Unless stated otherwise, this workforce data shows you numbers as at June 2020.
For most visuals, we give you a break down in 3 ways:
At the end of this page, find Excel datasets for June 2015 to June 2020.
Read more about how we define the public sector or see the full list of public sector agencies.
The impact of COVID-19 on schools, events and sport and recreation agencies meant:
This contributed to a fall in :
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The small number of under-25 employees reflects the high proportion of public sector occupations that require public post-secondary qualifications or professional experience.
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Since June 2006, there has been a shift in the age profile of the public sector workforce.
At June 2006, workforce ages peaked in the 45 to 49 and 50 to 54 ranges.
Since then:
By 2016 the workforce age profile was flat, with around 12% of the workforce in each age range between 25 and 60.
Since 2016, growth in employees aged under 40 has seen the age range of 45 to 54 continue to fall.
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Casual employment in the whole public sector has fallen from 8.7% at June 2019 to 6.3% at June 2020.
There has been a fall in casuals employed in the Victorian Public Service from 4.4% at June 2018 to 1.8% at June 2020.
TAFEs institutes are moving from casual to ongoing employment.
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The fall in casual employment has contributed to part-time employment falling from 44.7% at June 2019 to 43.4% at June 2020.
In recent years, there's been a fall in Victorian Public Service employees working part-time from 23.4% at June 2015 to 15.7% at June 2020.
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For the most up to date data on employee work status, gender and age, see our most recent release: 2021 arrangements, pay grades and occupations