Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander employees vs Victorian population

The estimated percentage of employees who identify as Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander:

Data sources:

  • overall public sector workforce: Workforce data collection 2024 and People matter survey 2024
  • Victorian population: Australian Bureau of Statistics, Census 2021.

In 2024, we refined how we estimate the percentage of employees who identify as Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander. As a result, we don’t directly compare 2024 data to 2023.


Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander employees in the Victorian Public Service

In 2017, the Victorian public sector launched the 5 year Aboriginal Employment Strategy, Barring Djinang.

In 2025, Barring Djinang: First Peoples Workforce Development Framework was launched as the new 4-year strategy to enhance Aboriginal employment outcomes across the Victorian public sector.

Since June 2017, the number of Victorian Public Service employees who identify as Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander:

  • rose from 478 to 760
  • rose from 1.1% to 1.33%.




Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander employees in the Victorian Public Service (VPS) by occupation



Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander employees by VPS grade



Data sets, key terms and how we prepare data