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Table 69: All employees: diversity group, 2004 to 2018

Ongoing Employees

	December
Diversity Group	2004	2005	2006	2007	2008	2009	2010	2011	2012	2013	2014	2015	2016	2017	2018
Women	65427	71847	78039	83753	84644	86166	86810	88054	87037	86016	80163	78875	80126	80068	78431
Indigenous Australians	3193	3155	3372	3633	3604	3684	3771	3663	3744	3797	3764	4097	4411	4516	4484
People with Disability	5187	5228	5330	5436	5303	5251	5295	5201	5035	5247	5104	5329	5220	5170	5075
NESB 1	5364	5959	6437	6968	7130	7420	7708	8140	8255	8283	7811	7673	7675	7610	7394
NESB 2	9211	10169	11062	12046	12334	12678	13099	13746	13928	13892	13052	12775	12897	12790	12439
Total ongoing employees	121335	129538	138686	146814	147473	149657	150823	153201	151342	149226	138585	135601	136871	136369	132446


	Per cent
Diversity Group	2004	2005	2006	2007	2008	2009	2010	2011	2012	2013	2014	2015	2016	2017	2018
% Women	53.9	55.5	56.3	57	57.4	57.6	57.6	57.5	57.5	57.6	57.8	58.2	58.5	58.7	59.2
% Indigenous	2.6	2.4	2.4	2.5	2.4	2.5	2.5	2.4	2.5	2.5	2.7	3	3.2	3.3	3.4
% People with disability	4.3	4	3.8	3.7	3.6	3.5	3.5	3.4	3.3	3.5	3.7	3.9	3.8	3.8	3.8
% NESB 1	4.4	4.6	4.6	4.7	4.8	5	5.1	5.3	5.5	5.6	5.6	5.7	5.6	5.6	5.6
% NESB 2	7.6	7.9	8	8.2	8.4	8.5	8.7	9	9.2	9.3	9.4	9.4	9.4	9.4	9.4

Non-ongoing Employees

	December
Diversity Group	2004	2005	2006	2007	2008	2009	2010	2011	2012	2013	2014	2015	2016	2017	2018
Women	5109	5706	6862	7393	6766	6888	7128	7863	7874	8089	7779	10157	10295	8449	9151
Indigenous Australians	360	400	432	505	500	496	477	494	540	452	491	583	668	620	651
People with Disability	190	191	207	229	241	217	221	221	235	229	243	342	409	356	347
NESB 1	330	369	450	478	444	480	623	649	615	495	474	513	530	429	413
NESB 2	536	648	797	854	796	923	1052	1059	983	903	883	1025	1028	849	815
Total non-ongoing employees	8226	9334	11255	11986	10899	11427	12001	13382	13112	13339	12740	16092	16364	13652	14717


	Per cent
Diversity Group	2004	2005	2006	2007	2008	2009	2010	2011	2012	2013	2014	2015	2016	2017	2018
% Women	62.1	61.1	61	61.7	62.1	60.3	59.4	58.8	60.1	60.6	61.1	63.1	62.9	61.9	62.2
% Indigenous	4.4	4.3	3.8	4.2	4.6	4.3	4	3.7	4.1	3.4	3.9	3.6	4.1	4.5	4.4
% People with disability	2.3	2	1.8	1.9	2.2	1.9	1.8	1.7	1.8	1.7	1.9	2.1	2.5	2.6	2.4
% NESB 1	4	4	4	4	4.1	4.2	5.2	4.8	4.7	3.7	3.7	3.2	3.2	3.1	2.8
% NESB 2	6.5	6.9	7.1	7.1	7.3	8.1	8.8	7.9	7.5	6.8	6.9	6.4	6.3	6.2	5.5



All Employees

	December
Diversity Group	2004	2005	2006	2007	2008	2009	2010	2011	2012	2013	2014	2015	2016	2017	2018
Women	70536	77553	84901	91146	91410	93054	93938	95917	94911	94105	87942	89032	90421	88517	87582
Indigenous Australians	3553	3555	3804	4138	4104	4180	4248	4157	4284	4249	4255	4680	5079	5136	5135
People with Disability	5377	5419	5537	5665	5544	5468	5516	5422	5270	5476	5347	5671	5629	5526	5422
NESB 1	5694	6328	6887	7446	7574	7900	8331	8789	8870	8778	8285	8186	8205	8039	7807
NESB 2	9747	10817	11859	12900	13130	13601	14151	14805	14911	14795	13935	13800	13925	13639	13254
Total employees	129561	138872	149941	158800	158372	161084	162824	166583	164454	162565	151325	151693	153235	150021	147163


	Per cent
Diversity Group	2004	2005	2006	2007	2008	2009	2010	2011	2012	2013	2014	2015	2016	2017	2018
% Women	54.4	55.8	56.6	57.4	57.7	57.8	57.7	57.6	57.7	57.9	58.1	58.7	59	59	59.5
% Indigenous	2.7	2.6	2.5	2.6	2.6	2.6	2.6	2.5	2.6	2.6	2.8	3.1	3.3	3.4	3.5
% People with disability	4.2	3.9	3.7	3.6	3.5	3.4	3.4	3.3	3.2	3.4	3.5	3.7	3.7	3.7	3.7
% NESB 1	4.4	4.6	4.6	4.7	4.8	4.9	5.1	5.3	5.4	5.4	5.5	5.4	5.4	5.4	5.3
% NESB 2	7.5	7.8	7.9	8.1	8.3	8.4	8.7	8.9	9.1	9.1	9.2	9.1	9.1	9.1	9

Source: APSED

Last reviewed:

29 March 2019