Introduction
The human resource management function is a key enabler for ensuring the ABS workforce has the capability and capacity to mobilise the right people in the right place at the right time, to achieve its objectives.
As at 30 June 2021, there were a total of 3,779 operative and inoperative staff employed by the ABS, including:
- 3,212 operative staff employed under the Public Service Act 1999
- 110 inoperative staff employed under the Public Service Act 1999
- 443 operative interviewers employed under the Australian Bureau of Statistics Act 1975
- 13 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 2021 and compare them with levels as at 30 June 2020. The tables include information on gender, employment type and status, classification, location, and diversity.
Table 7.1: Total ongoing staff by gender, location, and employment status, at 30 June 2020 & 2021 (a)
At June 30 2020 | At June 30 2021 | |||||||||
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 | 43 | 50 | 90 | 260 | 85 | 47 | 51 | 96 | 280 |
Vic. (b) | 230 | 37 | 163 | 135 | 566 | 242 | 37 | 186 | 143 | 609 |
Qld | 67 | 24 | 64 | 81 | 236 | 65 | 21 | 69 | 86 | 241 |
SA | 75 | 27 | 75 | 79 | 256 | 66 | 27 | 79 | 84 | 256 |
WA | 53 | 18 | 38 | 62 | 171 | 64 | 25 | 47 | 59 | 195 |
Tas. | 46 | 12 | 36 | 40 | 134 | 42 | 16 | 37 | 45 | 140 |
ACT | 465 | 52 | 413 | 132 | 1062 | 450 | 46 | 410 | 135 | 1041 |
NT | 7 | 9 | 11 | 15 | 42 | 8 | 8 | 22 | 13 | 51 |
Total | 1020 | 222 | 850 | 634 | 2727(c) | 1022 | 227 | 901 | 661 | 2813(c) |
(a) Counts include the Australian Statistician, interviewers, and inoperative staff.
(b) Includes staff located in offices in Dandenong, Geelong, and Melbourne.
(c) Includes non-binary staff.
Table 7.2: Total non-ongoing staff by gender, location, and employment status, at 30 June 2020 & 2021 (a)
At June 30 2020 | At June 30 2021 | |||||||||
Male | Female | Total | Male | Female | Total | |||||
Location | Full-time | Part-time | Full-time | Part-time | Full-time | Part-time | Full-time | Part-time | ||
NSW | 5 | 3 | 3 | 2 | 13 | 14 | 2 | 17 | 3 | 36 |
Vic.(b) | 65 | 59 | 82 | 98 | 304 | 79 | 60 | 102 | 112 | 354 |
Qld | 5 | 4 | 7 | 3 | 19 | 13 | 7 | 10 | 4 | 34 |
SA | 10 | 4 | 11 | 4 | 29 | 23 | 8 | 19 | 5 | 55 |
WA | 14 | 3 | 10 | 0 | 27 | 27 | 3 | 26 | 3 | 59 |
Tas. | 5 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 8 | 10 | 6 | 7 | 10 | 33 |
ACT | 82 | 21 | 63 | 18 | 185 | 162 | 40 | 136 | 32 | 372 |
NT | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 9 | 0 | 14 | 0 | 23 |
Total | 187 | 94 | 179 | 126 | 587(c) | 337 | 126 | 331 | 169 | 966(c) |
(a) Counts include interviewers and inoperative staff.
(b) Includes staff located in offices in Dandenong, Geelong, and Melbourne.
(c) Includes non-binary staff.
Table 7.3: Ongoing Public Service Act staff by gender, classification, and employment status, at 30 June 2020 & 2021 (a)(b)(c)
At June 30 2020(d) | At June 30 2021(e) | |||||||||
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 | 3 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 3 |
SES 2 | 9 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 14 | 8 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 11 |
SES 1 | 16 | 1 | 11 | 1 | 29 | 14 | 1 | 12 | 0 | 27 |
EL 2 | 71 | 3 | 56 | 10 | 140 | 74 | 3 | 57 | 15 | 149 |
EL 1 | 201 | 20 | 155 | 76 | 452 | 209 | 18 | 160 | 77 | 464 |
APS 6 | 298 | 27 | 226 | 123 | 674 | 300 | 23 | 240 | 113 | 676 |
APS 5 | 192 | 17 | 202 | 98 | 509 | 188 | 18 | 215 | 91 | 512 |
APS 4 | 186 | 13 | 148 | 41 | 389 | 221 | 15 | 199 | 54 | 490 |
APS 3 | 42 | 0 | 43 | 7 | 92 | 6 | 0 | 12 | 4 | 22 |
APS 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 |
APS 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Other(f) | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Total | 1019 | 82 | 850 | 356 | 2308(g) | 1021 | 79 | 901 | 354 | 2356(g) |
(a) Includes all operative and inoperative ABS staff employed under the Public Service Act 1999.
(b) Excludes the Australian Statistician and interviewers.
(c) Counts are based on nominal classification.
(d) 2020 includes 112 inoperative ongoing staff (by level: SESB3 – 1 male; SESB2 - 1 female; SESB1 – 1 female; EL2 – 5 male & 5 female; EL1 – 6 male & 17 female; APS6 – 9 male & 27 female; APS5 – 4 male & 23 female; APS4 – 4 male & 8 female; APS3 – 1 female).
(e) 2021 includes 106 inoperative ongoing staff (by level: SESB2 – 1 male; EL2 – 4 male & 3 female; EL1 – 7 male & 13 female; APS6 – 12 male & 27 female; APS5 – 4 male & 19 female; APS4 – 6 male & 10 female).
(f) All staff included in the ‘Other’ category at 30 June 2020 were cadets.
(g) Includes non-binary staff.
Table 7.4: Non-ongoing Public Service Act staff by gender, classification, and employment status, at 30 June 2020 & 2021 (a)(b)(c)
At June 30 2020(d) | At June 30 2021(e) | |||||||||
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 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
SES 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
EL 2 | 3 | 7 | 2 | 2 | 14 | 0 | 7 | 3 | 3 | 13 |
EL 1 | 8 | 6 | 5 | 3 | 22 | 9 | 5 | 10 | 3 | 27 |
APS 6 | 42 | 9 | 29 | 6 | 86 | 73 | 9 | 45 | 10 | 137 |
APS 5 | 42 | 4 | 46 | 9 | 101 | 85 | 9 | 96 | 10 | 200 |
APS 4 | 71 | 5 | 78 | 21 | 176 | 114 | 9 | 126 | 19 | 270 |
APS 3 | 19 | 11 | 18 | 8 | 56 | 52 | 31 | 46 | 33 | 163 |
APS 2 | 2 | 52 | 1 | 77 | 132 | 3 | 56 | 5 | 91 | 155 |
APS 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Other | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Total | 187 | 94 | 179 | 126 | 587(f) | 337 | 126 | 331 | 169 | 966(f) |
(a) Includes all operative and inoperative ABS staff employed under the Public Service Act 1999.
(b) Excludes interviewers.
(c) Counts are based on nominal classification.
(d) 2020 includes 2 inoperative non-ongoing staff (by level: APS6 - 1 female; APS5 – 1 female).
(e) 2021 includes 4 inoperative non-ongoing staff (by level: EL2 - 1 female; APS5 – 2 female; APS3 – 1 female).
(f) Includes non-binary staff.
Table 7.5: Public Service Act staff by location and employment type, at 30 June 2020 & 2021 (a)(b)
At 30 June 2020(c) | At 30 June 2021(d) | |||||
Location | Ongoing | Non-ongoing | Total | Ongoing | Non-ongoing | Total |
NSW | 162 | 13 | 175 | 170 | 36 | 206 |
Vic.(e) | 479 | 304 | 783 | 517 | 354 | 871 |
Qld | 169 | 19 | 188 | 170 | 34 | 204 |
SA | 208 | 29 | 237 | 205 | 55 | 260 |
WA | 120 | 27 | 147 | 139 | 59 | 198 |
Tas. | 104 | 8 | 112 | 104 | 33 | 137 |
ACT | 1046 | 185 | 1231 | 1020 | 372 | 1392 |
NT | 20 | 2 | 22 | 31 | 23 | 54 |
Total | 2308 | 587 | 2895 | 2356 | 966 | 3322 |
(a) Includes all operative and inoperative ABS staff employed under the Public Service Act 1999.
(b) Excludes the Australian Statistician and interviewers.
(c) Includes 112 inoperative ongoing staff and 2inoperative non-ongoing staff at 30 June 2020.
(d) Includes 106 inoperative ongoing staff and 4inoperative non-ongoing staff at 30 June 2021.
(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 2020 & 2021 (a)
At 30 June 2020(b) | At 30 June 2021(c) | |||||
Location | Ongoing | Non-ongoing | Total | Ongoing | Non-ongoing | Total |
NSW | 98 | 0 | 98 | 110 | 0 | 110 |
Vic. | 87 | 0 | 87 | 92 | 0 | 92 |
Qld | 67 | 0 | 67 | 71 | 0 | 71 |
SA | 48 | 0 | 48 | 51 | 0 | 51 |
WA | 51 | 0 | 51 | 56 | 0 | 56 |
Tas. | 30 | 0 | 30 | 36 | 0 | 36 |
ACT | 15 | 0 | 15 | 20 | 0 | 20 |
NT | 22 | 0 | 22 | 20 | 0 | 20 |
Total | 418 | 0 | 418 | 456 | 0 | 456 |
(a) Includes all operative and inoperative interviewers.
(b) Includes 11 inoperative ongoing interviewers at 30 June 2020.
(c) Includes 13 inoperative ongoing interviewers at 30 June 2021.
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