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Table 23: All employees: agency by age group, 31 December 2021

Age group
Agency Under 20 20-24 25-29 30-34 35-39 40-44 45-49 50-54 55-59 60 & over Total
Agriculture, Water and the Environment 16 232 647 835 970 1074 1089 981 812 749 7405
Australian Fisheries Management Authority . 3 20 15 34 21 20 24 14 14 165
Australian Pesticides and Veterinary Medicines Authority . 7 15 18 31 27 32 15 23 16 184
Bureau of Meteorology . 26 88 140 281 252 252 254 211 150 1654
GBRMPA 1 4 10 24 26 43 56 51 22 12 249
Murray Darling Basin Authority . 3 29 20 38 52 45 46 35 14 282
Attorney-General's 6 142 379 376 335 261 169 179 120 105 2072
Administrative Appeals Tribunal 1 22 69 75 68 87 88 84 77 62 633
Asbestos Safety and Eradication Agency . . 2 1 4 1 2 2 5 1 18
Australian Building and Construction Commission . 8 28 15 36 26 17 11 12 8 161
Australian Commission for Law Enforcement Integrity . 3 10 14 10 20 11 14 5 6 93
Australian Financial Security Authority . 5 24 44 73 68 62 50 42 26 394
Australian Human Rights Commission . 3 22 18 27 28 13 14 10 10 145
Australian Law Reform Commission . . 4 1 1 3 1 1 1 . 12
Comcare 3 17 53 93 111 108 80 69 56 37 627
Commonwealth Ombudsman . 3 23 37 38 42 32 20 14 8 217
Fair Work Commission . 15 65 57 50 18 21 27 22 22 297
Federal Court Statutory Agency 12 147 230 141 128 147 133 131 121 156 1346
National Archives of Australia . 12 33 28 38 47 54 58 46 44 360
Office of Parliamentary Counsel . 3 13 16 16 13 16 15 7 11 110
Office of the Australian Information Commissioner . 1 23 20 25 19 10 9 6 7 120
Office of the Director of Public Prosecutions . 6 98 96 45 63 39 39 30 21 437
Office of the Fair Work Ombudsman . 33 118 156 207 154 100 83 60 58 969
Office of the Inspector-General of Intelligence and Security . . 4 12 8 3 4 6 2 6 45
Safe Work Australia . 5 13 18 18 21 7 5 7 5 99
Defence 37 579 1257 1551 1904 2001 2163 2636 2498 1963 16589
Defence Housing Australia 2 26 47 82 111 69 75 58 47 31 548
Education, Skills and Employment 20 171 398 492 623 582 590 520 325 228 3949
Australian Research Council . 9 6 18 19 28 23 16 13 6 138
Australian Skills Quality Authority . 2 14 21 29 32 28 28 19 18 191
TEQSA . 1 8 17 17 13 12 10 7 6 91
Finance 19 126 135 182 208 205 181 185 158 252 1651
Australian Electoral Commission 19 156 148 163 155 212 217 287 330 601 2288
Future Fund Management Agency . . 18 35 47 42 22 23 9 3 199
Independent Parliamentary Expenses Authority 1 10 4 6 8 2 9 8 6 4 58
Foreign Affairs and Trade . 39 261 525 734 765 606 563 353 244 4090
Australian Centre for International Agricultural Research . 4 4 6 5 10 6 6 4 8 53
Australian Trade and Investment Commission . 25 65 115 148 140 101 124 93 73 884
Health 15 199 539 721 815 810 705 662 511 373 5350
Aged Care Quality and Safety Commission . 2 25 72 88 78 105 99 101 105 675
Australian Commission on Safety and Quality in Health Care . . 3 11 13 13 14 7 9 15 85
Australian Digital Health Agency . 1 9 8 18 19 20 23 10 6 114
Australian Institute of Health and Welfare . 10 31 57 81 69 46 60 26 24 404
Australian Radiation Protection and Nuclear Safety Agency . . 5 9 21 24 19 23 19 20 140
Cancer Australia . 1 13 10 14 5 3 10 8 10 74
Food Standards Australia New Zealand . 2 7 12 18 12 15 17 17 12 112
National Blood Authority . 5 6 6 10 12 13 6 4 3 65
National Health and Medical Research Council . 4 15 29 37 38 21 27 15 19 205
National Health Funding Body . . 5 4 7 3 2 . . 1 22
National Mental Health Commission . . 3 10 10 7 2 6 4 3 45
Organ and Tissue Authority . . . 5 9 1 4 4 . . 23
Professional Services Review . 2 4 6 6 2 6 4 2 2 34
Sport Integrity Australia 1 11 28 22 28 39 29 40 46 103 347
Home Affairs 11 426 1012 1367 1956 2211 2103 1924 1390 990 13390
Australian Criminal Intelligence Commission 1 21 79 90 123 105 100 99 60 58 736
AUSTRAC . 4 44 78 101 84 49 46 32 15 453
Industry, Science, Energy and Resources 25 196 529 752 866 815 658 618 439 294 5192
Clean Energy Regulator 2 24 43 54 63 37 38 29 22 25 337
Climate Change Authority . . 2 2 2 2 . 1 . . 9
National Offshore Petroleum Safety And Environmental Management Authority . . 6 9 16 19 26 20 22 18 136
Infrastructure, Transport, Regional Development and Communications 14 109 218 255 293 275 255 244 148 78 1889
Australian Communications & Media Authority . 6 30 50 70 82 76 75 47 28 464
Australian National Maritime Museum . 1 8 5 13 16 20 15 19 16 113
Australian Transport Safety Bureau . . 5 9 21 11 23 17 10 11 107
National Capital Authority . . 2 9 11 7 4 8 9 6 56
National Faster Rail Agency . . . . . 2 . 3 1 2 8
National Film and Sound Archive . 8 17 29 27 30 23 18 15 12 179
National Library of Australia . 7 21 42 41 46 60 70 46 37 370
National Museum of Australia 4 23 21 31 33 37 28 36 29 19 261
National Portrait Gallery . 5 6 4 9 9 8 7 6 5 59
North Queensland Water Infrastructure Authority . . . . . . 1 . . . 1
Screen Australia . . . . 1 2 . 1 . 2 6
Prime Minister and Cabinet 1 105 238 263 199 157 99 94 47 45 1248
Aboriginal Hostels Ltd. 7 35 34 31 51 49 65 54 59 94 479
Australian Institute of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Studies 1 7 5 12 21 15 13 23 14 10 121
Australian National Audit Office . 24 56 53 54 36 47 38 21 10 339
Australian Public Service Commission . 11 33 56 46 53 47 42 27 24 339
Digital Transformation Agency . 10 25 40 44 20 31 20 10 7 207
National Recovery and Resilience Agency 1 7 18 18 24 29 30 18 18 6 169
National Indigenous Australians Agency 6 42 89 117 160 193 187 198 139 148 1279
Office of National Intelligence . 8 18 38 49 48 35 40 28 13 277
Old Parliament House . 8 12 11 14 7 9 7 5 10 83
Torres Strait Regional Authority . 4 10 26 23 22 17 15 10 13 140
Workplace Gender Equality Agency . . 2 7 5 1 6 5 6 2 34
Social Services 3 139 298 305 333 317 334 329 282 171 2511
Australian Institute of Family Studies . 19 6 20 10 16 18 12 10 1 112
National Disability Insurance Agency . 98 391 588 769 717 726 654 544 362 4849
NDIS Quality and Safeguards Commission 2 6 30 46 53 57 64 52 33 25 368
Services Australia 222 1745 2509 2864 4242 4770 5519 4991 3791 2709 33362
Treasury 1 101 305 343 281 226 175 143 101 82 1758
Australian Bureau of Statistics 78 386 463 474 486 434 461 389 303 224 3698
Australian Competition and Consumer Commission . 50 248 242 241 204 153 82 59 39 1318
Australian Taxation Office 46 1047 1817 2243 2533 2786 2700 2805 2458 1784 20219
Office of the Inspector-General of Taxation . . 2 12 9 1 . 3 1 . 28
Productivity Commission . 6 21 20 23 26 22 20 15 12 165
Veterans' Affairs 2 44 169 231 270 283 309 322 239 225 2094
Australian War Memorial 1 15 34 33 41 45 43 38 37 28 315
Total 581 6832 13954 17344 21428 22133 21972 21265 16946 13341 155796

Source: APSED

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