OSR - workforce

The Online Services Report (OSR) collection contains 2 measures of the workforce of organisations – full-time equivalent (FTE) staff and FTE vacancies.

Full-time equivalent

Full-time equivalent (FTE) is a standard measure of the size of a workforce that takes into account both the number of workers and the hours that each works. For example, if a workforce comprises 2 people working full-time 40 hours a week and 2 working half-time, this is the same as 3 working full-time (an FTE of 3).

In the OSR this is the count of:

  • employed staff – how many FTE positions an organisation paid the wages or salary for at 30 June
  • visiting staff – how many staff worked for but were not paid for by the organisation during the collection period
  • vacant positions – how many vacant positions there were at 30 June.

The following boxes show key results for 2021–22. Clicking on a box will go to more information on the selected topic.

FTE (employed staff)

Indigenous staff

51% (or around 4,500) of employed full-time equivalent staff were Indigenous

Health staff

56% (or around 5,000) of employed full-time equivalent staff were health staff

Remoteness

35% (or around 3,000) of employed full-time equivalent staff were in Remote or Very remote areas

Vacant FTE positions

Indigenous vacancies

11% (or 86) of vacant full-time equivalent positions were for Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander health workers and practitioners

Health vacancies

77% (or around 600) of full-time equivalent vacancies were for health staff

Remoteness

52% (or around 400) of full-time equivalent vacancies were in Remote or Very remote areas