APS Employee Census 2022

In 2022, 99 APS agencies participated in the APS Employee Census, with 145,051 employees invited to respond to the survey. A total of 120,662 APS employees responded, with a response rate of 83 per cent. The APS Employee Census ran from Monday 9 May to Friday 10 June 2022.

Machinery-of-Government changes came into effect on 1 July 2022. Results on this page reflect the structure of the APS at the time of completing the Employee Census.

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, or contact your agency Census coordinator.

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 2022, 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.

2022 Reports by Agency

The following agencies have opted to publicly release their APS Employee Census reports. 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.

Australian Public Service agencies:

Agency name	Website
Micro Agencies (less than 20 employees)
Climate Change Authority	climatechangeauthority.gov.au
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
Commonwealth Grants Commission	cgc.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
Office of the Inspector-General of Intelligence and Security	igis.gov.au
Office of the Inspector-General of Taxation and Taxation Ombudsman	igt.gov.au
Organ and Tissue Authority	donatelife.gov.au
Professional Services Review	psr.gov.au
Safe Work Australia	safeworkaustralia.gov.au
Workplace Gender Equality Agency	wgea.gov.au
Small Agencies (101–250 employees)
Australian Building and Construction Commission	abcc.gov.au
Australian Charities and Not-for-profits Commission	acnc.gov.au
Australian Commission for Law Enforcement Integrity	aclei.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 Public Service Commission	apsc.gov.au
Australian Pesticides and Veterinary Medicines Authority	apvma.gov.au
Australian Radiation Protection and Nuclear Safety Agency	arpansa.gov.au
Australian Research Council	arc.gov.au
Australian Skills Quality Authority	asqa.gov.au
Australian Transport Safety Bureau	atsb.gov.au
Food Standards Australia New Zealand	foodstandards.gov.au
Future Fund Management Agency	futurefund.gov.au
Great Barrier Reef Marine Park Authority	gbrmpa.gov.au
National Film and Sound Archive	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
National Resilience and Recovery Agency	recovery.gov.au
Office of the Australian Information Commissioner	oaic.gov.au
Commonwealth Ombudsman	ombudsman.gov.au
Office of Parliamentary Counsel	opc.gov.au
Productivity Commission	pc.gov.au
Royal Australian Mint	ramint.gov.au
Sport Integrity Australia	sportintegrity.gov.au
Tertiary Education Quality and Standards Agency	teqsa.gov.au
Torres Strait Regional Authority	tsra.gov.au
Medium Agencies (251–1000 employees)
Aboriginal Hostels Limited	ahl.gov.au
Administrative Appeals Tribunal	aat.gov.au
Aged Care Quality and Safety Commission	agedcarequality.gov.au
Australian Communications and Media Authority	acma.gov.au
Australian Criminal Intelligence Commission	acic.gov.au
Australian Digital Health Agency	digitalhealth.gov.au
Australian Electoral Commission	aec.gov.au
Australian Financial Security Authority	afsa.gov.au
Australian Institute of Health and Welfare	aihw.gov.au
Australian National Audit Office	anao.gov.au
Australian Transaction Reports and Analysis Centre	austrac.gov.au
Australian Trade and Investment Commission	austrade.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
Digital Transformation Agency	dta.gov.au
Fair Work Commission	fwc.gov.au
Fair Work Ombudsman and Registered Organisations Commission Entity	fairwork.gov.au
Geoscience Australia	ga.gov.au
Murray-Darling Basin Authority	mdba.gov.au
National Archives of Australia	naa.gov.au
National Library of Australia	nla.gov.au
National Disability Insurance Scheme 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
Bureau of Meteorology	bom.gov.au
Department of Agriculture, Water and the Environment	agriculture.gov.au
Department of Education, Skills and Employment	education.gov.au
Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade	dfat.gov.au
Department of Industry, Science, Energy and Resources	industry.gov.au
Department of Infrastructure, Transport, Regional Development and Communications	infrastructure.gov.au
Department of Finance	finance.gov.au
Department of Health	health.gov.au
Department of Social Services	dss.gov.au
Department of Veterans’ Affairs	dva.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
The 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