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Statistics on APS employees

The following Tables show the profile of ABS staff by employment classification and gender, and by location and type of employment for operative and paid inoperative staff. Interviewers employed under the Australian Bureau of Statistics Act 1975 and unpaid inoperative staff are excluded.

Figure 6.1: Total employees by classification and gender, 30 June 2018 (a) (b) (c)*

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Table 6.1: Total employees by classification, gender and employment type, at 30 June 2017 & 2018 (a) (b) (c)

As at 30 June 2017

As at 30 June 2018

Ongoing

Non-Ongoing

Ongoing

Non-Ongoing

Classification

Female

Male

Female

Male

Total

Female

Male

Female

Male

Total

Cadet

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

Graduate

21

21

0

0

42

12

17

0

0

29

APS1

2

0

21

16

39

0

0

0

0

0

APS2

1

3

45

29

78

1

2

77

47

127

APS3

21

17

30

35

103

19

14

38

28

99

APS4

230

217

67

66

580

208

210

88

86

592

APS5

286

200

21

17

524

278

191

22

19

510

APS6

367

332

17

35

751

339

300

11

27

677

EXEC1

217

221

9

11

458

227

226

4

7

464

EXEC2

60

85

3

7

155

49

76

4

4

133

SES

22

20

0

3

45

22

21

0

2

45

Total

1227

1116

213

219

2775

1155

1057

244

220

2676

(a) Includes operative and paid inoperative, ongoing and non-ongoing staff employed under the Public Service Act 1999 and SES staff on secondment to other agencies.

(b) Excludes the Australian Statistician (statutory appointment).

(c) Does not include Interviewers .

Total employees by classification, gender and employment type, at 30 June 2018 (a) (b) (c)

Employment by classification and gender

at 30 June 2018

Ongoing

Non-Ongoing

Total

Male

Female

Indeterminate, Intersex, or Unspecified

Male

Female

Indeterminate, Intersex, or Unspecified

Male

Female

Indeterminate, Intersex, or Unspecified

Total

SES 3

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

SES 2

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

SES 1

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

EL2

76

49

0

4

4

0

80

53

0

133

EL1

226

227

0

7

4

0

233

231

0

464

APS 6

300

339

0

27

11

0

327

350

0

677

APS 5

191

278

0

19

22

0

210

300

0

510

APS 4

210

208

0

86

88

0

296

296

0

592

APS 3

14

19

0

28

38

0

42

57

0

99

APS 2

2

1

0

47

77

0

49

78

0

127

APS 1

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

TOTAL

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

a) Includes operative and paid inoperative, ongoing and non-ongoing staff employed under the Public Service Act

1999 and SES staff on secondment to other agencies.

(b) Excludes the Australian Statistician (statutory appointment).

(c) Does not include Interviewers .

Employment type by location

Employment type by location

at 30 June 2017

at 30 June 2018

Ongoing

Non-Ongoing (Inc. Full-Time, Part-Time & irregular or intermittent employees)

Total

Ongoing

Non-Ongoing (Inc. Full-Time, Part-Time & irregular or intermittent employees)

Total

Canberra

1114

157

1271

1022

104

1126

Sydney

189

27

216

164

12

175

Darwin

20

0

20

18

0

18

Melbourne

296

38

334

297

27

324

Dandenong

5

0

5

3

10

13

Geelong

131

142

273

168

210

378

Brisbane

182

5

187

165

14

179

Perth

108

32

140

101

66

167

Adelaide

190

19

209

178

17

195

Hobart

108

12

120

97

4

101

Overseas

0

0

0

0

0

0

TOTAL

2343

432

2775

2212

464

2676

(a) Includes operative and paid inoperative, ongoing and non-ongoing staff employed under the Public Service Act 1999 and SES staff on secondment to other agencies.

(b) Excludes the Australian Statistician (statutory appointment).

(c) Does not include Interviewers

Table 6.4: Number of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander peoples employed in the ABS, 2017 -18

Indigenous employee staffing

at 30 June 2017

at 30 June 2018

Ongoing

22

23

Non-ongoing (Inc. Full-Time, Part-Time & irregular or intermittent employees)

4

2

Casual

0

0

Ongoing Interviewers

n/a

1

Non-ongoing Interviewers

n/a

0

Total

26

26

(a) Includes operative and paid inoperative staff as at 30 June 2018.

n/a not available - data not recorded in HR system in 2016-17.

Footnotes

  1. (a) Includes operative and paid inoperative, ongoing and non-ongoing staff employed under the Public Service Act 1999. (b) Excludes the Australian Statistician (statutory appointment). (c) Does not include Interviewers.