Public Service Headcount — methodology

What this metric measures

Total Australian Public Service (APS) headcount — the number of federal public servants.

Why it matters: Tracks the size of the federal public service over time. Changes reflect government policy priorities and service delivery capacity.

Source & provenance

Publisher

APSC APS Employment Data

Update frequency

semiannual

Licence

CC BY 4.0

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How the score is computed

The score is a 0–100 normalisation of the latest observation, compared to a baseline window. The traffic-light rating (RAG) reflects both the absolute level and the recent trend.

Direction

Context-dependent

Trend window

120 months

Baseline

Last 10 years

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