Agency | Age group | Total | |||||||||
Under 20 | 20-24 | 25-29 | 30-34 | 35-39 | 40-44 | 45-49 | 50-54 | 55-59 | 60 & over | ||
Agriculture and Water Resources | 9 | 125 | 383 | 546 | 674 | 703 | 699 | 615 | 630 | 542 | 4926 |
- Australian Fisheries Management Authority | . | 5 | 21 | 27 | 30 | 26 | 31 | 20 | 15 | 12 | 187 |
- Australian Pesticides and Veterinary Medicines Authority | . | 1 | 18 | 25 | 18 | 32 | 27 | 28 | 28 | 24 | 201 |
- Murray Darling Basin Authority | . | 11 | 32 | 39 | 58 | 56 | 35 | 32 | 29 | 18 | 310 |
Attorney-General's | 3 | 74 | 257 | 244 | 235 | 155 | 125 | 105 | 92 | 84 | 1374 |
- Administrative Appeals Tribunal | . | 41 | 96 | 80 | 77 | 84 | 80 | 88 | 64 | 55 | 665 |
- Australian Commission for Law Enforcement Integrity | . | . | 5 | 11 | 9 | 6 | 8 | 7 | 3 | 6 | 55 |
- Australian Financial Security Authority | . | 12 | 39 | 94 | 88 | 79 | 57 | 50 | 43 | 26 | 488 |
- Australian Human Rights Commission | . | 5 | 25 | 21 | 27 | 29 | 15 | 11 | 9 | 6 | 148 |
- Australian Law Reform Commission | . | . | 1 | 1 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 2 | . | . | 9 |
- Commonwealth Ombudsman | . | 7 | 30 | 45 | 39 | 40 | 16 | 23 | 12 | 14 | 226 |
- Federal Court Statutory Agency | 7 | 105 | 170 | 118 | 126 | 120 | 135 | 130 | 129 | 169 | 1209 |
- National Archives of Australia | 2 | 14 | 11 | 31 | 47 | 49 | 68 | 63 | 51 | 47 | 383 |
- Office of the Australian Information Commissioner | . | 4 | 12 | 23 | 23 | 14 | 5 | 3 | 5 | 5 | 94 |
- Office of the Director of Public Prosecutions | 1 | 9 | 67 | 71 | 68 | 50 | 43 | 35 | 34 | 21 | 399 |
- Office of the Inspector-General of Intelligence and Security | . | . | 2 | 5 | 5 | 5 | 4 | 1 | 3 | 2 | 27 |
- Office of Parliamentary Counsel | . | 1 | 13 | 14 | 12 | 17 | 16 | 10 | 8 | 12 | 103 |
Communications and the Arts | . | 17 | 81 | 97 | 98 | 88 | 93 | 57 | 36 | 16 | 583 |
- Australian Communications and Media Authority | . | 6 | 22 | 45 | 83 | 69 | 72 | 63 | 34 | 33 | 427 |
- Australian National Maritime Museum | . | 2 | 7 | 8 | 15 | 18 | 23 | 22 | 19 | 18 | 132 |
- National Film and Sound Archive | . | 5 | 14 | 20 | 20 | 31 | 22 | 19 | 22 | 18 | 171 |
- National Library of Australia | 2 | 12 | 35 | 47 | 43 | 45 | 71 | 55 | 51 | 53 | 414 |
- National Museum of Australia | 6 | 20 | 19 | 41 | 27 | 40 | 44 | 30 | 33 | 27 | 287 |
- National Portrait Gallery | . | . | 3 | 11 | 10 | 8 | 8 | 10 | 7 | 5 | 62 |
- Old Parliament House | 1 | 18 | 9 | 16 | 12 | 11 | 14 | 10 | 12 | 10 | 113 |
- Screen Australia | . | . | . | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | . | 1 | 2 | 7 |
Defence | 16 | 428 | 1111 | 1528 | 1846 | 1974 | 2444 | 2820 | 2679 | 1882 | 16728 |
- Defence Housing Australia | . | 21 | 76 | 128 | 115 | 89 | 82 | 80 | 54 | 36 | 681 |
Education and Training | 1 | 60 | 180 | 215 | 286 | 260 | 262 | 250 | 173 | 107 | 1794 |
- Australian Research Council | 1 | 5 | 14 | 18 | 21 | 27 | 29 | 13 | 6 | 6 | 140 |
- Australian Skills Quality Authority | 1 | 5 | 18 | 30 | 25 | 31 | 31 | 20 | 28 | 14 | 203 |
- Tertiary Education Quality and Standards Agency | . | 2 | 6 | 11 | 13 | 7 | 9 | 9 | 7 | 5 | 69 |
Environment and Energy | 14 | 87 | 235 | 380 | 396 | 433 | 411 | 324 | 248 | 180 | 2708 |
- Bureau of Meteorology | 1 | 19 | 80 | 192 | 246 | 256 | 241 | 264 | 203 | 145 | 1647 |
- Clean Energy Regulator | 1 | 18 | 59 | 64 | 49 | 31 | 40 | 30 | 32 | 13 | 337 |
- Climate Change Authority | . | . | 1 | 3 | 4 | 1 | 1 | . | . | . | 10 |
- Great Barrier Reef Marine Park Authority | . | 7 | 16 | 17 | 46 | 38 | 56 | 37 | 20 | 16 | 253 |
Finance | 19 | 73 | 146 | 203 | 222 | 183 | 170 | 205 | 148 | 219 | 1588 |
- Australian Electoral Commission | 5 | 69 | 103 | 97 | 155 | 187 | 253 | 304 | 395 | 597 | 2165 |
- Future Fund Management Agency | . | 1 | 14 | 34 | 32 | 19 | 38 | 11 | 3 | 3 | 155 |
- Independent Parliamentary Expenses Authority | 2 | 8 | 3 | 5 | 7 | 11 | 4 | 10 | 3 | 1 | 54 |
Foreign Affairs and Trade | 1 | 29 | 216 | 583 | 699 | 633 | 598 | 474 | 306 | 204 | 3743 |
- Australian Centre for International Agricultural Research | . | 1 | 3 | 6 | 12 | 10 | 5 | 7 | 8 | 4 | 56 |
- Australian Trade and Investment Commission | 1 | 6 | 32 | 91 | 94 | 75 | 90 | 87 | 59 | 44 | 579 |
Health | 2 | 113 | 417 | 635 | 681 | 674 | 655 | 586 | 474 | 294 | 4531 |
- Australian Aged Care Quality Agency | . | . | 3 | 17 | 32 | 21 | 24 | 42 | 62 | 69 | 270 |
- Australian Commission on Safety and Quality in Health Care | . | . | 3 | 12 | 16 | 16 | 5 | 13 | 10 | 11 | 86 |
- Australian Digital Health Agency | . | . | 1 | 7 | 5 | 7 | 15 | 5 | 7 | . | 47 |
- Australian Institute of Health and Welfare | . | 9 | 44 | 55 | 71 | 55 | 40 | 40 | 37 | 16 | 367 |
- Australian Radiation Protection and Nuclear Safety Agency | . | 1 | 10 | 15 | 26 | 20 | 16 | 24 | 13 | 22 | 147 |
- Australian Sports Anti-Doping Authority | . | 14 | 12 | 16 | 22 | 27 | 41 | 50 | 39 | 126 | 347 |
- Cancer Australia | . | 2 | 15 | 14 | 11 | 5 | 7 | 8 | 7 | 6 | 75 |
- Food Standards Australia New Zealand | . | . | 3 | 14 | 12 | 9 | 14 | 18 | 13 | 12 | 95 |
- National Blood Authority | . | . | 2 | 8 | 9 | 9 | 13 | 8 | 5 | 3 | 57 |
- National Health and Medical Research Council | . | 2 | 17 | 39 | 30 | 27 | 27 | 14 | 14 | 14 | 184 |
- National Health Funding Body | . | . | 2 | 6 | 2 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 21 |
- National Mental Health Commission | . | . | . | 10 | 5 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 1 | 26 |
- Organ and Tissue Authority | . | 1 | 1 | 4 | 3 | 6 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 22 |
- Professional Services Review | . | 2 | 3 | 3 | 5 | 1 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 22 |
Home Affairs | 27 | 421 | 1151 | 1821 | 2313 | 2288 | 2169 | 1878 | 1359 | 864 | 14291 |
- Australian Criminal Intelligence Commission | 1 | 15 | 70 | 109 | 143 | 119 | 112 | 106 | 68 | 60 | 803 |
- AUSTRAC | . | 3 | 31 | 67 | 70 | 63 | 38 | 35 | 29 | 16 | 352 |
Human Services | 142 | 1328 | 2168 | 3051 | 4378 | 4830 | 5434 | 4497 | 3630 | 2187 | 31645 |
Industry, Innovation and Science | 11 | 164 | 449 | 651 | 714 | 570 | 548 | 517 | 372 | 255 | 4251 |
- National Offshore Petroleum Safety And Environmental Management Authority | . | 4 | 7 | 11 | 20 | 13 | 17 | 25 | 17 | 10 | 124 |
Infrastructure, Regional Development and Cities | 1 | 38 | 91 | 151 | 154 | 122 | 137 | 123 | 76 | 52 | 945 |
- Australian Transport Safety Bureau | . | 3 | 7 | 12 | 21 | 17 | 23 | 10 | 9 | 7 | 109 |
- Infrastructure and Project Financing Agency | . | . | 3 | 2 | 1 | 4 | 1 | 1 | . | . | 12 |
- National Capital Authority | . | 8 | 7 | 10 | 14 | 5 | 7 | 8 | 7 | 5 | 71 |
Jobs and Small Business | 1 | 45 | 223 | 316 | 367 | 340 | 289 | 243 | 170 | 123 | 2117 |
- Asbestos Safety and Eradication Agency | . | 1 | 1 | 3 | . | . | 3 | 1 | . | 1 | 10 |
- Australian Building and Construction Commission | . | 9 | 16 | 30 | 22 | 18 | 22 | 11 | 15 | 9 | 152 |
- Comcare | 5 | 27 | 65 | 116 | 105 | 90 | 73 | 77 | 60 | 35 | 653 |
- Fair Work Commission | . | 18 | 74 | 55 | 41 | 20 | 26 | 25 | 23 | 17 | 299 |
- Office of the Fair Work Ombudsman | . | 26 | 88 | 161 | 171 | 131 | 85 | 62 | 56 | 38 | 818 |
- Safe Work Australia | . | 2 | 15 | 19 | 29 | 11 | 5 | 3 | 7 | 3 | 94 |
Prime Minister and Cabinet | 2 | 79 | 246 | 346 | 332 | 280 | 296 | 243 | 173 | 145 | 2142 |
- Aboriginal Hostels Ltd. | 4 | 23 | 32 | 35 | 52 | 52 | 54 | 59 | 47 | 73 | 431 |
- AIATSIS | . | 2 | 14 | 13 | 16 | 6 | 18 | 18 | 11 | 11 | 109 |
- Australian National Audit Office | 1 | 20 | 45 | 64 | 55 | 44 | 47 | 32 | 22 | 17 | 347 |
- Australian Public Service Commission | 1 | 6 | 24 | 29 | 34 | 31 | 34 | 29 | 27 | 30 | 245 |
- Digital Transformation Agency | . | 13 | 19 | 48 | 39 | 31 | 30 | 21 | 18 | 4 | 223 |
- Office of National Intelligence | . | 1 | 18 | 34 | 42 | 27 | 34 | 22 | 29 | 13 | 220 |
- Torres Strait Regional Authority | 1 | 7 | 19 | 24 | 24 | 25 | 20 | 16 | 10 | 13 | 159 |
- Workplace Gender Equality Agency | . | 1 | 4 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 7 | 1 | 1 | 26 |
Social Services | 1 | 92 | 251 | 345 | 338 | 314 | 377 | 360 | 265 | 152 | 2495 |
- Australian Institute of Family Studies | . | 3 | 8 | 12 | 19 | 23 | 12 | 9 | 4 | 7 | 97 |
- National Disability Insurance Agency | 2 | 88 | 274 | 389 | 445 | 469 | 504 | 399 | 370 | 168 | 3108 |
- NDIS Quality and Safeguards Commission | . | . | 4 | 8 | 16 | 20 | 19 | 18 | 9 | 7 | 101 |
Treasury | 2 | 46 | 203 | 239 | 209 | 189 | 110 | 115 | 71 | 77 | 1261 |
- Australian Bureau of Statistics | 4 | 147 | 291 | 445 | 384 | 402 | 389 | 316 | 219 | 111 | 2708 |
- Australian Competition and Consumer Commission | 4 | 59 | 197 | 213 | 173 | 157 | 98 | 82 | 46 | 34 | 1063 |
- Australian Securities and Investments Commission | 9 | 100 | 219 | 268 | 309 | 262 | 224 | 234 | 157 | 96 | 1878 |
- Australian Taxation Office | 88 | 732 | 1763 | 2178 | 2417 | 2566 | 2763 | 2975 | 2407 | 1440 | 19329 |
- Office of the Inspector-General of Taxation | . | . | 8 | 11 | 6 | . | 1 | 2 | 1 | . | 29 |
- Productivity Commission | . | 4 | 26 | 24 | 24 | 19 | 16 | 26 | 9 | 12 | 160 |
Veterans' Affairs | . | 35 | 98 | 165 | 215 | 212 | 280 | 272 | 263 | 214 | 1754 |
- Australian War Memorial | . | 18 | 33 | 40 | 43 | 43 | 46 | 41 | 30 | 31 | 325 |
Total | 403 | 5065 | 12480 | 17659 | 20804 | 20742 | 21708 | 20166 | 16516 | 11620 | 147163 |
Source: APSED |
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Table 16: All employees: agency by age group, 31 December 2018
Last reviewed:
29 March 2019