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Statistical bulletin: December 2017Australian Public Service

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APS Statistical Bulletin: December 2017 1

ForewordThe Australian Public Service (APS) Statistical Bulletin: December 2017 presents a summary

of employment under the Public Service Act 1999 to assist agencies with workforce

planning and benchmarking against APS averages.

This current edition presents a summary of employment data and trends for staff

employed as at 31 December 2017. It explores key changes to the APS workforce over

the most recent decade, including its size, diversity and regional distribution.

This short bulletin is complemented by a range of data tables for HR and workforce

planning practitioners to investigate the underlying statistics in greater detail.

The bulletin continues the APSC’s long tradition of reporting on APS employment trends

and serves as an important public record.

John Lloyd PSM

Australian Public Service Commissioner

March 2018

2 APS Statistical Bulletin: December 2017

Introduction

The Australian Public Service at a glance December 2017


Introduction

Introduction The Australian Public Service (APS) Statistical

Bulletin is a six-monthly statistical overview

of the APS workforce employed under the

Public Service Act 1999 (the PS Act).

This edition is based on snapshot data from 31 December 2017. It provides a broad

overview of key workforce metrics as at 31 December 2017 and trends across the last

decade (2007–2017) with relevant data tables referenced throughout.

This update highlights some key trends relevant to recent policy priorities such as;

the size and structure of the APS, gender equality and other selected diversity data.

A separate workbook is available for download, to provide the facility for HR and

workforce planning practitioners to investigate the underlying data in detail.

HTML and PDF versions of the Bulletin along with the full set of underlying tables in Excel

are available from the Commission website at www.apsc.gov.au/statisticalbulletin.

The APSC is committed to providing readers with the information they require in the

most useful format. Your feedback is welcome.

Please email [email protected] if you would like to provide any comments.


Introduction

The Australian Public Service Employment Database

Data for the Bulletin is sourced from the APS Employment Database (APSED) which was

established in 1966 and is managed by the Australian Public Service Commission (APSC).

The APSED data collection includes demographic details, classification (level) of APS

positions, a range of diversity information, and key statistics related to staff movements:

engagements, separations, promotions and transfers. For further details on APSED, including

its scope, see www.apsc.gov.au/about-the-apsc/commission-services/apsed.

Interactive data—APSEDii

APSED data is also publicly available via a series of interactive dashboards called the

APSED interactive interface (APSEDii). Links to the dashboards and detailed information

about APSEDii can be found at: www.apsc.gov.au/about-the-apsc/commission-

services/apsed/apsedii.

Size of the APS


Size

of the APSAt 31 December 2017, there were 150,489

employees in the Australian Public Service.

This was a 1.8% decline from December

2016 and the lowest December headcount

over the last decade.

• The 31 December 2017 headcount

comprises 136,392 ongoing employees

(90.6%) and 14,097 non-ongoing

employees (9.4%).

• The majority of the headcount decrease

over the last 12 months is attributable to

the decrease in non-ongoing staff—nearly

2,300 or 14%. While ongoing numbers also

fell, this was only by about 500 or -0.3%.

ongoing

–473 (–0.3%)

136,392

non-ongoing

14,097–2,294 (–14%)

Total headcount

–2,767(–1.8%)


Size of the APS

• Annual December headcounts have been steadily decreasing from a peak of 166,582

in 2011—a fall of just over 16,000 (Figure 1).

Figure 1: Headcounts at 31 December by employment status, 2007–2017

Non-ongoing

Ongoing

Total headcount

2007 2008 2009 2010 2011 2012 2013 2014 2015 2016 2017

Head

coun

t

0

20,000

40,000

60,000

80,000

100,000

120,000

140,000

160,000

180,000

Source: Excel workbook bulletin figures tab

• While casual staff numbers steadily increased between December 2007–2016, they

saw a drop from 9,217 to 6,967 over the 12 months to December 2017 (Figure 2).

Figure 2: Non-ongoing employee headcounts at 31 December, 2007–2017

02007 2008 2009 2010 2011 2012 2013 2014 2015 2016 2017

Head

coun

t

Casuals Specific term Specific task

1,000

2,000

4,000

3,000

5,000

6,000

7,000

8,000

9,000

10,000


Size of the APS


• We report headcount data for 97 agencies at December 2017. This includes the

Department of Home Affairs, which was officially formed under a Machinery of

Government change on 21 December 2017. Home Affairs consists of the entire

workforce from the former Department of Immigration and Border Protection, along

with selected areas moved from Attorney-General’s, Prime Minister and Cabinet,

Social Services and Infrastructure and Regional Development. See page 12 for details.

• Home Affairs had 14,355 staff at 31 December 2017, making it the fourth-largest

agency in the APS. The Department of Human Services (DHS), ATO and Defence were

the three largest agencies respectively (Figure 3).

Figure 3: Headcounts at 31 December, 4 largest agencies, 2016 and 2017

0

10,000

20,000

30,000

40,000

50,000

60,000

70,000

DHS ATO Defence Home Affairs All other agencies

Head

coun

t

2016 2017


Note: at 31 December 2016, Home Affairs was the Department of Immigration and Border Protection.


Diversity


Diversity Women made up 59% of the APS workforce

and are in the majority in all classification

levels below Executive Level 2 (EL2).

• Women have undertaken the majority of Executive Level 1 (EL1) roles since 2015.

• Men continue to outnumber women in more senior positions, but the gap is narrowing

over time.

• Over the past decade, the proportion of women in EL2 positions has increased from

37% to 45% (Figure 4).

• Over the same time frame, the proportion of women in senior executive (SES) roles

has increased from 36% to 44%. This includes an increase from 43% to 44% over the

past 12 months (Figure 4).

Figure 4: Percentage of Women and Men in EL2 and SES roles, 2007–2017

0

10

20

30

40

50

60

70

2007 2008 2009 2010 2011 2012 2013 2014 2015 2016 2017

Per c

ent (

%)

Female SES Female EL2 Male EL2 Male SES



Diversity

Indigenous and cultural diversity measures have improved over time, and disability rates

have been stable.

• The proportion of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander employees across the APS has

been steadily increasing over the past decade. It was at 3.3% at 31 December 2017,

• Cultural diversity, as measured by employees from a Non-English speaking

background, has increased from about 12.8% to 14.2% over the last decade. In 2017

this included 5.3% who were Non-English speaking immigrants, and 8.9% who were

immigrant children with Non-English speaking parents.

• The proportion of APS staff who identify that they have a disability has been relatively

stable over the past decade, sitting at 3.6% at both December 2007 and December 2017.

Figure 5: Percentage at 31 December by selected diversity group, 2007–2017

0

1

2

3

4

5

6

7

8

9

10

2007 2008 2009 2010 2011 2012 2013 2014 2015 2016 2017

Per

cent

(%)

Indigenous Disability NESB Immigrants Immigrant children with NESB parents



Location and regional staff

Location

and regional staff While the ACT has the largest number of APS

employees, most work in other parts of Australia.

• Almost 2 in 5 APS employees were located in the ACT in December 2017—38%.

• Almost one-fifth of the workforce was in NSW, at 19%, and a further 17% work

in Victoria.

• Nearly 1,400 APS staff, or 0.9%, worked overseas; most of these are employed by

the Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade.

Figure 6: Location of APS workforce by state/territory, 31 December 2017

APS headcount

% of total APS

Northern Territory

New South Wales

Australian Capital Territory

Tasmania

Victoria

South Australia

Western Australia

Overseas

4.5%

0.9%

16.9%

2.6%

1.4% 2,080

16,927

28,076

56,961

3,854

25,397

1,396

6,846

8,9525.9%

11.2%

37.9%

18.7%

Queensland

Source: Excel workbook Bulletin figures tab


Location and regional staff

• Just over 14% of the APS workforce was located in regional areas of Australia at 31

December 2017—that is, outside capital cities. This has grown from 12% in 2012 (Figure 7).

Figure 7: Location of APS workforce, regions versus capital cities, 31 December 2007–17 (%)

Per

cent

(%)

0

10

20

30

40

50

60

70

80

90

100

2007 2008 2009 2010 2011 2012 2013 2014 2015 2016 2017

RegionalCapitals

Source: Excel workbook Bulletin figures tab

Note: excludes employees located overseas


About APSED coverage

Machinery of Government and major agency changes,1 July 2017 to 31 December 2017

Table A1: Machinery of Government changes, 1 July to 31 December 2017

Date Agency moved from Agency moved toOngoing

employeesNon-ongoing employees Change

14/12/2017 Department of FinancePrime Minister and Cabinet

1 0 Transfer of job function

21/12/2017Attorney General’s Department

Department of Home Affairs

348 55Establishment of Department of Home Affairs

21/12/2017 Prime Minister and CabinetDepartment of Home Affairs


21/12/2017Department of Infrastructure and Regional Development



21/12/2017Department of Social Services



Table A2: Major APS agency changes, 1 July to 31 December 2017

Date Agency Change

14/12/2017 Independent Parliamentary Expenses Authority Established as a statutory agency

21/12/2017 Department of Immigration and Border Protection Renamed to Department of Home Affairs

21/12/2017Australian Transaction Reports and Analysis Centre (AUSTRAC)

Entity moved from Attorney General’s to Home Affairs

21/12/2017 Australian Crime Commission Entity moved from Attorney General’s to Home Affairs

21/12/2017 Department of Employment Renamed to Department of Jobs and Small Business

21/12/2017 Department of Industry, Innovation and Science Amalgamated into the Jobs and Innovation Portfolio

21/12/2017 Department of Infrastructure and Regional DevelopmentRenamed to Department of Infrastructure, Regional Development and Cities

Source: Department for Finance flipcharts at February 2018

https://www.finance.gov.au/resource-management/governance/

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