Healthcare Australia July 2026
~1.1m
Questions answered
over 12 months- /
~60
Organizations
These insights represent ~1.1m questions answered from ~60 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
Hospital & Health Care, Individual & Family Services, Medical Practice, Mental Health Care, Veterinary
Reported gender breakdown
Female
79%
Male
21%
Non-Binary
0.08%
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.
71% of Healthcare Australia employees are engaged
This is in the top 49% compared with the overall average.
The median eNPS score for organizations in this benchmark is 18 and is in the top 37% compared with the overall average.
How does Healthcare Australia compare?
People in Healthcare Australia were much more positive than average regarding Social Connection, Growth, and Inclusion.
On the lower side, people in Healthcare Australia had much lower favorable scores than average in Collaboration & Communication, Service & Quality Focus, and Innovation.
People working in Healthcare Australia are more engaged than Management Consulting United Kingdom, Management Consulting Europe, Information Technology & Services Germany, and Consulting & Staffing United Kingdom. People working in Healthcare Australia are less engaged than Finance Africa, Technology, Science, Research East Asia, Biotechnology North America, and Investment Management APAC.
The highest scoring question for Healthcare Australia had 91% of people agreeing that they know how their work contributes to the goals of %[Company]% (+2% compared to overall) while they were generally most positive about Diversity.
People in Healthcare Australia were generally least favourable about Action, and were most negative towards 'When it is clear that someone is not delivering in their role we do something about it' with 20% of people disagreeing (+3% 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 Healthcare Australia organizations.
1 %[Company]%'s commitment to social responsibility (e.g. community support, sustainability, etc.) is genuine | Social Connection |
2 %[Company]% really allows us to make a positive difference | Social Connection |
3 I have access to the things I need to do my job well | Enablement (outcome) |
How long do people stay?
In the short term, 19% of people in this benchmark are thinking of or actually seeking jobs elsewhere (+0% 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
4%
3 months to 6 months
5%
6 months to less than 1 year
10%
1 to less than 2 years
17%
2 to less than 4 years
26%
4 to less than 6 years
12%
6 to less than 10 years
12%
Greater than 10 years
13%