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The age, gender and sexual orientation of public sector employees and executives.
Key facts
Overall public sector workforce employees:
42.2 years is the average age
11.4% identify as lesbian, gay, bisexual, asexual, pansexual, don't know or use another term.
Victorian Public Service employees:
42.1 years is the average age
12.2% identify as lesbian, gay, bisexual, asexual, pansexual, don't know or use another term.
Women make up:
67.7% of all public sector employees
51.6% of all public sector executives
59.6% of Victorian Public Service employees
51.8% of Victorian Public Service executives
51.2% of public entity executives.
Age of employees
Age of executives
Gender of employees
Gender of executives
Trans, non-binary or gender diverse
Innate variations of sex characteristics (often called intersex)
Sexual orientation
Data sets, key terms and how we prepare data
Workforce data sets
Key terms and how we prepare our data
Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander
Updated
4 April 2025