Key facts

Overall public sector workforce employees:

  • 42.2 years is the average age
  • 11.4% identify as lesbian, gay, bisexual, asexual, pansexual, don’t know or use another term.

Victorian Public Service employees:

  • 42.1 years is the average age
  • 12.2% identify as lesbian, gay, bisexual, asexual, pansexual, don’t know or use another term.

Women make up:

  • 67.7% of all public sector employees
  • 51.6% of all public sector executives
  • 59.6% of Victorian Public Service employees
  • 51.8% of Victorian Public Service executives
  • 51.2% of public entity executives.

Age of employees



Age of executives



Gender of employees





Gender of executives



Trans, non-binary or gender diverse



Innate variations of sex characteristics (often called intersex)



Sexual orientation



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