Key facts

Overall public sector workforce employees

  • 18.3% weren’t born in Australia
  • 17.5% speak a language other than English with their family and community compared to 28.7% of the Victorian population (source: ABS, 2021 census)
  • 57.4% identify as having no religion compared to 41.6% of the Victorian population (source: ABS, 2021 census).

Employee cultural diversity

Estimated percentage of employees born in Australia

 

Data sources:

  • estimated percentage of public sector employees: derived from People matter survey 2022 and the school gender equality survey 2021
  • Victorian population: Australian Bureau of Statistics, Census 2021.

Estimated cultural identity of employees

 

Estimated percentage of employees who speak a language other than English

 

Data sources:

  • estimated percentage of public sector employees: derived from People matter survey 2022 and the school gender equality survey 2021
  • Victorian population: Australian Bureau of Statistics, Census 2021.

Estimated religion of employees

 

Data sources:

  • estimated percentage of public sector employees: derived from People matter survey 2022 and the school gender equality survey 2021
  • Victorian population: Australian Bureau of Statistics, Census 2021.