666 633
Asbestos Safety and Eradication Agency 9 14 3 4 12 18
Australian Building and Construction Commission 140 137 22 24 162 161
Australian Commission for Law Enforcement Integrity 50 87 6 6 56 93
Australian Financial Security Authority 429 372 28 22 457 394
Australian Human Rights Commission 93 90 39 55 132 145
Australian Law Reform Commission 10 11 3 1 13 12
Comcare 556 544 80 83 636 627
Commonwealth Ombudsman 206 206 9 11 215 217
Fair Work Commission 251 245 52 52 303 297
Federal Court Statutory Agency 775 771 410 575 1185 1346
National Archives of Australia 322 309 77 51 399 360
Office of Parliamentary Counsel 107 109 2 1 109 110
Office of the Australian Information Commissioner 102 104 27 16 129 120
Office of the Director of Public Prosecutions 425 413 13 24 438 437
Office of the Fair Work Ombudsman 840 881 60 88 900 969
Office of the Inspector-General of Intelligence and Security 32 45 1 . 33 45
Safe Work Australia 91 92 1 7 92 99
Defence 16943 16291 358 298 17301 16589
Defence Housing Australia 487 488 39 60 526 548
Education, Skills and Employment 3513 3838 138 111 3651 3949
Australian Research Council 139 132 12 6 151 138
Australian Skills Quality Authority 187 181 11 10 198 191
TEQSA 83 83 9 8 92 91
Finance 1376 1362 347 289 1723 1651
Australian Electoral Commission 670 712 764 1576 1434 2288
Future Fund Management Agency 197 194 6 5 203 199
Independent Parliamentary Expenses Authority 48 52 4 6 52 58
Foreign Affairs and Trade 3728 3990 104 100 3832 4090
Australian Centre for International Agricultural Research 38 31 19 22 57 53
Australian Trade and Investment Commission 543 639 107 245 650 884
Health 4187 4820 229 530 4416 5350
Aged Care Quality and Safety Commission 505 634 28 41 533 675
Australian Commission on Safety and Quality in Health Care 74 74 16 11 90 85
Australian Digital Health Agency 63 113 . 1 63 114
Australian Institute of Health and Welfare 373 403 1 1 374 404
Australian Radiation Protection and Nuclear Safety Agency 134 131 15 9 149 140
Cancer Australia 59 66 14 8 73 74
Food Standards Australia New Zealand 93 95 16 17 109 112
National Blood Authority 60 65 3 . 63 65
National Health and Medical Research Council 187 196 19 9 206 205
National Health Funding Body 15 21 4 1 19 22
National Mental Health Commission 26 40 10 5 36 45
Organ and Tissue Authority 16 19 6 4 22 23
Professional Services Review 23 31 1 3 24 34
Sport Integrity Australia 77 96 216 251 293 347
Home Affairs 13405 12798 663 592 14068 13390
Australian Criminal Intelligence Commission 737 712 19 24 756 736
AUSTRAC 371 440 26 13 397 453
Industry, Science, Energy and Resources 4648 4824 427 368 5075 5192
Clean Energy Regulator 317 319 25 18 342 337
Climate Change Authority 9 9 . . 9 9
National Offshore Petroleum Safety And Environmental Management Authority 94 93 34 43 128 136
Infrastructure, Transport, Regional Development and Communications 1493 1750 99 139 1592 1889
Australian Communications & Media Authority 435 445 21 19 456 464
Australian National Maritime Museum 80 69 40 44 120 113
Australian Transport Safety Bureau 91 89 13 18 104 107
National Capital Authority 54 50 3 6 57 56
National Faster Rail Agency 10 8 . . 10 8
National Film and Sound Archive 138 136 47 43 185 179
National Library of Australia 351 353 26 17 377 370
National Museum of Australia 195 184 53 77 248 261
National Portrait Gallery 47 47 11 12 58 59
North Queensland Water Infrastructure Authority 2 1 1 . 3 1
Screen Australia 6 6 . . 6 6
Prime Minister and Cabinet 1024 1145 125 103 1149 1248
Aboriginal Hostels Ltd. 104 234 344 245 448 479
Australian Institute of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Studies 124 108 14 13 138 121
Australian National Audit Office 315 329 8 10 323 339
Australian Public Service Commission 201 288 42 51 243 339
Digital Transformation Agency 273 200 7 7 280 207
National Recovery and Resilience Agency 34 110 37 59 71 169
National Indigenous Australians Agency 1173 1190 97 89 1270 1279
Office of National Intelligence 260 258 16 19 276 277
Old Parliament House 52 48 52 35 104 83
Torres Strait Regional Authority 57 57 99 83 156 140
Workplace Gender Equality Agency 25 28 8 6 33 34
Social Services 2192 2411 59 100 2251 2511
Australian Institute of Family Studies 32 72 65 40 97 112
National Disability Insurance Agency 3156 4086 1055 763 4211 4849
NDIS Quality and Safeguards Commission 238 333 7 35 245 368
Services Australia 26803 27144 3932 6218 30735 33362
Treasury 1344 1651 113 107 1457 1758
Australian Bureau of Statistics 2270 2415 704 1283 2974 3698
Australian Competition and Consumer Commission 1184 1265 78 53 1262 1318
Australian Taxation Office 17230 18210 3608 2009 20838 20219
Office of the Inspector-General of Taxation 27 27 1 1 28 28
Productivity Commission 146 150 18 15 164 165
Veterans' Affairs 1617 1701 71 393 1688 2094
Australian War Memorial 270 248 72 67 342 315
Infrastructure and Project Financing Agency (NC) 21 . 4 . 25 .
Total 131444 136284 17182 19512 148626 155796
Source: APSED
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