APS Employee Census 2025
In 2025, more than 100 agencies that engage staff under the Public Service Act 1999 will participate in the APS Employee Census from Monday 5 May to Friday 6 June 2025.
What is the APS Employee Census?
The APS Employee Census is an annual employee perception survey of the Australian Public Service workforce that has been conducted since 2012. The APS Employee Census collects employee opinions and perspectives on a range of topics, such as employee engagement, leadership, communication, innovation, and wellbeing.
All eligible employees engaged under the Public Service Act 1999 are invited to participate.
Where can I find more information?
The 2025 Participant Information sheet details what is involved in participating in the APS Employee Census.
The 2025 Participant FAQs provides information on frequent questions of the APS Employee Census.
The APSC Privacy Policy (Part A) provides information about the APSC's privacy practices.
The APSC Privacy Policy (Part B) provides information about the kinds of personal information usually collected and held by the Commission.
The 2012 to 2024 APS Employee Census datasets are available on data.gov.au. 2024 results for all APS employees can be viewed here 2024 APS Overall results (PDF - 1.1 MB) or 2024 APS Overall results (XLSX - 47.68 KB).
2025 Employee Census results
Under the Public Service Amendment Act 2024, participating agencies are required to publish aggregate APS Employee Census results, along with an action plan responding to the results.
In late November 2025, results and action plans will be available on the respective agency’s website, and collated centrally on this page.
More information on agency size and function is available here: APS Agencies – size and function.
Further information
For further information please contact the APSC Employee Census team on APSSurveys@apsc.gov.au or 1800 464 926.