The source of data for Section 3 is APSED. For a definition of ‘ongoing’ staff see Appendix 1 ‘Explanatory Notes’.
Figure 10 shows the median age of ongoing employees for selected classifications, by sex, at June 2008. In general, median age increases with classification. The median age for men is older that that for women at all classifications, except for APS 3.
Figure 10: Ongoing staff: median age by classification and sex, 2008

Source: Table 21,
In this section: Ongoing staff
- classification by sex
- length of service by sex
- age group by sex
- agency by classification group and sex
- agency retention
- agency by age group
- agency by location and employment status
- agency by classification and sex
- agency by sex and operative status
- agency by highest educational qualification and sex
- age group by classification and sex
- highest educational qualification by classification and sex
- location by classification and sex
- median age by location, classification and sex
- median length of service by location, classification and sex
