Key facts

Work locations

  • about 71% of all public sector employees work in Greater Melbourne Metro
  • about 29% of all public sector employees work in regional Victoria.

Impact of COVID-19

Before the COVID-19 pandemic, 16.4% or 56,723 public sector employees would have worked in the Melbourne Central Business District.

In June 2022, around 16% of public sector employees had a primary work location in the Melbourne Central Business District.

The percentage of public sector employees who work from an alternative location such as a home, a regional hub or shared workspace, decreased from 24% in 2021 to 13% in 2022 (source: People Matter Survey 2022).

Percentage of the total Victorian labour force

At June 2022, the public sector comprised:

  • 10% of the total Victorian labour force
  • 9% of Greater Metropolitan Melbourne’s labour force
  • 13% of regional Victoria’s labour force.

Across Victoria

This graph shows how many public sector employees work in each Victorian location.

You can also view a breakdown by industry.

 


 

 

Rural and regional Victoria

This graph shows the percentage and number of public sector employees who work in each region.

You can also view a breakdown by industry.

 


 

 

Greater Metropolitan Melbourne

This graph shows the percentage and number of public sector employees who work in each region of Greater Metropolitan Melbourne.

You can also view a breakdown by industry.

 


 

 

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.

Work location

This file has the proportion of public sector employees working in each specified Victorian region by industry.

Download work location data set (XLSX, 65kb)