Summary
The 2025 APS Employee Census was administered to eligible Australian Public Service (APS) employees between 5 May and 6 June 2025. Overall, 151,771 APS employees responded to the APS Employee Census in 2025, a response rate of 81%.
The APS Employee Census is an annual employee perception survey of the Australian Public Service workforce. The APS Employee Census has been conducted since 2012 and collects APS employee opinions and perspectives on a range of topics, including employee engagement, wellbeing, and leadership.
The APS Employee Census provides a comprehensive view of the APS and ensures no eligible respondents are omitted from the survey sample, removing sampling bias and reducing sample error.
Please be aware that the very large number of respondents to the APS Employee Census means these files are over 200MB in size.
Downloading and opening these files may take some time.
Technical notes
Four files are available for download.
- 2025 APS Employee Census questionnaire: This contains the 2025 APS Employee Census questionnaire.
- 2025 APS Employee Census data dictionary: This file contains a list of variables and labels within the APS Employee Census.
- 2025 APS Employee Census - 5 point dataset with data values: This CSV file contains individual responses to the 2025 APS Employee Census as clean, tabular data as required by data.gov.au. This will need to be used in conjunction with the above documents. Data in this file are presented as data values.
- 2025 APS Employee Census - 5 point dataset with data labels: This CSV file contains individual responses to the 2025 APS Employee Census as clean, tabular data as required by data.gov.au. This will need to be used in conjunction with the above documents. Data in this file are presented as data labels.
To protect the privacy and confidentiality of respondents to the 2025 APS Employee Census, the datasets provided on data.gov.au include responses to a limited number of demographic or other attribute questions.
Full citation of this dataset should list the Australian Public Service Commission (APSC) as the author.
A recommended short citation is: 2025 APS Employee Census, Australian Public Service Commission.
Any queries can be directed to research@apsc.gov.au.
