Census details
Responses: 14,377 of 18,718, which is a response rate of 77%.
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Demographics
Gender
How do you describe your gender:
- Man or male 42%
- Woman or female 54%
- Non-binary 0%
- I use a different term 0%
- Prefer not to say 4%.
First Nations
Do you identify as an Australian Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander person:
- Yes 3%
- No 97%.
Disability
Do you have an ongoing disability:
- Yes 11%
- No 89%.
Carers
Do you have carer responsibilities?
- Yes 44%
- No 56%.
Identity
Do you identify as Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual, Transgender and/or gender diverse, Intersex, Queer, Questioning and/or Asexual (LGBTIQA+)?
- Yes 7%
- No 93%.
Cultural background
How would you describe your cultural background (multiple responses):
- Australian (excluding Australian Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander) 62%
- Australian Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander 3%
- New Zealander (excluding Maori) 1%
- Maori, Melanesian, Papuan, Micronesian, and Polynesian 1%
- Anglo-European 11%
- North-West European (excluding Anglo-European) 2%
- Southern and Eastern European 6%
- South-East Asian 16%
- North-East Asian 4%
- Southern and Central Asian 5%
- North American 0%
- South and Central American and Caribbean Islander 1%
- North African and Middle Eastern 1%
- Sub-Saharan African 1%.
Neurodiversity
Do you consider yourself to be neurodivergent:
- Yes 7%
- No 81%
- Not sure 12%.
Agency position
This is our score and the overall APS score for the indices. These show where the ATO sits in comparison to the overall APS index score and the scores of other agencies.
Employee engagement
The ATO ranks 58th out of 100 agencies, with a rating of 74. The range across the APS is 50 to 85 and the overall APS score is 73.
Leadership – immediate supervisor
The ATO ranks 33rd out of 100 agencies, with a rating of 77. The range across the APS is 67 to 85 and the overall APS score is 76.
Leadership – SES manager
The ATO ranks 58th out of 100 agencies, with a rating of 70. The range across the APS is 51 to 89 and the overall APS score is 69.
Communication
The ATO ranks 32nd out of 100 agencies, with a rating of 71. The range across the APS is 44 to 84 and the overall APS score is 64.
Enabling innovation
The ATO ranks 40th out of 100 agencies, with a rating of 66. The range across the APS is 48 to 79 and the overall APS score is 64.
Wellbeing policies and support
The ATO ranks 46th out of 100 agencies, with a rating of 71. The range across the APS is 44 to 86 and the overall APS score is 68.
Guide to this report
% positive
Where results are shown as positive percentages (% positive), these are calculated by adding together positive responses ('strongly agree' + 'agree' or 'always' + 'often') and dividing by the number of respondents who answered the question.
Rounding
Results are presented as whole numbers for ease of reading, with rounding performed at the last stage of calculation for maximum accuracy. Values from x.00 to x.49 are rounded down and values from x.50 to x.99 are rounded up. Therefore in some instances, results may not total 100%.
Anonymity
It is best practice not to display the results of groups of respondents to the extent where the anonymity of individuals may be compromised. Results will not be shown where there are less than 10 respondents in a group.
Comparisons with results from previous years
The method of analysing and reporting specific results may be periodically reviewed and revised. Such improvements are applied to current data and that of previous years. For this reason the current report is always the most accurate data source for APS employee census results, including comparisons with time series data.