Australian Public Service (APS) headcount as share of Australia's population (%), at end of financial each year

In 2007, the last year of the Howard Coalition government, the APS headcount as a share of Australia's population was 0.74%. Today, it is 0.68%.

Blue shading: period of Coalition government. Red shading: period of Labor government.
ABC Source: Australian Public Service Employment Database (APSED) Get the data