Employment of people with disability
The Australian Public Service Disability Employment Strategy 2020ꟷ25 aims to increase the employment of people with disability to 7% by 2025.
APS agencies collect information on disability from employees in their human resources information systems, which they then report to the Australian Public Service Commission’s central APS Employment Database (APSED).
Figure AB 2 and Table AB 2 show APS employees with disability in selected agencies as at 30 June 2025.
Proportions of people with disability are reported in 2 ways. First, as a percentage of the total number of APS employees in an agency. Second, as a percentage of APS employees who have provided their status as having disability or not having disability (as opposed to ‘choose not to give’ or missing data). This latter method can be useful in determining an estimate of people with disability that is not influenced by missing data.
Figure AB 2: Employees with disability, by agency (at 30 June 2025)
Source: APSED
Table AB 2: Employees with disability, by agency (at 30 June 2025)
| Agency | Disability | |
|---|---|---|
| % of total APS employees | % of APS employees who have indicated status | |
| Total APS | 5.8 | 7.8 |
| National Disability Insurance Agency | 10.6 | 27.8 |
| Australian Public Service Commission | 10.1 | 10.7 |
| Services Australia | 9.2 | 14.6 |
| Social Services | 8.3 | 15.7 |
| National Indigenous Australians Agency | 7.4 | 7.8 |
| Education | 7.1 | 7.4 |
| Climate Change, Energy, the Environment and Water | 6.4 | 7.0 |
| Australian Taxation Office | 6.4 | 7.7 |
| Infrastructure, Transport, Regional Development, Communications, Sport and the Arts |
6.3 | 6.9 |
| Industry, Science and Resources | 6.0 | 6.5 |
| Employment and Workplace Relations | 5.9 | 6.5 |
| Foreign Affairs and Trade | 5.8 | 5.8 |
| Prime Minister and Cabinet | 5.5 | 5.7 |
| Finance | 5.5 | 5.7 |
| Health, Disability and Ageing | 5.1 | 5.2 |
| Attorney-General's | 5.0 | 6.0 |
| Aged Care Quality and Safety Commission | 5.0 | 5.2 |
| Australian Competition and Consumer Commission | 4.9 | 5.4 |
| Agriculture, Fisheries and Forestry | 4.1 | 4.8 |
| Treasury | 4.1 | 5.1 |
| Australian Bureau of Statistics | 4.0 | 5.0 |
| Veterans' Affairs | 3.9 | 9.6 |
| Bureau of Meteorology | 3.9 | 4.1 |
| Home Affairs | 3.1 | 3.6 |
| Defence | 2.7 | 4.8 |
| Australian Trade and Investment Commission | 2.6 | 3.5 |
| Federal Court of Australia | 2.1 | 2.5 |
Source: APSED