Government Australia July 2025
Emerging
Benchmark status
We consider this an emerging benchmark: it has enough data available for us to use bootstrapping to create a representative sample. As the sample grows in size, some scores may slightly change. Our research has shown that our bootstrapped scores are consistent with our standard benchmarks. Read more about the methodology.
Data provided by Culture Amp
Most represented industries in this benchmark
Government Administration, Government Relations, International Affairs, International Trade & Development
Reported gender breakdown
Female
51%
Male
48%
Non-Binary
0.43%
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.
63% of Government Australia employees are engaged
This is in the bottom 30% compared with the overall average.
The median eNPS score for organizations in this benchmark is -2 and is in the bottom 8% compared with the overall average.
How does Government Australia compare?
On the lower side, people in Government Australia had much lower favorable scores than average in Company Performance, Action, and Feedback & Recognition.
People working in Government Australia are more engaged than Nonprofit Organization Management Europe, Hungary, Germany (200-500), and Turkey 1000+. People working in Government Australia are less engaged than Marketing & Advertising United States, Logistics & Supply Chain, Eastern Europe > 5000, and Civic & Social Organization North America.
The highest scoring question for Government Australia had 87% of people agreeing that they know what they need to do to be successful in their role (+0% compared to overall) while they were generally most positive about Management.
People in Government Australia were generally least favourable about Company Performance, and were most negative towards 'When it is clear that someone is not delivering in their role we do something about it' with 31% of people disagreeing (+14% above average).
How long do people stay?
In the short term, 26% of people in this benchmark are thinking of or actually seeking jobs elsewhere (+6% 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
15%
2 to less than 4 years
20%
4 to less than 6 years
11%
6 to less than 10 years
14%
Greater than 10 years
28%