2026 APS Employee Census

##Summary The 2026 APS Employee Census was administered to eligible Australian Public Service (APS) employees between 4 May and 5 June 2026. Overall, 149,668 APS employees responded to the APS Employee Census in 2026, a response rate of 80%. 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 Five files are available for download. 2026 APS Employee Census - Questionnaire: This contains the 2026 APS Employee Census questionnaire. 2026 APS Employee Census - Data dictionary: This file contains a list of variables and labels within the 2026 APS Employee Census. 2026 APS Employee Census - 5 point dataset with data values: This CSV file contains individual responses to the 2026 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. 2026 APS Employee Census - 5 point dataset with data labels: This CSV file contains individual responses to the 2026 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. 2026 APS Employee Census - 5 point dataset: This file contains individual responses to the 2026 APS Employee Census for use with the SPSS software package. To protect the privacy and confidentiality of respondents to the 2026 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: 2026 APS Employee Census, Australian Public Service Commission. Any queries can be directed to research@apsc.gov.au. Files (slice {"file": url}): - 2026 APS Employee Census - 5 Point dataset with labels (csv): https://data.gov.au/data/dataset/967da988-f633-492f-b367-34094b68a957/resource/bdc3a3fa-711b-4a44-87a3-fefce21acdc0/download/2026-aps-employee-census-5-point-labels.csv - 2026 APS Employee Census - 5 Point dataset with values (csv): https://data.gov.au/data/dataset/967da988-f633-492f-b367-34094b68a957/resource/6fd8d4f9-519a-43c8-83ce-0c60a222ac38/download/2026-aps-employee-census-5-point-values.csv

Cite as: Australian Public Service Commission. 2026 APS Employee Census. https://data.gov.au/data/dataset/2026-aps-employee-census