APS Employee Census 2025

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In 2025, 107 agencies and entities that engage staff under the Public Service Act 1999 participated in the APS Employee Census. A total of 151,771 APS employees responded with a response rate of 81 per cent. The APS Employee Census ran from Monday 5 May to Friday 6 June 2025.

What is the APS Employee Census?

The APS Employee Census is an annual employee perception survey of the Australian Public Service workforce that has been conducted since 2012. The APS Employee Census collects employee opinions and perspectives on a range of topics, such as employee engagement, leadership, communication, innovation, and wellbeing.

All eligible employees engaged under the Public Service Act 1999 are invited to participate.

Where can I find more information?

The 2025 APS Employee Census questionnaire can be found here: 2025 APS Employee Census questionnaire.

Further information on the APS Employee Census and how to interpret results can be found in the Employee Census Explanatory Guide.

The 2025 Participant Information sheet details what is involved in participating in the APS Employee Census. The 2025 Participant FAQs provides information on frequent questions of the APS Employee Census.

The APSC Privacy Policy (Part A) provides information about the APSC's privacy practices. The APSC Privacy Policy (Part B) provides information about the kinds of personal information usually collected and held by the Commission.

The 2012 to 2024 APS Employee Census datasets 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.

2025 Employee Census results

Results for all APS employees can be viewed here:

2025 APS Overall results (PDF - 1.1 MB)
2025 APS Overall results (XLSX - 47.68 KB)

Key findings

The 2025 APS Employee Census shows:

91% are happy to go the extra mile at work
88% are committed to their agency’s goals
88% believe strongly in the purpose and objectives of their agency
87% say their immediate supervisor cares about their health and wellbeing
84% say their agency supports and actively promotes an inclusive workplace culture
83% believe one of their responsibilities is to continually look for new ways to improve the way we work
81% agree the culture in their agency supports people to act with integrity.

Under the Public Service Act 1999, participating APS agencies are required to publish aggregate APS Employee Census results, along with an action plan responding to the results.

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.

More information on agency size and function is available here: APS Agencies – size and function.

Extra-small agencies (<100 employees)

Asbestos and Silica Safety and Eradication Agency	asbestossafety.gov.au
Australian Centre for International Agricultural Research	aciar.gov.au
Australian Law Reform Commission	alrc.gov.au
Australian Office of Financial Management*	aofm.gov.au
Cancer Australia	canceraustralia.gov.au
Climate Change Authority	climatechangeauthority.gov.au
Commonwealth Grants Commission*	cgc.gov.au
High Speed Rail Authority	hsra.gov.au
Independent Parliamentary Expenses Authority	ipea.gov.au
Inspector-General of Taxation and Taxation Ombudsman	taxombudsman.gov.au
National Blood Authority	blood.gov.au
National Capital Authority	nca.gov.au
National Health Funding Body	publichospitalfunding.gov.au
National Portrait Gallery of Australia	portrait.gov.au
Office of the Inspector-General of Aged Care	igac.gov.au
Office of the Inspector-General of Intelligence and Security	igis.gov.au
Office of the Special Investigator	osi.gov.au
Organ and Tissue Authority	donatelife.gov.au
Parliamentary Workplace Support Service	pwss.gov.au
Professional Services Review	psr.gov.au
Screen Australia	screenaustralia.gov.au
Workplace Gender Equality Agency	wgea.gov.au

Small agencies (101–250 employees)

Australian Charities and Not-for-profits Commission	acnc.gov.au
Australian Commission on Safety and Quality in Health Care	safetyandquality.gov.au
Australian Fisheries Management Authority	afma.gov.au
Australian Human Rights Commission	humanrights.gov.au
Australian Institute of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Studies	aiatsis.gov.au
Australian Institute of Family Studies	aifs.gov.au
Australian National Maritime Museum	sea.museum
Australian Pesticides and Veterinary Medicines Authority	apvma.gov.au
Australian Radiation Protection and Nuclear Safety Agency	arpansa.gov.au
Australian Research Council	arc.gov.au
Australian Skills Quality Authority	asqa.gov.au
Australian Transport Safety Bureau	atsb.gov.au
Food Standards Australia New Zealand	foodstandards.gov.au
Great Barrier Reef Marine Park Authority	gbrmpa.gov.au
Museum of Australian Democracy at Old Parliament House	moadoph.gov.au
National anti-Corruption Commission	nacc.gov.au
National Offshore Petroleum Safety and Environmental Management Authority	nopsema.gov.au
Net Zero Economy Authority	netzero.gov.au
Office of Parliamentary Counsel	opc.gov.au
Office of the Australian Information Commissioner	oaic.gov.au
Productivity Commission	pc.gov.au
Royal Australian Mint*	ramint.gov.au
Safe Work Australia	safeworkaustralia.gov.au
Tertiary Education Quality and Standards Agency	teqsa.gov.au
Torres Strait Regional Authority	tsra.gov.au

Medium agencies (251–1000 employees)

Australian Criminal Intelligence Commission	acic.gov.au
Australian Communications and Media Authority	acma.gov.au
Australian Electoral Commission	aec.gov.au
Aboriginal Hostels Limited	ahl.gov.au
Australian Digital Health Agency	digitalhealth.gov.au
Australian Financial Security Authority	afsa.gov.au
Australian Institute of Health and Welfare	aihw.gov.au
Australian National Audit Office	anao.gov.au
Australian Public Service Commission	apsc.gov.au
Administrative Review Tribunal	art.gov.au
Australian Submarine Agency	asa.gov.au
Australian Transaction Reports and Analysis Centre	austrac.gov.au
Australian War Memorial	awm.gov.au
Commonwealth Director of Public Prosecutions	cdpp.gov.au
Clean Energy Regulator	cer.gov.au
Defence Housing Australia	dha.gov.au
Comcare	comcare.gov.au
Digital Transformation Agency	dta.gov.au
Future Fund Management Agency	futurefund.gov.au
Fair Work Commission	fwc.gov.au
Fair Work Ombudsman	fairwork.gov.au
Geoscience Australia*	ga.gov.au
Murray Darling Basin Authority	mdba.gov.au
National Archives of Australia	naa.gov.au
National Emergency Management Agency	nema.gov.au
National Film and Sound Archive of Australia	nfsa.gov.au
National Health and Medical Research Council	nhmrc.gov.au
National Library of Australia	library.gov.au
National Museum of Australia	nma.gov.au
NDIS Quality and Safeguards Commission	ndiscommission.gov.au
Office of the Commonwealth Ombudsman	ombudsman.gov.au
Sport Integrity Australia	sportintegrity.gov.au

Large agencies (1001–10,000 employees)

Aged Care Quality and Safety Commission	agedcarequality.gov.au
Attorney-General's Department	ag.gov.au
Australian Bureau of Statistics	abs.gov.au
Australian Competition and Consumer Commission	accc.gov.au
Australian Trade and Investment Commission	austrade.gov.au
Bureau of Meteorology	bom.gov.au
Department of Agriculture, Fisheries and Forestry	agriculture.gov.au
Department of Climate Change, Energy, the Environment and Water	dcceew.gov.au
Department of Education	education.gov.au
Department of Employment and Workplace Relations	dewr.gov.au
Department of Finance	finance.gov.au
Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade	dfat.gov.au
Department of Health and Aged Care	health.gov.au
Department of Industry, Science and Resources	industry.gov.au
Department of Infrastructure, Transport, Regional Development, Communications and the Arts	infrastructure.gov.au
Department of Social Services	dss.gov.au
Department of the Prime Minister and Cabinet	pmc.gov.au
Department of the Treasury	treasury.gov.au
Department of Veterans' Affairs	dva.gov.au
Federal Court of Australia	fedcourt.gov.au
IP Australia*	ipaustralia.gov.au
National Indigenous Australians Agency	niaa.gov.au

Extra-large agencies (more than 10,000 employees)

Australian Taxation Office	ato.gov.au
Department of Defence	defence.gov.au
Department of Home Affairs	homeaffairs.gov.au
National Disability Insurance Agency	ndis.gov.au
Services Australia	servicesaustralia.gov.au

* Indicates the entity engages staff under the Public Service Act 1999 but are not APS agencies as defined by the Act.

Non-APS agencies

Australian Maritime Safety Authority	amsa.gov.au
Australian Securities and Investments Commission	asic.gov.au
Civil Aviation Safety Authority	casa.gov.au
Department of Parliamentary Services	aph.gov.au
National Gallery of Australia	nga.gov.au
Parliamentary Budget Office	pbo.gov.au

Exemptions

Two agencies were granted exemptions from the public release of APS Employee Census results and/or an action plan:

The Office of National Intelligence was exempted from publishing its results and an action plan.
The Office of the Special Investigator was exempted from publishing an action plan.