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State of the Service Report 2019-20

  • Letter of transmittal
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  • Chapter 1: Commitment to service
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APS employee headcount of 150,474, which has increased by 2.5% from 30 June 2019
data on the proportions of men and women in the APS by classification. Women account for more than half of all classifications except for the Graduate, EL 2, SES Band 1, SES Band 2 and SES Band 3 classifications
key diversity proportion statistics of the APS workforce. Women account for 60.0% of the workforce, 3.5% of the APS are Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander and 4.0% are employees with disability. 22.1% of employees were born overseas and 15.9% of employees were born in a non-English speaking country. As per the 2019 APS employee census, 4.8% of the APS workforce are LGBTI+.
the proportion of APS employees in different age groups. The largest proportion of APS employees are in the age group 45-54 (28%), followed closely by age group 35-44 (27.9%)
column graph that provides data on the proportion of employees by classification. The APS 6 (22.6%), APS 4 (18.1%) and EL 1 (17.9%) classifications have the highest proportion of employees.
Map of Australia that shows the headcount and proportion of APS employees by state or territory. The ACT has the highest number of employees (56,654) which accounts for 37.7% of the APS. This is followed by New South Wales (26,724, 17.8%), Victoria (25,890, 17.2%), Queensland (17,804 11.8%), South Australia (9,592, 6.4%), Western Australia (6,951, 4.6%), Tasmania (3,738, 2.5%), and the Northern Territory (1,891, 1.3%). 1,230

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