Australia (1000-5000) July 2026
~4.5m
Questions answered
over 12 months- /
~250
Organizations
These insights represent ~4.5m questions answered from ~250 organizations, collected between July 2025 and June 2026.
The data meet our criteria as being robust and reliable; unlikely to substantially change over time; and representative of the wider industry.
Data provided by Culture Amp
Most represented industries in this benchmark
Computer Software, Utilities, Financial Services, Hospital & Health Care, Marketing & Advertising, Higher Education, Information Technology & Services, Government Administration, Internet, Nonprofit Organization Management
Reported gender breakdown
Male
51%
Female
49%
Non-Binary
0.07%
Are employees committed to their organizations?
Engaged people are emotionally committed to their organization. These people stay at their organizations longer and are more productive and effective. Successful organizations have more engaged employees.
68% of Australia (1000-5000) employees are engaged
This is in the bottom 37% compared with other regions.
The median eNPS score for organizations in this benchmark is 9 and is in the bottom 43% compared with other regions.
How does Australia (1000-5000) compare?
People in Australia (1000-5000) were much more positive than average regarding Ai Effectiveness, Feedback Culture, and Growth.
On the lower side, people in Australia (1000-5000) had much lower favorable scores than average in Equity, Company Performance, and Service & Quality Focus.
People working in Australia (1000-5000) are more engaged than Benelux, Central Europe, and DACH. People working in Australia (1000-5000) are less engaged than North America, Middle East, East Asia, and Middle East & Africa.
The highest scoring question for Australia (1000-5000) had 88% of people agreeing that they understand how their work contributes to %[Company]%'s mission (-5% compared to overall) while they were generally most positive about Contribution to Broader Purpose.
People in Australia (1000-5000) were generally least favourable about Equity, and were most negative towards 'I believe my total compensation (base salary+any bonuses+benefits+equity) is fair, relative to similar roles at other companies' with 27% of people disagreeing (+4% above average).
Which questions matter the most?
Different things are important to different cultures. If you want to make more of your people engaged then you need to know what is important your people. These questions are most important to keeping people engaged in Australia (1000-5000) organizations.
1 The leaders at %[Company]% demonstrate that people are important to the company's success | Leadership |
2 Day-to-day decisions here demonstrate that quality and improvement are top priorities | Service & Quality Focus |
3 The leaders at %[Company]% have communicated a vision that motivates me | Leadership |
How long do people stay?
In the short term, 21% of people in this benchmark are thinking of or actually seeking jobs elsewhere (+2% compared to overall) while on a longer time frame, 11% of people see themselves leaving within two years (+1% compared to overall).
Understanding Tenure distributions
Tenure describes how long an employee has worked for their company: we know through our research that newly hired employees tend to be more positive than their tenured counterparts. Positivity declines sharply before bottoming out between two to six years, then rises slightly for those that remain.
The tenure composition of a benchmark can influence overall scores.
Tenure distributions
Less than 3 months
2%
3 months to 6 months
4%
6 months to less than 1 year
8%
1 to less than 2 years
14%
2 to less than 4 years
23%
4 to less than 6 years
11%
6 to less than 10 years
14%
Greater than 10 years
23%