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Table 9: All employees: agency by gender and classification level, 31 December 2019

Table 9: All employees: agency by gender and classificaton level, 31 December 2019
  Trainee Graduate APS 1 APS 2 APS 3 APS 4 APS 5 APS 6 EL 1 EL 2 SES 1 SES 2 SES 3 Total
Agency Men Women Men Women Men Women Men Women Men Women Men Women Men Women Men Women Men Women Men Women Men Women Men Women Men Women  
Agriculture . . 14 24 3 2 5 9 158 170 881 762 293 408 468 591 358 434 206 183 40 39 12 9 2 2 5076
- Australian Fisheries Management Authority . . 1 1 . . 17 1 2 1 8 13 2 5 36 30 20 14 8 4 2 1 . . . . 166
- Australian Pesticides and Veterinary Medicines Authority . . . . . . . . 3 7 1 13 9 25 22 24 27 14 11 11 3 2 1 . . . 173
- Murray Darling Basin Authority . . 7 4 . . . 1 . 3 2 3 11 20 38 52 48 41 26 20 4 4 3 . 1 . 288
Attorney-General's . . 15 26 1 . 4 7 24 43 57 159 56 175 131 313 136 308 89 188 57 77 22 10 7 2 1907
- Administrative Appeals Tribunal . . . 1 . 1 13 23 19 64 93 195 30 46 30 60 31 40 17 37 1 3 . . . . 704
- Asbestos Safety and Eradication Agency . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1 1 1 1 6 2 . . . . . . . 12
- Australian Commission for Law Enforcement Integrity . . . . . . . . . . 2 3 2 3 3 8 14 7 5 2 1 1 . . . . 51
- Australian Building and Construction Commission . . . . . . . 3 1 11 15 18 12 10 15 17 18 9 14 7 2 2 . . . . 154
- Australian Financial Security Authority . . . . . . 1 7 24 61 35 47 23 55 45 71 48 37 13 10 5 1 2 . . . 485
- Australian Human Rights Commission . . . . . . 1 . . 4 6 19 3 14 8 19 8 30 6 16 1 1 . 1 . . 137
- Australian Law Reform Commission . . . . . . . . . 4 . . 1 . . 4 . . 2 . . . . . . . 11
- Comcare . . 1 3 1 . 4 12 12 28 22 82 27 84 80 88 58 59 17 20 3 2 . . . 1 604
- Commonwealth Ombudsman . . . . . . . . . 3 9 18 16 40 17 30 20 44 5 17 3 3 . . . . 225
- Fair Work Commission . . . . . . 1 3 . . 22 45 34 58 23 53 10 23 15 15 1 1 . . . . 304
- Federal Court Statutory Agency . . . . 1 1 39 63 43 149 71 204 48 146 35 122 43 120 40 67 5 5 3 3 . . 1208
- National Archives of Australia . . . . 24 15 8 15 14 18 26 45 26 34 38 41 23 34 6 12 . 3 . . . . 382
- Office of the Australian Information Commissioner . . . . . . . . . . 2 1 3 6 7 34 11 23 5 11 1 1 . 2 . . 107
- Office of the Director of Public Prosecutions . . . . 3 . 2 . 5 12 20 55 5 7 36 86 35 80 17 34 8 8 5 1 . 1 420
- Office of the Fair Work Ombudsman . . . . . . 1 3 42 61 40 77 106 188 64 105 36 70 19 21 5 5 3 1 . . 847
- Office of the Inspector-General of Intelligence and Security . . . . . . . . . . . . 1 2 1 3 8 9 2 3 1 1 1 . . . 32
- Office of Parliamentary Counsel . . . . . . . . . . 1 10 5 15 1 11 10 6 15 7 5 12 2 4 . . 104
- Safe Work Australia . . . . . . . . . 1 2 6 3 8 6 21 10 24 6 9 . 2 . . . . 98
Communications and the Arts . . . . 2 . 1 3 5 2 19 41 22 44 43 92 53 116 37 44 10 15 1 5 2 . 557
- Australian Communications and Media Authority . . 2 4 . . 2 . . 2 6 13 18 21 54 76 80 92 29 36 8 4 1 2 . . 450
- Australian National Maritime Museum . . . . . . 1 . 4 5 12 16 8 14 12 13 13 12 8 3 . 1 . . . . 123
- National Film and Sound Archive . . . . . . 11 6 9 13 19 22 14 20 25 11 10 11 1 5 . 1 . . . . 178
- National Library of Australia . . . . . . 4 25 12 37 21 72 18 52 21 46 31 33 6 13 2 3 . . . . 396
- National Museum of Australia . . . . 1 . 24 40 10 10 10 35 9 25 18 42 9 25 6 16 . 1 . . . . 281
- National Portrait Gallery . . . . . . . . 3 11 . 4 2 5 6 7 4 7 1 2 . . . . . . 52
- Screen Australia . . . . . . . . . 1 . . . 1 1 1 1 . 1 1 . . . . . . 7
Defence 44 31 135 76 52 35 261 326 441 871 682 1004 1484 1318 2819 2102 2213 1309 1138 469 48 43 28 11 8 3 16954
- Defence Housing Australia . . . . . . 2 . 19 57 35 148 42 79 32 64 42 46 41 25 4 3 2 2 . . 643
Education . . 15 13 . . 5 4 13 11 39 85 48 129 107 253 157 276 61 92 13 27 6 5 2 2 1363
- Australian Research Council . . . . . . 1 4 . . 3 7 3 21 11 33 12 23 10 11 . 3 1 . . . 143
- Tertiary Education Quality and Standards Agency . . . . . . . . . . 1 2 7 8 11 34 6 14 6 1 . 1 . . . . 91
Employment, Skills, Small and Family Business . 3 10 5 . . 1 2 15 35 58 115 133 224 250 365 345 397 98 139 29 25 6 7 1 2 2265
- Australian Skills Quality Authority . . . . . . . . 4 10 7 14 7 21 27 43 19 36 7 14 2 . . . . . 211
Environment and Energy . . 15 14 86 78 27 14 189 95 86 154 139 232 331 439 278 372 153 138 34 22 6 8 2 1 2913
- Bureau of Meteorology 2 . . . 4 2 1 2 56 35 13 45 100 44 343 165 347 163 154 79 10 3 3 3 . . 1574
- Clean Energy Regulator . . . . . . 2 2 7 5 19 29 22 37 57 40 45 35 15 12 3 6 1 1 . . 339
- Climate Change Authority . . . . 1 . . . . . . . . 1 1 1 . 3 . 2 . . . . . . 9
- Great Barrier Reef Marine Park Authority . . . . 7 19 2 8 3 14 4 21 12 21 30 41 18 31 8 7 2 1 . . . . 249
Finance . . 17 13 2 4 262 81 18 35 59 88 78 111 120 161 189 217 84 90 27 22 7 8 2 1 1696
- Australian Electoral Commission . . . . 210 915 11 106 20 86 12 72 42 58 73 123 44 59 20 18 3 4 2 . . . 1878
- Future Fund Management Agency . . . . . . . 1 . 2 5 25 12 19 19 21 10 4 29 12 . . 3 . 1 . 163
- Independent Parliamentary Expenses Authority . . . . 1 1 . 1 4 6 1 7 1 7 5 4 7 6 2 1 1 3 . . . . 58
Foreign Affairs and Trade . . 40 44 . . . . 14 31 36 53 231 530 253 450 538 666 264 317 123 87 36 26 16 6 3761
- Australian Centre for International Agricultural Research . . 2 2 . . . . . . 1 9 . 8 4 6 4 4 6 9 1 2 . . . . 58
- Australian Trade and Investment Commission . . . . . . . . 1 4 13 32 9 18 44 73 85 133 85 59 20 18 7 5 2 . 608
Health . . 2 8 9 3 12 26 18 43 104 322 156 379 330 857 421 820 201 332 43 63 17 16 4 4 4192
- Aged Care Quality and Safety Commission . . . . . . . . 4 22 7 19 8 17 66 216 22 50 8 17 . 4 . 1 . 1 462
- Australian Commission on Safety and Quality in Health Care . . . . . . . . . . 1 2 3 4 1 19 7 32 7 16 . . 1 1 . . 94
- Australian Digital Health Agency . . . . . . . . . . . 1 2 2 2 10 11 10 6 4 4 2 . . . . 54
- Australian Institute of Health and Welfare . . 2 7 . . . 1 . . 7 22 12 28 33 63 42 102 16 37 5 4 1 . . . 382
- Australian Radiation Protection and Nuclear Safety Agency . . . . . . . 4 2 9 . 7 11 11 18 15 29 14 13 3 3 1 . . . . 140
- Australian Sports Anti-Doping Authority . . . . 125 85 . . 17 29 1 2 5 7 11 18 12 8 3 5 2 . . . 1 . 331
- Cancer Australia . . . . . . . . . . . 1 2 11 7 36 1 9 2 7 . 2 . 1 . . 79
- Food Standards Australia New Zealand . . . . . . . . . 2 2 5 4 8 5 22 9 25 12 10 . 1 . . 1 . 106
- National Blood Authority . . . . . . . . . . . 3 2 6 . 13 8 15 5 3 1 1 . . . . 57
- National Health and Medical Research Council . . . . . . . . . 1 2 10 9 35 12 40 30 42 9 17 1 1 1 2 . . 212
- National Health Funding Body . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2 2 5 5 3 . 3 . . . . . . 20
- National Mental Health Commission . . . . . . . . . . 1 . . 1 2 11 2 9 1 6 . 1 . . . . 34
- Organ and Tissue Authority . . . . . . . . . . . . 1 . 1 5 3 11 1 1 . 1 . . . . 24
- Professional Services Review . . . . . . . . . . 1 3 1 4 1 4 3 5 1 3 1 . . . . . 27
Home Affairs 50 28 48 43 7 2 237 291 1323 1088 791 1301 1152 1471 1338 1626 987 1149 388 341 74 61 27 11 2 6 13842
- Australian Criminal Intelligence Commission . . 1 . 2 . . 1 6 18 34 67 39 76 49 90 185 95 56 25 10 3 2 2 . . 761
- AUSTRAC . . . 1 . . . . 3 2 7 14 30 33 67 97 45 55 25 18 4 3 3 . . . 407
Industry, Innovation and Science . . 21 22 43 52 23 31 42 45 150 242 230 300 775 798 584 553 306 190 26 37 13 6 4 1 4501
- National Offshore Petroleum Safety And Environmental Management Authority 1 . . . . . . . . 4 2 10 1 6 6 9 40 20 16 4 3 . . . . . 122
Infrastructure, Transport, Cities and Regional Development . . . . 12 8 2 3 2 8 5 37 53 76 116 133 156 173 80 75 19 20 5 6 1 3 993
- Australian Transport Safety Bureau . . . . . . . . . . 1 1 3 6 15 11 17 8 28 9 1 . 1 . . . 102
- National Capital Authority . . . . . . 6 8 2 5 1 3 5 8 2 5 10 7 2 6 2 . . . . . 72
- National Faster Rail Agency . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1 1 . . . . . . 2
- North Queensland Water Infrastructure Authority . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1 . . . . 1 . . . . . . . 2
Prime Minister and Cabinet . . 11 15 1 1 7 6 3 2 11 57 32 68 80 164 108 203 46 85 19 21 8 8 2 5 963
- Aboriginal Hostels Ltd. . . . . 103 180 1 3 31 43 10 14 4 9 8 4 7 3 2 2 . . . 1 . . 425
- Australian Institute of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Studies . . . . . . . 2 4 6 19 8 5 14 10 19 9 11 4 7 1 1 . . . . 120
- Australian National Audit Office . . 16 15 2 . 1 . 2 1 10 15 13 34 33 33 26 41 33 32 11 11 2 3 . 1 335
- Australian Public Service Commission . . . . 1 1 6 5 1 6 7 18 3 22 17 31 30 70 9 31 2 9 1 . . 1 271
- National Indigenous Australians Agency . 1 . . . 1 . 1 5 15 32 92 28 115 94 221 141 259 54 101 22 20 5 3 3 1 1214
- Office of National Intelligence . . . . . . . . . 1 5 6 2 10 24 40 45 35 34 30 8 6 6 2 1 . 255
- Old Parliament House . . . . . . . . 19 38 3 7 6 7 5 11 3 12 2 3 1 . . . . . 117
- Torres Strait Regional Authority . . . . 11 8 16 10 12 9 3 13 11 19 8 15 8 10 4 3 . . . . . . 160
- Workplace Gender Equality Agency . . . . . . . . 1 1 1 . 1 4 . 10 . 3 1 4 . . . . . . 27
Services Australia 49 35 . . 34 43 36 54 1339 4113 2810 9516 1075 2217 1729 3551 1063 1413 387 443 55 67 17 11 2 5 30121
- Digital Transformation Agency . . . . . 2 3 3 1 . 5 11 8 19 22 37 35 30 25 21 5 3 2 1 . . 233
Social Services . . 1 1 2 2 4 3 3 8 49 155 164 359 192 525 236 412 99 188 24 27 11 4 1 2 2472
- Australian Institute of Family Studies . . . . . . . . 1 2 1 7 4 14 5 24 8 20 3 11 . . . . . . 100
- National Disability Insurance Agency . . . . . . 3 3 38 250 212 686 256 853 241 848 138 256 79 158 20 15 3 4 2 1 4068
- NDIS Quality and Safeguards Commission . . . . . . . . . 4 4 15 11 42 14 34 13 42 14 18 2 3 1 2 . . 219
Treasury . . 29 10 1 . 17 45 31 22 45 32 69 94 128 152 180 138 113 102 42 26 17 10 5 2 1310
- Australian Bureau of Statistics 3 1 . . . 2 46 53 59 73 270 279 247 350 376 380 239 245 79 68 17 14 8 5 1 3 2821
- Australian Competition and Consumer Commission . . . 2 4 4 7 6 13 12 44 43 86 151 111 156 132 170 104 113 20 18 8 2 . 1 1207
- Australian Taxation Office 19 43 85 57 97 266 628 1117 906 1750 1341 1814 787 1062 1656 2080 1540 1640 741 640 100 81 18 9 . 2 18487
- Infrastructure and Project Financing Agency . . . . . . . . . . . . 1 1 . 2 3 4 3 2 1 . . . . . 17
- Office of the Inspector-General of Taxation . . . . . . . . . . 2 1 . . 10 7 4 3 2 . 1 . 1 . . . 31
- Productivity Commission . . 6 7 . . . 1 . 1 2 10 4 9 16 18 21 23 21 11 3 8 1 1 . 1 164
Veterans' Affairs . . 1 . 3 1 16 10 29 95 57 143 147 325 145 275 119 179 49 69 9 16 3 3 2 . 1696
- Australian War Memorial . . . . 3 3 1 4 36 37 19 24 27 42 34 36 25 21 12 11 1 2 . . . . 338
Total 168 142 497 418 859 1737 1786 2463 5147 9783 8555 18926 7897 12750 13639 19266 12295 13980 5924 5595 1051 1022 347 229 78 61 144704

Source: APSED