Table 34: Agency metrics, 31 December 2021 and the 2021 calendar year

December 2021
Agency Headcount % Female % Indigenous % with a disability % NESB % non-ongoing % part-time
(ongoing employees)		 % at the APS
classification level		 Mean Age (years) Median LOS in APS (years) % who have worked
in only one agency
(ongoing employees)		 % with a bachelors
degree or higher		 Exit rate
(ongoing employees)
Agriculture, Water and the Environment 7405 54.1 4.5 3.1 11.6 11.8 16.5 68.6 44.2 11.5 66.1 79.5 10.8
Australian Fisheries Management Authority 165 47.9 5.5 3.0 3.0 13.9 7.7 68.5 43.0 10.5 50.0 70.9 23.2
Australian Pesticides and Veterinary Medicines Authority 184 56.0 6.5 3.8 17.4 11.4 9.2 59.8 43.5 3.3 76.1 80.5 8.6
Bureau of Meteorology 1654 36.0 1.5 2.7 22.5 15.1 11.1 47.2 45.4 10.9 84.0 80.3 9.2
GBRMPA 249 64.3 6.4 1.6 5.6 16.9 13.0 74.3 45.1 8.3 78.7 77.1 12.7
Murray Darling Basin Authority 282 50.7 1.1 6.4 12.8 10.3 13.0 51.1 44.3 10.4 54.9 84.3 9.3
Attorney-General's 2072 68.5 1.4 3.4 9.3 14.0 15.7 50.3 38.5 6.5 49.3 84.7 17.6
Administrative Appeals Tribunal 633 66.8 1.3 2.2 21.6 15.3 16.6 78.8 44.0 9.5 54.3 70.3 9.4
Asbestos Safety and Eradication Agency 18 83.3 . . 5.6 22.2 28.6 38.9 45.7 12.1 7.1 85.7 8.7
Australian Building and Construction Commission 161 53.4 0.6 2.5 1.2 14.9 14.6 69.6 39.7 5.4 57.7 76.1 21.7
Australian Commission for Law Enforcement Integrity 93 51.6 2.2 4.3 12.9 6.5 10.3 44.1 41.9 5.7 31.0 66.7 17.5
Australian Financial Security Authority 394 63.5 1.8 2.5 24.9 5.6 17.2 76.6 43.8 10.1 66.1 71.7 21.7
Australian Human Rights Commission 145 77.9 3.4 2.8 21.4 37.9 23.3 55.9 41.0 5.2 64.4 90.7 18.6
Australian Law Reform Commission 12 58.3 . . . 8.3 18.2 58.3 38.2 2.6 54.5 100.0 9.5
Comcare 627 62.7 1.8 3.3 20.1 13.2 15.6 69.9 42.0 9.2 57.4 62.2 21.1
Commonwealth Ombudsman 217 65.9 3.7 5.5 12.9 5.1 21.4 54.4 41.0 8.1 40.8 77.0 31.6
Fair Work Commission 297 68.0 1.0 0.7 11.1 17.5 17.1 77.4 38.9 6.5 69.0 68.4 12.9
Federal Court Statutory Agency 1346 74.6 2.3 1.7 11.8 42.7 20.1 73.1 41.0 4.1 76.0 67.9 12.5
National Archives of Australia 360 55.3 0.8 5.3 15.6 14.2 16.5 76.9 45.6 13.2 52.8 67.9 21.9
Office of Parliamentary Counsel 110 63.6 . 2.7 11.8 0.9 22.9 43.6 42.8 12.5 45.9 91.4 14.8
Office of the Australian Information Commissioner 120 75.0 0.8 4.2 25.8 13.3 22.1 46.7 39.2 5.2 48.1 88.6 34.0
Office of the Director of Public Prosecutions 437 69.1 1.1 4.1 18.5 5.5 11.9 53.5 39.1 5.9 69.2 87.7 19.1
Office of the Fair Work Ombudsman 969 63.5 0.9 3.4 17.3 9.1 22.8 79.2 40.5 9.9 65.7 73.3 10.7
Office of the Inspector-General of Intelligence and Security 45 57.8 . 2.2 4.4 . 13.3 31.1 42.8 6.8 13.3 81.8 13.0
Safe Work Australia 99 72.7 2.0 10.1 11.1 7.1 21.7 43.4 39.3 10.7 23.9 86.3 41.5
Defence 16589 46.0 2.3 2.9 11.5 1.8 6.1 66.4 45.7 12.0 78.6 70.8 13.7
Defence Housing Australia 548 68.6 1.6 2.4 10.0 10.9 9.2 75.4 41.3 6.7 74.2 36.8 27.3
Education, Skills and Employment 3949 62.1 3.2 4.8 15.1 2.8 14.1 51.9 42.0 12.7 44.4 73.9 16.6
Australian Research Council 138 65.2 3.6 6.5 15.9 4.3 22.0 52.2 42.3 11.7 41.7 71.4 19.9
Australian Skills Quality Authority 191 71.2 0.5 3.1 8.9 5.2 8.8 53.9 44.5 8.2 62.4 65.7 29.3
TEQSA 91 64.8 1.1 1.1 19.8 8.8 7.2 72.5 41.9 3.1 56.6 88.0 28.9
Finance 1651 49.7 3.1 5.1 17.0 17.5 8.7 60.9 43.9 11.5 44.8 76.6 21.6
Australian Electoral Commission 2288 75.6 1.5 1.8 6.3 68.9 11.1 90.6 48.5 3.2 55.9 44.1 27.1
Future Fund Management Agency 199 55.8 . . 23.6 2.5 6.7 66.8 40.3 4.0 93.8 85.8 12.3
Independent Parliamentary Expenses Authority 58 72.4 . 3.4 6.9 10.3 17.3 63.8 40.4 11.0 40.4 82.4 34.0
Foreign Affairs and Trade 4090 59.0 3.0 3.7 12.2 2.4 9.5 39.0 43.4 13.2 43.3 85.0 8.0
Australian Centre for International Agricultural Research 53 69.8 1.9 . 13.2 41.5 29.0 45.3 43.7 4.2 45.2 75.0 26.1
Australian Trade and Investment Commission 884 57.8 1.8 2.4 20.8 27.7 9.9 36.0 43.5 7.3 49.8 90.1 13.7
Health 5350 70.2 2.6 4.5 13.0 9.9 16.3 53.5 42.4 10.9 50.3 69.3 10.7
Aged Care Quality and Safety Commission 675 73.8 1.2 3.6 13.5 6.1 11.0 70.2 47.6 8.0 55.2 69.7 14.7
Australian Commission on Safety and Quality in Health Care 85 80.0 . 1.2 16.5 12.9 21.6 29.4 46.5 8.2 60.8 94.5 10.8
Australian Digital Health Agency 114 71.1 2.6 5.3 16.7 0.9 5.3 42.1 44.4 9.1 43.4 74.7 20.5
Australian Institute of Health and Welfare 404 67.6 1.2 3.7 10.1 0.2 27.0 42.8 42.2 10.9 46.4 90.6 12.9
Australian Radiation Protection and Nuclear Safety Agency 140 47.1 . 2.9 20.0 6.4 4.6 52.9 47.7 13.0 79.4 86.5 6.8
Cancer Australia 74 82.4 1.4 1.4 14.9 10.8 13.6 64.9 42.8 5.4 66.7 100.0 12.8
Food Standards Australia New Zealand 112 64.3 0.9 3.6 15.2 15.2 15.8 43.8 45.4 13.0 49.5 96.4 10.6
National Blood Authority 65 75.4 . 3.1 9.2 . 13.8 50.8 41.3 10.7 27.7 75.0 36.8
National Health and Medical Research Council 205 69.8 2.0 3.4 8.8 4.4 17.9 49.8 43.1 11.2 47.4 78.8 15.1
National Health Funding Body 22 59.1 4.5 . 22.7 4.5 4.8 36.4 36.5 5.3 28.6 84.6 38.9
National Mental Health Commission 45 75.6 . 4.4 8.9 11.1 7.5 24.4 41.9 2.8 50.0 82.9 15.2
Organ and Tissue Authority 23 78.3 . . 8.7 17.4 21.1 13.0 40.6 8.7 26.3 88.9 28.6
Professional Services Review 34 64.7 . 11.8 26.5 8.8 6.5 67.6 40.5 4.7 61.3 85.0 3.7
Sport Integrity Australia 347 51.0 0.6 1.2 2.6 72.3 11.5 85.0 50.6 7.4 47.9 59.5 12.7
Home Affairs 13390 52.9 2.3 2.2 18.6 4.4 12.5 76.7 43.9 13.5 70.6 56.0 11.6
Australian Criminal Intelligence Commission 736 50.4 2.3 2.7 9.9 3.3 9.3 47.7 42.7 9.1 57.6 65.0 19.2
AUSTRAC 453 57.0 0.7 2.9 24.5 2.9 10.0 60.0 40.9 8.6 45.9 77.0 12.8
Industry, Science, Energy and Resources 5192 52.2 2.0 4.4 19.5 7.1 11.0 57.2 41.7 10.1 58.9 80.5 13.8
Clean Energy Regulator 337 49.0 1.5 4.2 14.2 5.3 11.3 62.6 39.8 8.6 34.8 72.6 27.4
Climate Change Authority 9 77.8 . . 11.1 . 11.1 44.4 36.6 9.5 11.1 80.0 66.7
National Offshore Petroleum Safety And Environmental Management Authority 136 41.9 . . 14.0 31.6 9.7 33.1 47.7 8.1 89.2 83.0 5.3
Infrastructure, Transport, Regional Development and Communications 1889 59.8 2.4 4.9 14.3 7.4 11.7 47.4 40.9 10.8 34.4 74.4 22.0
Australian Communications & Media Authority 464 54.5 0.4 2.6 20.7 4.1 13.7 39.4 44.2 13.0 51.2 82.4 15.2
Australian National Maritime Museum 113 49.6 1.8 7.1 15.9 38.9 14.5 66.4 47.8 5.8 82.6 72.4 26.8
Australian Transport Safety Bureau 107 30.8 . 0.9 7.5 16.8 7.9 29.0 45.6 6.9 74.2 65.0 10.0
National Capital Authority 56 62.5 3.6 1.8 12.5 10.7 14.0 53.6 45.5 6.8 62.0 77.8 15.4
National Faster Rail Agency 8 75.0 . 12.5 25.0 . 25.0 25.0 52.3 20.8 . 66.7 33.3
National Film and Sound Archive 179 50.3 . 3.4 5.0 24.0 13.2 80.4 41.6 6.7 64.0 80.0 13.9
National Library of Australia 370 67.6 2.4 6.2 15.1 4.6 17.3 70.0 45.8 13.0 55.8 77.4 15.9
National Museum of Australia 261 67.8 5.0 6.5 9.6 29.5 22.3 78.2 42.0 8.4 51.1 73.9 15.3
National Portrait Gallery 59 71.2 3.4 3.4 8.5 20.3 23.4 69.5 42.6 6.2 55.3 90.0 10.6
Screen Australia 6 50.0 . . 33.3 . 16.7 50.0 49.2 15.2 83.3 . .
Prime Minister and Cabinet 1248 66.5 2.4 4.2 12.2 8.3 10.7 45.4 37.2 7.0 26.7 80.1 26.6
Aboriginal Hostels Ltd. 479 62.0 50.1 4.4 17.1 51.1 20.9 95.6 46.0 2.5 82.5 18.2 17.8
Australian Institute of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Studies 121 54.5 25.6 5.0 5.0 10.7 13.9 68.6 44.1 8.5 51.9 60.2 31.0
Australian National Audit Office 339 58.1 0.9 4.1 25.4 2.9 10.6 50.7 39.0 6.6 55.3 91.2 23.0
Australian Public Service Commission 339 72.0 2.7 8.8 8.0 15.0 15.6 38.6 42.3 9.8 22.2 77.7 36.0
Digital Transformation Agency 207 55.1 1.0 6.8 15.5 3.4 6.5 40.1 39.3 8.9 28.0 76.5 46.1
National Recovery and Resilience Agency 169 72.2 1.8 3.6 5.9 34.9 12.7 53.8 42.1 9.5 16.4 77.0 45.8
National Indigenous Australians Agency 1279 70.0 24.5 5.5 7.8 7.0 14.5 48.6 45.1 13.4 35.4 63.4 20.7
Office of National Intelligence 277 48.7 1.1 2.9 7.9 6.9 12.0 29.6 42.9 10.9 19.4 89.1 14.7
Old Parliament House 83 69.9 2.4 2.4 3.6 42.2 29.2 80.7 40.6 6.3 33.3 80.0 16.0
Torres Strait Regional Authority 140 59.3 76.4 . 15.0 59.3 3.5 83.6 42.8 9.2 52.6 32.7 10.5
Workplace Gender Equality Agency 34 79.4 . 5.9 20.6 17.6 21.4 67.6 44.7 3.8 67.9 90.5 15.1
Social Services 2511 70.4 5.5 6.8 7.3 4.0 14.8 62.2 42.4 11.5 43.3 60.9 22.3
Australian Institute of Family Studies 112 76.8 0.9 0.9 23.2 35.7 29.2 65.2 39.3 3.0 79.2 89.2 17.3
National Disability Insurance Agency 4849 75.1 2.4 10.3 8.4 15.7 14.0 82.7 43.8 3.6 67.5 63.7 10.7
NDIS Quality and Safeguards Commission 368 72.0 3.0 7.6 3.5 9.5 9.6 64.4 43.4 2.9 54.4 58.3 19.6
Services Australia 33362 69.8 5.6 6.5 14.7 18.6 23.5 87.9 43.9 13.2 82.3 43.6 8.8
Treasury 1758 51.3 1.4 3.9 19.3 6.1 8.8 50.0 38.7 7.9 45.2 86.4 18.7
Australian Bureau of Statistics 3698 52.5 1.3 2.5 7.2 34.7 17.4 80.2 39.8 6.2 75.1 84.8 8.9
Australian Competition and Consumer Commission 1318 57.4 1.6 4.6 19.0 4.0 15.3 48.1 38.3 6.6 64.0 88.6 10.9
Australian Taxation Office 20219 57.1 2.7 4.7 20.1 9.9 10.5 70.6 43.6 12.6 82.9 70.0 6.1
Office of the Inspector-General of Taxation 28 42.9 . . 60.7 3.6 3.7 60.7 37.1 10.9 18.5 100.0 .
Productivity Commission 165 58.8 0.6 3.6 24.2 9.1 16.7 43.6 42.2 10.9 52.7 88.5 18.2
Veterans' Affairs 2094 67.5 1.3 3.3 7.9 18.8 10.2 74.6 44.9 10.5 56.4 49.0 12.1
Australian War Memorial 315 57.5 1.9 1.9 6.0 21.3 8.9 76.2 43.4 8.3 66.5 57.8 16.2
Total 155796 60.3 3.5 4.5 14.6 12.5 14.2 70.1 43.5 11.0 68.4 66.0 12.1

Source: APSED

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