Unless stated otherwise, this workforce data shows you numbers as at June 2022.
This data doesn't show the machinery of government changes that came into effect on 1 January 2023.
You can use the dropdown menu at the bottom of each chart to filter the data sets.
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 2018 to June 2022.
Read more about how we define the public sector or see the full list of public sector agencies.
We calculate new starter and separation rates based on all ongoing and fixed-term employees hired in the year July 2021 to June 2022.
This includes all non-casual employees who started at or left their organisation, but excludes employees who started or left due to machinery of government transfers.
58,784 non-casual employees started with a Victorian public sector employer:
52,433 non-casual employees separated from a Victorian public sector employer:
This chart shows the number and percentage of non-casual employees who started with or separated from a new employer between July 2021 and June 2022.
You can filter the data by:
The percentage figures represent the percentage of all employees within each demographic.
For example, if you select Victorian Public Service (VPS) and percentage from the drop-down menus, you’ll see that between 1 July 2021 and 30 June 2022:
If you add the age filter, you’ll see that:
You can also filter by number to see the distribution of new starters or separations by industry or demographic.
This chart shows the percentage and number of non-casual employees who started with a new employer between July 2017 and June 2022.
For example, 19% of all employees in the Victorian Public Service started with a new employer.
This chart shows the percentage and number of non-casual employees who separated from their employer between July 2017 and June 2022.
For example, if you filter by age you'll see that 17.8% of all public sector employees aged 15 to 24 separated from their employer.
In 2021-22, separation rates for non-casual employees:
Separation rates are influenced by many factors and vary between public sector employers and industry groups. These observations are from reported data.
In 2021-22, separation rates for non-casual employees in the Victorian Public Service rose to 23% from 12% in 2020-21.
It’s not possible to determine all the reasons for the rise, however, our data shows:
Total separation rose to 19,973 employees from 15,991 employees between 2021 and 2022. Between July 2017 and June 2020 employee separation was an average of 13,991.
Separation rates:
Total separation rose to 8,308 employees from an average of 6,574 employees between July 2017 and June 2020.
Separation rates:
Separation rates:
| Average, 2017 to 2020 | 2021 to 2022 | |||
| No. | Rate | No. | Rate | |
| Ambulance Victoria | 208 | 3.9% | 422 | 6.4% |
| Victoria Police | 382 | 2.2% | 747 | 4.0% |
| Fire Services | 272 | 5.2% | 423 | 7.4% |
TAFE institutes account for the rise in separation rates within this industry group.
Separation is generally higher than in other sectors and rates rose among fixed-term and ongoing employees.
| Average, 2017 to 2020 | 2021 to 2022 | |||
| No. | Rate | No. | Rate | |
| Fixed term | 623 | 20.7% | 742 | 24.9% |
| Ongoing | 504 | 9.7% | 944 | 14.6% |
| Teachers | 488 | 12.3% | 695 | 15.8% |
| PACCT | 549 | 14.2% | 895 | 20.4% |
This data set covers June 2018 to June 2022.
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 number and rate of non-casual public sector employees separating and commencing each financial year by: