Key facts

All public sector new starters

58,784 non-casual employees started with a Victorian public sector employer:

  • 22,579 were aged 24 to 34
  • 33,756 were fixed-term employees
  • 25,388 were part-time employees
  • 39,908 were women.

All public sector separations

52,433 non-casual employees separated from a Victorian public sector employer:

  • 29,266 were ongoing employees
  • 27,869 were full-time employees
  • 34,523 were women.

Victorian Public Service Only

  • 13,352 non-casual employees started with a Victorian Public Service employer
  • 67% of new employees (8,902) were employed on a fixed-term basis, compared to 77% in 2020-21
  • 16,365 non-casual employees separated from a Victorian Public Service employer
  • 63% of separated employees (10,261) were employed on a fixed-term basis.

New starter and separation rates

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:

  • age
  • full-time or part-time employment
  • ongoing, fixed term or casual employment
  • gender.

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:

  • 18.6% of all VPS employees were new starters
  • 22.7% of all VPS employees separated.

If you add the age filter, you’ll see that:

  • 25.4% of all VPS employees aged 25 to 34 years were new starters
  • 25.9% of all VPS employees aged 25 to 34 years separated.

You can also filter by number to see the distribution of new starters or separations by industry or demographic.

 


New starter rates over time

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.

 


Separation rates over time

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.

 


Separation rates by industry

In 2021-22, separation rates for non-casual employees:

  • increased in all industry groups compared to 2020-21 and the 3 years prior to the COVID-19 pandemic
  • in the Victorian Public Service rose to 23% from 12% in 2020-21
  • all industry groups, except Government schools and TAFE and other education, separation rates were the highest recorded since June 2003
  • aren’t driven by retirement.

Separation rates are influenced by many factors and vary between public sector employers and industry groups. These observations are from reported data.


Data set

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.

Employee turnover

This file has the number and rate of non-casual public sector employees separating and commencing each financial year by:

  • age group
  • industry.

Download employee turnover data set (XLSX, 109kb)