Unless stated otherwise, this workforce data shows you numbers as at June 2021.
For some diversity data, we've analysed results from the People matter survey 2021 and the School gender equality survey to estimate numbers for the overall public sector workforce.
For some visuals, we give you a breakdown of the data by:
The industry groups are:
At the end of this page, find Excel datasets for June 2015 to June 2021.
Read more about how we define the public sector or see the full list of public sector agencies.
Since June 2006, there has been a shift in the age profile of the overall public sector workforce.
At June 2006, the percentage of employees:
By 2016 the workforce age profile was more evenly distributed, with around 12% of the workforce in each age range between 25 and 60.
Since then:
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The estimated percentage of public sector employees who identify as gay, lesbian or bisexual:
An estimated 5.7% of Victorian adults identify as LGBTIQ +.
Of those:
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Percentage of employees with a bachelor's degree or higher:
This data was calculated by combining the number of teachers in government schools with data from the People matter survey 2021.
The percentage of employees who identify as Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander:
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In 2017, the Victorian public sector launched the 5 year Aboriginal Employment Strategy, Barring Djinang.
The strategy supports a target of 2% representation of Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander employees by June 2022.
Since June 2017, the number of Victorian Public Service employees who identify as Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander:
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The Victorian Government has a plan to increase the number of people with disability in the public sector called Getting to work.
Getting to work is Victoria’s long-term employment plan for people with disability in the public sector.
The plan supports a target of 6% representation of people with disability in the Victorian Public Service by 2020 and 12% by 2025.
The percentage of employees who identify as a person with disability:
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This data set covers June 2016 to June 2021.
We source this data from our annual workforce and executive data collections that cover over 1,800 Victorian public sector employers.
This file has the following age profile measures for Victorian public sector employees by gender and industry group: