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Department of Finance Annual Report 2020-21

Workforce statistics

Tables 7 to 19 show our workforce statistics for 2020–21, including staffing numbers and whether they are ongoing, non-ongoing or casual, their substantive classification and their gender, as well as location and diversity.

Table 7: Staff numbers by employment type, classification and gender, at 30 June 2021

	Ongoing			Non-ongoing			Casual			Total
Classification	Male	Female	Indeterminate	Male	Female	Indeterminate	Male	Female	Indeterminate	Male	Female	Indeterminate	Grand total
SES3	3	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	3	1	0	4
SES2	8	7	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	8	7	0	15
SES1	21	26	0	1	1	0	0	0	0	22	27	0	49
EL2	82	98	0	2	1	0	0	0	0	84	99	0	183
EL1	211	219	0	1	3	0	0	0	0	212	222	0	434
APS6	135	176	0	5	7	0	0	1	0	140	184	0	324
APS5	86	115	0	0	7	0	0	0	0	86	122	0	208
APS4	51	90	0	2	10	0	4	3	0	57	103	0	160
APS3	29	38	0	2	7	0	0	1	0	31	46	0	77
APS2	11	19	2	4	4	0	212	46	0	227	69	2	298
APS1	12	12	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	13	12	0	25
Total	649	801	2	18	40	0	216	51	0	883	892	2	1777

Table 8: Staff numbers by employment type, classification and gender, at 30 June 2020

	Ongoing			Non-ongoing			Casual			Total
Classification	Male	Female	Indeterminate	Male	Female	Indeterminate	Male	Female	Indeterminate	Male	Female	Indeterminate	Grand total
SES3	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	3	0	0	3
SES2	7	8	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	7	8	0	15
SES1	23	25	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	23	26	0	49
EL2	85	83	0	0	1	0	1	1	0	86	85	0	171
EL1	188	205	0	3	4	0	0	0	0	191	209	0	400
APS6	124	170	0	5	7	0	0	0	0	129	177	0	306
APS5	80	120	0	2	5	0	0	0	0	82	125	0	207
APS4	47	75	0	3	5	0	7	3	0	57	83	0	140
APS3	28	44	0	34	22	1	1	2	0	63	68	1	132
APS2	10	21	0	3	2	0	202	41	0	215	64	0	279
APS1	11	15	1	1	2	0	0	0	0	12	17	1	30
Total	606	766	1	51	49	1	211	47	0	868	862	2	1732

Table 9: Staff numbers by attendance type and classification, at 30 June 2021

	Ongoing			Non-ongoing				Grand total
Classification	Full time	Part time	Total ongoing	Full time	Part time	Casual	Total non-ongoing
SES3	4	0	4	0	0	0	0	4
SES2	15	0	15	0	0	0	0	15
SES1	46	1	47	2	0	0	2	49
EL2	168	12	180	2	1	0	3	183
EL1	380	50	430	1	3	0	4	434
APS6	277	34	311	10	2	1	13	324
APS5	180	21	201	7	0	0	7	208
APS4	128	13	141	12	0	7	19	160
APS3	65	2	67	6	3	1	10	77
APS2	31	1	32	1	7	258	266	298
APS1	23	1	24	1	0	0	1	25
Total	1317	135	1452	42	16	267	325	1777

Table 10: Staff numbers by attendance type and classification, at 30 June 2020

	Ongoing			Non-ongoing				Grand total
Classification	Full time	Part time	Total ongoing	Full time	Part time	Casual	Total non-ongoing
SES3	3	0	3	0	0	0	0	3
SES2	15	0	15	0	0	0	0	15
SES1	46	2	48	1	0	0	1	49
EL2	157	11	168	1	0	2	3	171
EL1	335	58	393	6	1	0	7	400
APS6	264	30	294	11	1	0	12	306
APS5	182	18	200	6	1	0	7	207
APS4	110	12	122	8	0	10	18	140
APS3	70	2	72	37	20	3	60	132
APS2	28	3	31	1	4	243	248	279
APS1	26	1	27	2	1	0	3	30
Total	1236	137	1373	73	28	258	359	1732

In October 2019, Finance engaged 114 labour-hire contractors as non-ongoing (irregular or intermittent) employees working as COMCAR Drivers. In April 2020, 49 non-ongoing (irregular or intermittent) casual employees were transitioned to non-ongoing (specified term) employment to take up secondments to Services Australia to assist in the surge of APS staff to support the COVID-19 response.

Table 11: Staff numbers by employment type and attendance type, at 30 June 2021

Employment type	Full time	Part time	Casual	Grand total
Ongoing	1317	135	0	1452
Non-ongoing	42	16	267	325
Total	1359	151	267	1777

Table 12: Staff numbers by employment type and attendance type, at 30 June 2020

Employment type	Full time	Part time	Casual	Grand total
Ongoing	1236	137	0	1373
Non-ongoing	73	28	258	359
Total	1309	165	258	1732

Table 13: Staff numbers by employment type, location and gender, at 30 June 2021

	Male				Female				Indeterminate				Grand total
Location	Ongoing	Non-ongoing	Casual	Total male	Ongoing	Non-ongoing	Casual	Total female	Ongoing	Non-ongoing	Casual	Total indeterminate
ACT	630	18	116	764	777	36	28	841	2	0	0	2	1607
NSW	7	0	37	44	5	0	6	11	0	0	0	0	55
NT	0	0	2	2	1	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	3
QLD	2	0	17	19	7	1	6	14	0	0	0	0	33
SA	1	0	8	9	3	0	3	6	0	0	0	0	15
TAS	2	0	3	5	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	5
VIC	4	0	24	28	5	1	6	12	0	0	0	0	40
WA	3	0	9	12	3	2	2	7	0	0	0	0	19
Total	649	18	216	883	801	40	51	892	2	0	0	2	1777

Table 14: Staff numbers by employment type, location and gender, at 30 June 2020

	Male				Female				Indeterminate				Grand total
Location	Ongoing	Non-ongoing	Casual	Total male	Ongoing	Non-ongoing	Casual	Total female	Ongoing	Non-ongoing	Casual	Total indeterminate
ACT	593	36	116	745	744	41	28	813	1	0	0	1	1559
NSW	6	3	36	45	5	3	3	11	0	1	0	1	57
NT	0	0	2	2	2	0	0	2	0	0	0	0	4
QLD	1	4	12	17	5	3	3	11	0	0	0	0	28
SA	1	1	8	10	3	1	4	8	0	0	0	0	18
TAS	0	0	2	2	1	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	3
VIC	4	5	27	36	4	1	6	11	0	0	0	0	47
WA	1	2	8	11	2	0	3	5	0	0	0	0	16
Total	606	51	211	868	766	49	47	862	1	1	0	2	1732

Table 15: Staff numbers by employment type and location, at 30 June 2020 and 30 June 2021

Location	Ongoing		Non-ongoing		Casual		Total
	2020	2021	2020	2021	2020	2021	2020	2021
ACT	1338	1409	77	54	144	144	1559	1607
NSW	11	12	7	0	39	43	57	55
NT	2	1	0	0	2	2	4	3
QLD	6	9	7	1	15	23	28	33
SA	4	4	2	0	12	11	18	15
TAS	1	2	0	0	2	3	3	5
VIC	8	9	6	1	33	30	47	40
WA	3	6	2	2	11	11	16	19
Total	1373	1452	101	58	258	267	1732	1777

Table 16: Ongoing and non-ongoing Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander staff, at 30 June 2020 and 30 June 2021

	2020	2021
Employment type	Total	Total
Ongoing	44	46
Non-ongoing	1	3

Table 17: Proportion of ongoing staff with disability, at 30 June 2020 and 30 June 2021

Employment type	2020	2021
Ongoing	4.7%	4.6%

Table 18: Proportion of women in the ongoing workforce, at 30 June 2020 and 30 June 2021

Employment type	2020	2021
Ongoing	55.8%	55.2%

Table 19: Proportion of women in the ongoing SES workforce, at 30 June 2020 and 30 June 2021

Employment type	2020	2021
Ongoing	50.0%	51.5%

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