Key facts
Overall public sector workforce
- 78.3% are employed on an ongoing basis
- 14.8% are employed fixed-term
- 6.9% are employed casually
- 45.1% of employees work part-time
- 70.2% said they used a flexible work arrangement (source: People matter survey 2024)
- full-time employees are more likely to be aged 25 to 34 (30.3%) than part-time employees (21.3%)
- 6.0% of executives who are women work part-time compared to 2.6% of executives who are men.
Part-time employment rates in the overall public sector are rising.
At June 2024:
- 24.8% of men worked part-time, up from 21.7% in 2020
- 54.3% of women worked part-time, up from 53.7% in 2020.
Victorian Public Service (VPS)
- 80.3% employed on an ongoing basis
- 18.5% employed on a fixed-term basis
- 1.2% employed casually
- 13.7% work part-time
- 73.6% said they used a flexible work arrangement (source: People matter survey 2024)
- full-time VPS employees are more likely to be aged 25 to 34 (27.3%) than part-time employees (17.2%)
- 7.2% of executives who are women work part-time compared to 2.9% who are men.
Part-time employment rates in the VPS are lower than the overall public sector and are trending down.
At June 2024:
- 5.0% of men worked part-time, down from 8.6% in 2019
- 19.6% of women worked part-time, down from 26.0% in 2020.