APS Employee Census 2021
In 2021, 142,493 employees from 101 APS agencies were invited to participate in the APS Employee Census. A total of 109,537 APS employees responded, with a response rate of 77 per cent. The APS Employee Census was run from Monday 10 May to Friday 11 June 2021.
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 important issues in the workplace. It is administered to all APS employees and is an opportunity for employees to tell the Australian Public Service Commissioner and Agency heads what they think about 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 2021, 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.
2021 Reports
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 Employee Census reports by agency:
| Agency name | Agency website |
|---|---|
| Australian Commission for Law Enforcement Integrity | www.aclei.gov.au |
| Australian Commission on Safety and Quality in Health Care | www.safetyandquality.gov.au |
| The Australian Institute of Family Studies | aifs.gov.au |
| Australian Office of Financial Management | www.aofm.gov.au |
| Cancer Australia | www.canceraustralia.gov.au |
| Independent Parliamentary Expenses Authority | www.ipea.gov.au |
| Museum of Australian Democracy | www.moadoph.gov.au |
| National Blood Authority | www.blood.gov.au |
| National Capital Authority | www.nca.gov.au |
| National Health Funding Body | www.publichospitalfunding.gov.au |
| Office of the Inspector-General of Intelligence and Security | www.igis.gov.au |
| The Office of the Inspector-General of Taxation and Taxation Ombudsman | www.igt.gov.au |
| Organ and Tissue Authority | www.donatelife.gov.au |
| Professional Services Review | www.psr.gov.au |
| Safe Work Australia | www.safeworkaustralia.gov.au |
| Tertiary Education Quality and Standards Agency | www.teqsa.gov.au |
| Agency name | Agency website |
|---|---|
| Australian Building and Construction Commission | www.abcc.gov.au |
| Australian Charities and Not-for-profits Commission | www.acnc.gov.au |
| Australian Digital Health Agency | www.digitalhealth.gov.au |
| Australian Fisheries Management Authority | www.afma.gov.au |
| Australian Pesticides and Veterinary Medicines Authority | apvma.gov.au |
| Australian Public Service Commission | www.apsc.gov.au |
| Australian Radiation Protection and Nuclear Safety Agency | www.arpansa.gov.au |
| Australian Research Council | www.arc.gov.au |
| Australian Skills Quality Authority | www.asqa.gov.au |
| Australian Transport Safety Bureau | www.atsb.gov.au |
| Commonwealth Ombudsman | www.ombudsman.gov.au |
| Food Standards Australia New Zealand | www.foodstandards.gov.au |
| Future Fund Management Agency | www.futurefund.gov.au |
| Great Barrier Reef Marine Park Authority | www.gbrmpa.gov.au |
| National Health and Medical Research Council | www.nhmrc.gov.au |
| National Museum of Australia | www.nma.gov.au |
| National Offshore Petroleum Safety and Environmental Management Authority | www.nopsema.gov.au |
| Office of the Australian Information Commissioner | www.oaic.gov.au |
| Office of Parliamentary Counsel | www.opc.gov.au |
| Productivity Commission | www.pc.gov.au |
| Sport Integrity Australia | www.sportintegrity.gov.au |
| Agency name | Agency website |
|---|---|
| Administrative Appeals Tribunal | www.aat.gov.au |
| Australian Communications and Media Authority | www.acma.gov.au |
| Australian Criminal Intelligence Commission | www.acic.gov.au |
| Australian Financial Security Authority | www.afsa.gov.au |
| Australian Institute of Health and Welfare | www.aihw.gov.au |
| Australian National Audit Office | www.anao.gov.au |
| Australian Trade and Investment Commission | www.austrade.gov.au |
| Australian Transaction Reports and Analysis Centre | www.austrac.gov.au |
| Clean Energy Regulator | www.cleanenergyregulator.gov.au |
| Comcare | www.comcare.gov.au |
| Commonwealth Director of Public Prosecutions | www.cdpp.gov.au |
| Defence Housing Australia | www.dha.gov.au |
| Digital Transformation Agency | www.dta.gov.au |
| Fair Work Commission | www.fwc.gov.au |
| Fair Work Ombudsman | www.fairwork.gov.au |
| Geoscience Australia | www.ga.gov.au |
| Murray–Darling Basin Authority | www.mdba.gov.au |
| National Archives of Australia | www.naa.gov.au |
| National Disability Insurance Scheme Quality and Safeguards Commission | www.ndiscommission.gov.au |
| National Library of Australia | www.nla.gov.au |
| Agency name | Agency website |
|---|---|
| Attorney-General's Department | www.ag.gov.au |
| Australian Bureau of Statistics | www.abs.gov.au |
| Australian Competition and Consumer Commission | www.accc.gov.au |
| Bureau of Meteorology | www.bom.gov.au |
| Department of Agriculture, Water and the Environment | www.awe.gov.au |
| Department of Education, Skills and Employment | www.dese.gov.au |
| Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade | www.dfat.gov.au |
| Department of Industry, Science, Energy and Resources | www.industry.gov.au |
| Department of Infrastructure, Transport, Regional Development and Communications | www.infrastructure.gov.au |
| Department of Finance | www.finance.gov.au |
| Department of Health | www.health.gov.au |
| Department of Social Services | www.dss.gov.au |
| Department of Veterans’ Affairs | www.dva.gov.au |
| Federal Court of Australia | www.fedcourt.gov.au |
| IP Australia | www.ipaustralia.gov.au |
| National Disability Insurance Agency | www.ndis.gov.au |
| National Indigenous Australians Agency | www.niaa.gov.au |
| The Department of the Prime Minister and Cabinet | www.pmc.gov.au |
| The Treasury | treasury.gov.au |
| Agency name | Agency website |
|---|---|
| Australian Taxation Office | www.ato.gov.au |
| Department of Defence | www.defence.gov.au |
| Department of Home Affairs | www.homeaffairs.gov.au |
| Services Australia | www.servicesaustralia.gov.au |
| Agency name | Agency website |
|---|---|
| Civil Aviation and Safety Authority | www.casa.gov.au |
| Parliamentary Budget Office | www.aph.gov.au |
Further information
Further information or to report any broken links please contact the APSC Employee Census team or 1800 464 926.