EL and SES employees in the Department of Health and Aged Care
Substantive
Total
Disability
LGBT+ 1
Cultural y
Aboriginal
classification and Headcount
diverse
and/or
equivalent
background Torres
(NESB) 2
Strait
Islander
EL
2404
80
210
39
SES
193
5
7
4
Total Headcount
2597
85
N/A
217
43
Data sourced from the Department’s Human Resources Information Management System as at 30 June 2022.
Note:
1. LGBTIQ+
• The Department collects and reports employee classification information by gender.
• The Department does not collect LGBTIQ+ information.
• Relevant data may be captured through the Staff Census Survey where individuals
choose to disclose that information.
2. Cultural y Diverse Background (Non-English-Speaking Background)
• Employees are only required to report against diversity indicators at the point of hire
if the employee is commencing through affirmative measures recruitment activity or
employment program.
• Relevant data may be captured through the staff census survey where individuals
choose to disclose that information.
• Non-English Speaking Background (NESB) is broken into two components:
• NESB 1—People born overseas who arrived in Australia after the age of five and
whose first language was not English.
• NESB 2—Children of migrants including: those who were born overseas and
arrived in Australia when they were aged five or younger but did not speak
English as a first language; those who were Australian born but did not speak
English as a first language and had at least one NESB 1 parent; and those people
who were Australian born and had neither parent speaking English as a first
language.
The department’s staff census survey results are available on t
he Australian Public Service
Commission website.
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