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Australian Bureau of Statistics Annual Report 2018–19

Introduction

The ABS human resource (HR) management function is a key enabler for ensuring the ABS has the right people in the right place at the right time, to meet Australia’s need for quality information to inform important decisions.

As at 30 June 2019, there were a total of 3,200 operative and inoperative staff employed by the ABS, including:

2,652 operative staff employed under the Public Service Act 1999
99 inoperative staff employed under the Public Service Act 1999
440 operative interviewers employed under the Australian Bureau of Statistics Act 1975
8 inoperative interviewers employed under the Australian Bureau of Statistics Act 1975
the Australian Statistician, by statutory appointment under the Australian Bureau of Statistics Act 1975.

Tables 7.1 to 7.8 provide a breakdown of ABS staffing levels as at 30 June 2019 and compare them with levels as at 30 June 2018. The tables include information on staff gender, employment type and status, classification, location, and diversity.

Table 7.1: Total ongoing employees by gender, location and employment status, at 30 June 2018 & 2019 ^(a)
	At June 30 2018					At June 30 2019
	Male		Female		Total	Male		Female		Total
	Male		Female		Total	Male		Female		Total
Location	Full-time	Part-time	Full-time	Part-time		Full-time	Part-time	Full-time	Part-time
NSW	77	41	60	84	*262*	81	46	59	88	*274*
Vic. ^(b)	221	31	184	110	*546*	225	39	173	130	*568^(c)*
Qld	70	23	68	71	*232*	66	23	54	82	*225*
SA	64	25	70	73	*232*	68	27	71	83	*249*
WA	51	16	25	59	*151*	49	21	34	65	*169*
Tas.	40	11	32	41	*124*	41	13	38	42	*134*
ACT	463	42	420	135	*1060*	461	50	412	134	*1058^(c)*
NT	7	7	9	14	37	6	7	11	17	41
Total	*993*	*196*	*868*	*587*	*2644*	*997*	*226*	*852*	*641*	*2718^(c)*

(a) Counts include the Australian Statistician, interviewers and inoperative staff.

(b) Includes staff located in offices in Dandenong, Geelong and Melbourne.

(c) Includes sex indeterminate staff: 1 in Vic. and 1 in the ACT. Total (ongoing and non-ongoing) sex indeterminate staff in 2018-19 was 3.

Table 7.2: Total non-ongoing employees by gender, location and employment status, at 30 June 2018 & 2019 ^(a)
	At June 30 2018					At June 30 2019
	Male		Female		Total	Male		Female		Total
	Male		Female		Total	Male		Female		Total
Location	Full-time	Part-time	Full-time	Part-time		Full-time	Part-time	Full-time	Part-time
NSW	7	17	4	15	43	6	3	4	2	15
Vic. ^(b)	54	59	67	109	*289*	51	47	61	74	*233*
Qld	10	5	10	18	43	4	5	3	4	16
SA	11	1	12	2	26	18	3	14	3	38
WA	26	15	42	9	92	16	3	8	2	29
Tas.	2	0	2	1	5	3	0	2	1	6
ACT	49	17	34	12	*112*	61	19	54	10	*145^(c)*
NT	0	2	1	3	6	0	0	0	0	0
Total	*159*	*116*	*172*	*169*	*616*	*159*	80	*146*	96	*482^(c)*

(a) Counts include interviewers and inoperative staff.

(b) Includes staff located in offices in Dandenong, Geelong and Melbourne.

(c) Includes sex indeterminate staff: 1 in the ACT. Total (ongoing and non-ongoing) sex indeterminate staff in 2018-19 was 3.

Table 7.3: Ongoing Public Service Act employees by gender, classification and employment status, at 30 June 2018 & 2019 ^(a)(b)(c)
	At June 30 2018 ^(d)					At June 30 2019 ^(e)
	Male		Female		Total	Male		Female		Total
	Male		Female		Total	Male		Female		Total
Classification	Full-time	Part-time	Full-time	Part-time		Full-time	Part-time	Full-time	Part-time
SES 3	1	0	2	0	3	1^(e)	0	3	0	4
SES 2	4	0	6^(d)	0	10	5	0	6^(e)	0	11
SES 1	17^(d)	0	15	1^(d)	33	17^(e)	0	12^(e)	2^(e)	31
EL 2	75	3	41	10	*129^(d)*	75	2	48	14	*139^(e)*
EL 1	201	25	154	75	*455^(d)*	196	26	157	80	*459^(e)*
APS 6	285	19	239	110	*653^(d)*	308	23	240	122	*693^(e)*
APS 5	177	14	203	82	*476^(d)*	198	13	221	88	*520^(e)*
APS 4	206	10	183	33	*432^(d)*	164	15	131	35	*347^(e)(f)*
APS 3	25	0	23	7	*55^(d)*	28	0	30	5	63
APS 2	1	1	1	0	3	1	1	1	0	3
APS 1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Other ^(g)	0	0	0	0	0	3	0	3	0	6
Total	*992*	72	*867*	*318*	*2249*	*996*	80	*852*	*346*	*2276(f)*

(a) Includes all operative and inoperative ABS staff employed under the Public Service Act 1999.

(b) Excludes the Australian Statistician and interviewers.

(d) 2018 includes 99 inoperative ongoing staff (by level: SESB2 – 2 female; SESB1 – 1 male & 1 female; EL2 – 2 male & 4 female; EL1 – 3 male & 17 female; APS6 – 7 male & 32 female; APS5 – 1 male & 17 female; APS4 – 1 male & 10 female; APS3 – 1 male).

(e) 2019 includes 98 inoperative ongoing staff (by level: SESB3 – 1 male; SESB2 – 2 female; SESB1 – 1 male & 2 female; EL2 – 4 male & 3 female; EL1 – 5 male & 17 female; APS6 – 3 male & 24 female; APS5 – 5 male & 17 female; APS4 – 3 male & 10 female; APS3 – 1 female).

(f) Includes sex indeterminate staff: 2 APS4 staff. Total (ongoing and non-ongoing) sex indeterminate staff in 2018-19 was 3.

(g) All staff included in the ‘Other’ category in 2018-19 were cadets.

Table 7.4: Non-ongoing Public Service Act employees by gender, classification and employment status, at 30 June 2018 & 2019 ^(a)(b)(c)
	At June 30 2018					At June 30 2019 ^(d)
	Male		Female		Total	Male		Female		Total
	Male		Female		Total	Male		Female		Total
Classification	Full-time	Part-time	Full-time	Part-time		Full-time	Part-time	Full-time	Part-time
SES 3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
SES 2	1	0	0	0	1	1	0	0	0	1
SES 1	1	0	0	0	1	1	0	0	0	1
EL 2	3	1	3	1	8	3	2	1	2	8
EL 1	3	4	2	2	11	12	5	4	3	24
APS 6	20	7	8	3	38	29	9	13	1	*52^(d)*
APS 5	17	2	18	4	41	14	0	19	4	37
APS 4	80	6	80	8	*174*	68	5	72	15	*160*
APS 3	22	6	26	12	66	27	7	33	12	*80^(e)*
APS 2	1	46	0	77	*124*	4	51	4	53	*112*
APS 1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Other ^(g)	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Total	*148*	72	*137*	*107*	*464*	*159*	79	*146*	90	*475^(e)*

(a) Includes all operative and inoperative ABS staff employed under the Public Service Act 1999.

(b) Excludes interviewers.

(d) 2019 includes 1 inoperative non-ongoing female APS6.

(e) Includes sex indeterminate staff: 1 APS3. Total (ongoing and non-ongoing) sex indeterminate staff in 2018-19 was 3.

Table 7.5: Public Service Act employees by location and employment type, at 30 June 2018 & 2019 ^(a)(b)
	At 30 June 2018^(c)			At 30 June 2019^(d)
Location	Ongoing	Non-ongoing	Total	Ongoing	Non-ongoing	Total
NSW	165	12	177	169	14	183
Vic. ^(e)	473	247	720	478	231	709
Qld	171	14	185	158	13	171
SA	181	17	198	196	38	234
WA	102	66	168	116	28	144
Tas.	98	4	102	102	6	108
ACT	1041	104	1145	1038	145	1183
NT	18	0	18	19	0	19
Total	*2249*	*464*	2713	*2276*	*475*	2751

(a) Includes all operative and inoperative ABS staff employed under the Public Service Act 1999.

(b) Excludes the Australian Statistician and interviewers.

(d) Includes 98 inoperative ongoing staff and 1 inoperative non-ongoing staff at 30 June 2019.

(e) Includes staff located in offices in Dandenong, Geelong and Melbourne.

Table 7.6: Number of interviewers by location and employment type, at 30 June 2018 & 2019 ^(a)
	At 30 June 2018^(b)			At 30 June 2019^(c)
Location	Ongoing	Non-ongoing	Total	Ongoing	Non-ongoing	Total
NSW	97	31	*128*	105	1	*106*
Vic	73	42	*115*	90	2	92
Qld	61	29	90	67	3	70
SA	51	9	60	53	0	53
WA	49	26	75	53	1	54
Tas	26	1	27	32	0	32
ACT	18	8	26	19	0	19
NT	19	6	25	22	0	22
Total	394	152	*546*	441	7	*448*

(a) Includes all operative and inoperative interviewers.

(b) Includes 4 inoperative ongoing interviewers at 30 June 2018.

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