This data only represents the 87,178 Victorian public sector employees who voluntarily responded to the People matter survey 2022.
For most charts, we’ve included data from previous years. Some charts only show data from 2022.
This is because the questions are new or can’t be compared to earlier releases.
We don’t show the data from 2020 as some organisations couldn’t take part in the 2020 survey as they were responding to the impacts of the coronavirus (COVID-19). Therefore, the 2020 data isn't a true representation of the public sector.
We’ve broken down the data in 3 ways:
Read more about the response rate to the People matter survey 2022.
For most questions, respondents were asked to choose either:
For the charts, we combined the percentage of responses to agree and strongly agree.
Respondents who selected neither agree nor disagree may account for a significant number of responses where people have not agreed.
We included a ‘prefer not to say’ option for some demographic questions. Respondents may choose ‘prefer not to say’ for a range of reasons.
The Commission uses strict rules to protect the privacy and anonymity of respondents at every stage of the survey.
We don’t release employee opinion results for demographic groups where industries have less than 30 total responses.
Read our privacy policy.
Read more about the People matter survey 2022.
For data on the whole Victorian public sector workforce go to Workforce data facts and visuals.
The key findings are for the Victorian public sector.
Positive views from respondents:
We need the community to have high trust in how we work and what we do, through fair and respectful treatment of employees, clients and stakeholders.
This graph shows the percentage of respondents who agree their organisation operates, implements policy and delivers services fairly and equitably.
The results combine agree and strongly agree answers to these statements:
To deliver quality services employees need to be motivated, make impartial decisions and have clear accountabilities.
The public sector must provide high-quality services in a timely way to meet the needs of Victorians.
This graph shows the percentage of respondents who agree their workgroup operates to deliver quality services.
The results combine agree and strongly agree answers to these statements:
Innovation can reduce costs, create public value and lead to higher quality services.
This graph shows the percentage of respondents who agree their organisation is innovative with its operations.
The results combine agree and strongly agree answers to these statements:
Organisations with psychologically safe cultures empower employees to:
This graph shows the percentage of respondents who:
The results combine agree and strongly agree answers to these statements:
This .CSV file has the data for each survey question on this page.