Australia 1000+ January 2026
~12m
Questions answered
over 12 months- /
~350
Organizations
These insights represent ~12m questions answered from ~350 organizations, collected between January 2025 and December 2025.
The data meet our criteria as being robust and reliable; unlikely to substantially change over time; and representative of the wider industry. Read more about the methodology.
Data provided by Culture Amp
Most represented industries in this benchmark
Computer Software, Financial Services, Utilities, Higher Education, Information Technology & Services, Government Administration, Nonprofit Organization Management, Marketing & Advertising, Retail, Internet
Reported gender breakdown
Male
52%
Female
48%
Non-Binary
0.5%
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.
66% of Australia 1000+ employees are engaged
This is in the bottom 35% compared with other regions.
The median eNPS score for organizations in this benchmark is 9 and is in the bottom 44% compared with other regions.
How does Australia 1000+ compare?
People in Australia 1000+ were much more positive than average regarding Decision Making, Feedback Culture, and Social Connections.
On the lower side, people in Australia 1000+ had much lower favorable scores than average in Work Pressure, Equity, and Feedback & Recognition.
People working in Australia 1000+ are more engaged than Benelux. People working in Australia 1000+ are less engaged than Eastern Europe, APAC, North America, and Middle East.
The highest scoring question for Australia 1000+ had 88% of people agreeing that they understand how their work contributes to %[Company]%'s mission (-3% compared to overall) while they were generally most positive about Contribution to Broader Purpose.
People in Australia 1000+ were generally least favourable about Action, 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 25% of people disagreeing (+2% 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+ organizations.
1 %[Company]% is in a position to really succeed over the next three years | Company Performance |
2 The leaders at %[Company]% have communicated a vision that motivates me | Leadership |
3 %[Company]% is a great company for me to make a contribution to my development | Learning & Development |
How long do people stay?
In the short term, 24% of people in this benchmark are thinking of or actually seeking jobs elsewhere (+4% compared to overall) while on a longer time frame, 12% of people see themselves leaving within two years (+2% 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
3%
6 months to less than 1 year
7%
1 to less than 2 years
16%
2 to less than 4 years
27%
4 to less than 6 years
11%
6 to less than 10 years
13%
Greater than 10 years
22%