Public health and overall public sector results are not available for all measures in 2025, as some organisations did a shorter People matter survey that did not include some of the questions on wellbeing and engagement.
Work-related stress
The proportion of respondents who experienced high to severe stress either decreased or remained the same across all public sector industries.
High to severe stress levels in 2025 were:
Safety climate
In 2025, respondents who agreed their organisation and leaders support their psychological and physical safety:
Employee engagement
In 2025, employee engagement scores in 2025 increased in the:
Workload
The proportion of respondents who felt they had an appropriate workload and have enough time to do their job improved or stayed the same for:
Work-related stress describes an employee’s stress response to work-related factors.
Most jobs involve some level of stress.
Moderate stress can improve performance and resilience. However, high levels of stress can:
Public health and overall public sector results are not available for 2025, as some organisations did a shorter People matter survey that did not include these questions. Police and emergency services sector data is not available for 2022 and 2024.
Public health and overall public sector results are not available for 2025, as some organisations did a shorter People matter survey that did not include these questions.
A safe workplace is a key outcome of Leading the way and the Victorian public sector mental health and wellbeing charter.
Public health and overall public sector results are not available for 2025, as some organisations did a shorter People matter survey that did not include these questions. Police and emergency services sector data is not available for 2022 and 2024.
The results combine agree and strongly agree answers to these statements:
The engagement statements are:
The weightings for each engagement response are:
The index is the average of these scores.
Public health and overall public sector results are not available for 2025, as some organisations did a shorter People matter survey that did not include these questions. Police and emergency services sector data is not available for 2022 and 2024.
Workload and time pressure influence work-related stress the most.
Public health and overall public sector results are not available for 2025, as some organisations did a shorter People matter survey that did not include these questions. Police and emergency services sector data is not available for 2022 and 2024.
The results combine agree and strongly agree answers to these statements: