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Table 47: Ongoing employees: agency by operative status (including maternity related leave) and gender, 31 December 2019 *
| Agency | Men | Women | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Operative | Inoperative | Total | Operative | Inoperative | Maternity | Total | |
| Agriculture | 2135 | 30 | 2165 | 2275 | 84 | 9 | 2368 |
| - Australian Fisheries Management Authority | 74 | . | 74 | 69 | . | . | 69 |
| - Australian Pesticides and Veterinary Medicines Authority | 65 | . | 65 | 82 | . | 2 | 84 |
| - Murray Darling Basin Authority | 124 | 2 | 126 | 125 | 4 | 8 | 137 |
| Attorney-General's | 515 | 10 | 525 | 1030 | 28 | 70 | 1128 |
| - Administrative Appeals Tribunal | 173 | 1 | 174 | 317 | 3 | 14 | 334 |
| - Asbestos Safety and Eradication Agency | 3 | . | 3 | 8 | . | . | 8 |
| - Australian Commission for Law Enforcement Integrity | 21 | 1 | 22 | 17 | . | 2 | 19 |
| - Australian Building and Construction Commission | 66 | 2 | 68 | 51 | 1 | 7 | 59 |
| - Australian Financial Security Authority | 183 | 2 | 185 | 256 | . | 14 | 270 |
| - Australian Human Rights Commission | 23 | . | 23 | 63 | 2 | 5 | 70 |
| - Australian Law Reform Commission | 2 | . | 2 | 1 | 1 | . | 2 |
| - Comcare | 195 | 2 | 197 | 298 | 8 | 32 | 338 |
| - Commonwealth Ombudsman | 66 | . | 66 | 134 | 2 | 9 | 145 |
| - Fair Work Commission | 84 | . | 84 | 127 | 5 | 19 | 151 |
| - Federal Court Statutory Agency | 188 | 2 | 190 | 576 | 10 | 5 | 591 |
| - National Archives of Australia | 127 | 2 | 129 | 168 | 2 | 4 | 174 |
| - Office of the Australian Information Commissioner | 21 | . | 21 | 63 | 3 | 5 | 71 |
| - Office of the Director of Public Prosecutions | 131 | 1 | 132 | 253 | 4 | 11 | 268 |
| - Office of the Fair Work Ombudsman | 291 | 3 | 294 | 474 | 4 | 20 | 498 |
| - Office of the Inspector-General of Intelligence and Security | 14 | . | 14 | 16 | . | 2 | 18 |
| - Office of Parliamentary Counsel | 36 | 1 | 37 | 57 | 2 | 2 | 61 |
| - Safe Work Australia | 27 | . | 27 | 65 | 3 | . | 68 |
| Communications and the Arts | 183 | 4 | 187 | 318 | 5 | 17 | 340 |
| - Australian Communications and Media Authority | 185 | 2 | 187 | 226 | 2 | 8 | 236 |
| - Australian National Maritime Museum | 45 | . | 45 | 43 | . | . | 43 |
| - National Film and Sound Archive | 70 | . | 70 | 63 | 4 | 2 | 69 |
| - National Library of Australia | 97 | 1 | 98 | 234 | 5 | 4 | 243 |
| - National Museum of Australia | 64 | 1 | 65 | 147 | 5 | 4 | 156 |
| - National Portrait Gallery | 14 | . | 14 | 22 | . | 3 | 25 |
| - Screen Australia | 3 | . | 3 | 4 | . | . | 4 |
| Defence | 9099 | 71 | 9170 | 7170 | 68 | 230 | 7468 |
| - Defence Housing Australia | 196 | 1 | 197 | 345 | 4 | 28 | 377 |
| Education | 428 | 8 | 436 | 815 | 34 | 2 | 851 |
| - Australian Research Council | 40 | . | 40 | 89 | 2 | 4 | 95 |
| - Tertiary Education Quality and Standards Agency | 25 | . | 25 | 55 | 1 | 1 | 57 |
| Employment, Skills, Small and Family Business | 917 | 13 | 930 | 1258 | 25 | 6 | 1289 |
| - Australian Skills Quality Authority | 64 | . | 64 | 115 | 4 | 2 | 121 |
| Environment and Energy | 889 | 15 | 904 | 1166 | 29 | 57 | 1252 |
| - Bureau of Meteorology | 902 | 5 | 907 | 451 | 9 | 12 | 472 |
| - Clean Energy Regulator | 158 | . | 158 | 141 | 3 | 6 | 150 |
| - Climate Change Authority | 2 | . | 2 | 6 | . | 1 | 7 |
| - Great Barrier Reef Marine Park Authority | 73 | . | 73 | 129 | 1 | 5 | 135 |
| Finance | 572 | 11 | 583 | 725 | 13 | 8 | 746 |
| - Australian Electoral Commission | 208 | 1 | 209 | 478 | 8 | 8 | 494 |
| - Future Fund Management Agency | 77 | . | 77 | 77 | 1 | 4 | 82 |
| - Independent Parliamentary Expenses Authority | 19 | . | 19 | 28 | . | 1 | 29 |
| Foreign Affairs and Trade | 1436 | 66 | 1502 | 2000 | 68 | 93 | 2161 |
| - Australian Centre for International Agricultural Research | 9 | . | 9 | 30 | . | . | 30 |
| - Australian Trade and Investment Commission | 239 | . | 239 | 280 | 4 | 17 | 301 |
| Health | 1241 | 25 | 1266 | 2562 | 79 | 138 | 2779 |
| - Aged Care Quality and Safety Commission | 107 | 2 | 109 | 318 | 3 | 5 | 326 |
| - Australian Commission on Safety and Quality in Health Care | 18 | . | 18 | 54 | . | 2 | 56 |
| - Australian Digital Health Agency | 25 | . | 25 | 28 | . | 1 | 29 |
| - Australian Institute of Health and Welfare | 115 | 1 | 116 | 252 | 12 | . | 264 |
| - Australian Radiation Protection and Nuclear Safety Agency | 68 | 1 | 69 | 55 | . | 2 | 57 |
| - Australian Sports Anti-Doping Authority | 31 | . | 31 | 33 | 1 | 1 | 35 |
| - Cancer Australia | 8 | . | 8 | 48 | 6 | 1 | 55 |
| - Food Standards Australia New Zealand | 28 | . | 28 | 63 | 1 | . | 64 |
| - National Blood Authority | 14 | 1 | 15 | 34 | . | 3 | 37 |
| - National Health and Medical Research Council | 57 | 2 | 59 | 126 | 3 | 8 | 137 |
| - National Health Funding Body | 6 | 1 | 7 | 10 | 2 | . | 12 |
| - National Mental Health Commission | 6 | . | 6 | 15 | . | 1 | 16 |
| - Organ and Tissue Authority | 4 | . | 4 | 13 | . | 3 | 16 |
| - Professional Services Review | 8 | . | 8 | 14 | . | 2 | 16 |
| Home Affairs | 6001 | 126 | 6127 | 6505 | 188 | 332 | 7025 |
| - Australian Criminal Intelligence Commission | 375 | 3 | 378 | 339 | 3 | 20 | 362 |
| - AUSTRAC | 159 | . | 159 | 195 | 2 | 4 | 201 |
| Industry, Innovation and Science | 1985 | 35 | 2020 | 1949 | 43 | 45 | 2037 |
| - National Offshore Petroleum Safety And Environmental Management Authority | 55 | . | 55 | 40 | 2 | . | 42 |
| Infrastructure, Transport, Cities and Regional Development | 414 | 13 | 427 | 490 | 13 | 20 | 523 |
| - Australian Transport Safety Bureau | 59 | . | 59 | 29 | 1 | 1 | 31 |
| - National Capital Authority | 20 | . | 20 | 30 | . | 3 | 33 |
| - National Faster Rail Agency | . | . | . | 1 | . | . | 1 |
| - North Queensland Water Infrastructure Authority | 1 | . | 1 | . | . | . | . |
| Prime Minister and Cabinet | 277 | 17 | 294 | 535 | 29 | 27 | 591 |
| - Aboriginal Hostels Ltd. | 45 | . | 45 | 56 | . | 2 | 58 |
| - Australian Institute of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Studies | 50 | . | 50 | 61 | 1 | . | 62 |
| - Australian National Audit Office | 141 | 2 | 143 | 173 | 2 | 7 | 182 |
| - Australian Public Service Commission | 60 | . | 60 | 146 | 5 | . | 151 |
| - National Indigenous Australians Agency | 344 | 8 | 352 | 718 | 19 | 34 | 771 |
| - Office of National Intelligence | 110 | 5 | 115 | 120 | 4 | 2 | 126 |
| - Old Parliament House | 23 | . | 23 | 29 | 1 | 3 | 33 |
| - Torres Strait Regional Authority | 16 | . | 16 | 39 | . | 1 | 40 |
| - Workplace Gender Equality Agency | 3 | . | 3 | 21 | . | . | 21 |
| Services Australia | 7779 | 56 | 7835 | 18692 | 136 | 712 | 19540 |
| - Digital Transformation Agency | 98 | 2 | 100 | 115 | 4 | . | 119 |
| Social Services | 750 | 20 | 770 | 1526 | 61 | 51 | 1638 |
| - Australian Institute of Family Studies | 7 | . | 7 | 26 | . | 2 | 28 |
| - National Disability Insurance Agency | 739 | 8 | 747 | 2082 | 25 | 84 | 2191 |
| - NDIS Quality and Safeguards Commission | 58 | . | 58 | 151 | . | 5 | 156 |
| Treasury | 593 | 27 | 620 | 540 | 15 | 21 | 576 |
| - Australian Bureau of Statistics | 1055 | 13 | 1068 | 1134 | 17 | 45 | 1196 |
| - Australian Competition and Consumer Commission | 481 | 5 | 486 | 584 | 14 | 33 | 631 |
| - Australian Taxation Office | 7185 | 37 | 7222 | 8920 | 54 | 324 | 9298 |
| - Infrastructure and Project Financing Agency | 6 | . | 6 | 7 | . | . | 7 |
| - Office of the Inspector-General of Taxation | 20 | . | 20 | 8 | . | 3 | 11 |
| - Productivity Commission | 68 | . | 68 | 80 | 2 | 1 | 83 |
| Veterans' Affairs | 552 | 2 | 554 | 1030 | 12 | 34 | 1076 |
| - Australian War Memorial | 124 | 1 | 125 | 134 | 3 | 3 | 140 |
| Total | 51967 | 671 | 52638 | 73070 | 1224 | 2749 | 77043 |
Source: APSED
For definitions of operative status and maternity-related leave, see APSED manual