This data only represents the 87,178 Victorian public sector employees who voluntarily responded to the
People matter survey 2022 .
For most charts, we’ve included data from previous years. Some charts only show data from 2022.
This is because the questions are new or can’t be compared to earlier releases.
We don’t show the data from 2020 as some organisations couldn’t take part in the 2020 survey as they were responding to the impacts of the coronavirus (COVID-19). Therefore, the 2020 data isn’t a true representation of the public sector.
We’ve broken down the data in 3 ways:
Victorian Public Service (VPS) – the 9 departments, Victoria Police and 46 authorities and offices defined to be public service employers under the Public Administration Act 2004
Whole of Public Sector – the VPS combined with all other public sector bodies outside of the VPS that have a public function
Demographic – Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander identity, age, disability, gender, cultural identity or religion.
Read more about the response rate to the People matter survey 2022 .
Agreement or disagreement questions
For most questions, respondents were asked to choose either:
strongly agree
agree
neither agree nor disagree
disagree
strongly disagree.
For the charts, we combined the percentage of responses to agree and strongly agree.
Respondents who selected neither agree nor disagree may account for a significant number of responses where people have not agreed.
We included a ‘prefer not to say’ option for some demographic questions. Respondents may choose ‘prefer not to say’ for a range of reasons.
Demographic-based questions
The Commission uses strict rules to protect the privacy and anonymity of respondents at every stage of the survey.
We don’t release employee opinion results for demographic groups where industries have less than 30 total responses.
Read our privacy policy .
Read more
Read more about the People matter survey 2022 .
For data on the whole Victorian public sector workforce go to Workforce data facts and visuals .
Key findings
The key findings are for the Victorian public sector.
Positive views from respondents:
67% feel their organisation operates, implements policy and delivers services fairly and equitably
74% feel their workgroup operates to deliver quality services
68% feel their organisation is innovative with its operations
75% feel safe in their workgroup and feel confident to raise mistakes, concerns and poor behaviour without fear of retribution.
Organisational integrity
We need the community to have high trust in how we work and what we do, through fair and respectful treatment of employees, clients and stakeholders.
This graph shows the percentage of respondents who agree their organisation operates, implements policy and delivers services fairly and equitably.
Year
2023
2022
2021
2020
2019
2018
2017
2017
Filter by industry
Whole of public sector
Public entities
Victorian Public Service
Creative industries, finance, transport and other
Police and emergency services
Public health care
TAFE and other education
Water and land management
Government schools
Filter by demographic
Overall
Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander
Age
Full-time or part-time
Ongoing, fixed-term or casual
Ongoing or fixed-term
Cultural identity
Disability
Gender
Gender identity
Religion
Headcount
Full-time equivalent
Employers
Percentage of all employees by headcount
Percentage of all full-time equivalent employees
Remuneration
Remuneration gap as an amount
Remuneration gap as a percentage
View as a number or percentage
Percentage
Number
Salary
Percentage of industry
Percentage of total public sector workforce
Organisation integrity – survey questions
The results combine agree and strongly agree answers to these statements:
I believe the promotion processes in my organisation are fair
I believe the recruitment processes in my organisation are fair
I have an equal chance at promotion in my organisation
My organisation does not tolerate improper conduct
My organisation encourages employees to act in ways that are consistent with human rights
My organisation encourages respectful workplace behaviours
My organisation is committed to earning a high level of public trust
My organisation takes steps to eliminate bullying, harassment and discrimination.
Quality service delivery
To deliver quality services employees need to be motivated, make impartial decisions and have clear accountabilities.
The public sector must provide high-quality services in a timely way to meet the needs of Victorians.
This graph shows the percentage of respondents who agree their workgroup operates to deliver quality services.
Year
2023
2022
2021
2020
2019
2018
2017
2017
Filter by industry
Whole of public sector
Public entities
Victorian Public Service
Creative industries, finance, transport and other
Police and emergency services
Public health care
TAFE and other education
Water and land management
Government schools
Filter by demographic
Overall
Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander
Age
Full-time or part-time
Ongoing, fixed-term or casual
Ongoing or fixed-term
Cultural identity
Disability
Gender
Gender identity
Religion
Headcount
Full-time equivalent
Employers
Percentage of all employees by headcount
Percentage of all full-time equivalent employees
Remuneration
Remuneration gap as an amount
Remuneration gap as a percentage
View as a number or percentage
Percentage
Number
Salary
Percentage of industry
Percentage of total public sector workforce
Quality service delivery – survey questions
The results combine agree and strongly agree answers to these statements:
My workgroup acts fairly and without bias
My workgroup has clear lines of responsibility
My workgroup provides high-quality advice and services
My workgroup uses its resources well.
Innovation
Innovation can reduce costs, create public value and lead to higher quality services.
This graph shows the percentage of respondents who agree their organisation is innovative with its operations.
Year
2023
2022
2021
2020
2019
2018
2017
2017
Filter by industry
Whole of public sector
Public entities
Victorian Public Service
Creative industries, finance, transport and other
Police and emergency services
Public health care
TAFE and other education
Water and land management
Government schools
Filter by demographic
Overall
Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander
Age
Full-time or part-time
Ongoing, fixed-term or casual
Ongoing or fixed-term
Cultural identity
Disability
Gender
Gender identity
Religion
Headcount
Full-time equivalent
Employers
Percentage of all employees by headcount
Percentage of all full-time equivalent employees
Remuneration
Remuneration gap as an amount
Remuneration gap as a percentage
View as a number or percentage
Percentage
Number
Salary
Percentage of industry
Percentage of total public sector workforce
Innovation – survey questions
The results combine agree and strongly agree answers to these statements:
My workgroup encourages employee creativity
My workgroup is quick to respond to opportunities to do things better
My workgroup learns from failures and mistakes.
Safe to speak up
Organisations with psychologically safe cultures empower employees to:
report integrity issues
report and respond to negative behaviour
remedy mistakes
improve performance.
This graph shows the percentage of respondents who:
feel safe in their work group
feel confident to raise mistakes, concerns and poor behaviour without fear of retribution.
Year
2023
2022
2021
2020
2019
2018
2017
2017
Filter by industry
Whole of public sector
Public entities
Victorian Public Service
Creative industries, finance, transport and other
Police and emergency services
Public health care
TAFE and other education
Water and land management
Government schools
Filter by demographic
Overall
Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander
Age
Full-time or part-time
Ongoing, fixed-term or casual
Ongoing or fixed-term
Cultural identity
Disability
Gender
Gender identity
Religion
Headcount
Full-time equivalent
Employers
Percentage of all employees by headcount
Percentage of all full-time equivalent employees
Remuneration
Remuneration gap as an amount
Remuneration gap as a percentage
View as a number or percentage
Percentage
Number
Salary
Percentage of industry
Percentage of total public sector workforce
Safe to speak up – survey questions
The results combine agree and strongly agree answers to these statements:
I feel culturally safe at work
I feel safe to challenge inappropriate behaviour at work
People in my workgroup are able to bring up problems and tough issues.
Data set
This .CSV file has the data for each survey question on this page.
Organisation climate 2022 (2kb)