Australian Public Service (APS) Employee Census

Our 2025 results and Agency Action Plan

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05/12/2025 9:30am AEDT

About the APS Employee Census

Each year, all eligible Australian Public Service (APS) employees are invited to take part in the APS Employee Census which is a confidential survey of all eligible employees who are employed under the Public Service Act 1999. It typically runs over the month of May, closing in early June each year.

The Employee Census collects information on:

  • health and wellbeing
  • performance management
  • leadership
  • general impressions of the APS and the ABS as an employer
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ABS Results

Data files

What do we do with our results?

We use our results from each year’s Employee Census to inform our people strategies, policies, and Agency Action Plan, and to track progress against our workforce initiatives. We discuss results with employees to identify their highest priorities for action through Team Action Planning (TAP). Teams are supported to implement actions locally, and we have a number of enterprise-wide people related initiatives underway to help us continuously improve our workplace.

Our Agency Action Plan

At the agency level, we are committed to taking actions across its workforce goals - guided by the themes that emerge from the results each year.

An image of our 2025 Agency Action Plan

The image shows ABS’s Agency Action Plan. Based on the results from the 2025 APS Employee Census, employees recognise that the ABS is doing well in supporting each other to act with integrity and raise problems and tough issues that impact psychological safety, innovating and supporting health and wellbeing. 

From the 2025 APS Employee Census results, we have identified four priority areas we are focused on improving. These are change, leadership, productivity, and capability. 

These are the four key priorities for the ABS for next 12 months. The ABS will track progress in these areas with a mid-year review.

2025 ABS Agency Action Plan

Data files

Need more information on the APS Employee Census?

More information on the APS Employee Census can be found on the Australian Public Service Commission’s website: 
APS Employee Census 2025 | Australian Public Service Commission