Employment of people with disability
The Australian Public Service Disability Employment Strategy 2020–25 aims to increase the employment of people with disability to 7% by 2025.
APS agencies collect information on disability from employees in their human resources information systems, which they then report to the Australian Public Service Commission’s central APS Employment Database (APSED).
Figure AB 2 and Table AB 2 show APS employees with disability in selected agencies as at 30 June 2024.
Proportions of people with disability are reported in 2 ways. First, as a percentage of the total number of APS employees in an agency. Second, as a percentage of APS employees who have provided their status as having disability or not having disability (as opposed to ‘choose not to give’ or missing data). This latter method can be useful in determining an estimate of people with disability that is not influenced by missing data.
Figure AB 2: Employees with disability by agency (at 30 June 2024)
Source: APSED
Table AB 2: Employees with disability by agency (at 30 June 2024)
| Agency | Disability | |
|---|---|---|
| % of total APS employees | % of APS employees who have indicated status | |
| Total APS | 5.4 | 7.2 |
| National Disability Insurance Agency | 10.5 | 26.3 |
| Australian Public Service Commission | 9.1 | 9.4 |
| Services Australia | 8.5 | 13.7 |
| Social Services | 7.6 | 14.2 |
| Education | 6.8 | 7.2 |
| National Indigenous Australians Agency | 6.7 | 7.1 |
| Australian Taxation Office | 6.1 | 7.4 |
| Infrastructure, Transport, Regional Development, Communications and the Arts | 6.1 | 6.7 |
| Foreign Affairs and Trade | 5.9 | 6.0 |
| Employment and Workplace Relations | 5.8 | 6.4 |
| Industry, Science and Resources | 5.7 | 6.2 |
| Australian Competition and Consumer Commission | 5.3 | 5.7 |
| Climate Change, Energy, the Environment and Water | 5.1 | 5.6 |
| Finance | 5.1 | 5.4 |
| Attorney-General's | 4.9 | 6.0 |
| Treasury | 4.7 | 5.4 |
| Health and Aged Care | 4.7 | 4.9 |
| Prime Minister and Cabinet | 4.5 | 4.7 |
| Aged Care Quality and Safety Commission | 4.1 | 4.3 |
| Australian Bureau of Statistics | 3.8 | 4.9 |
| Agriculture, Fisheries and Forestry | 3.8 | 4.5 |
| Veterans' Affairs | 3.4 | 8.2 |
| Bureau of Meteorology | 3.4 | 3.6 |
| Defence | 2.8 | 4.8 |
| Home Affairs | 2.8 | 3.2 |
| Australian Trade and Investment Commission | 2.2 | 3.0 |
| Federal Court of Australia | 2.0 | 2.2 |
Source: APSED