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Section 01
Workforce Data — Senior leadership 2021
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Section 02
Workforce Data — Remuneration/pay 2021
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Section 03
Workforce Data — Māori Crown 2021
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Section 04
Workforce Data — Public sector composition 2021
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Section 05
Workforce Data — Diversity and inclusion 2021
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5.1
Workforce Data — Ethnicity in the Public Service 2021
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5.2
Workforce Data — Gender representation in the Public Service 2021
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5.3
Workforce Data — Rainbow 2021
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5.4
Workforce Data — Disability 2021
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5.5
Workforce Data — Age profile 2021
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5.6
Workforce Data — Religion 2021
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5.7
Workforce Data — Inclusion 2021
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5.1
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Section 06
Workforce Data — Working in the Public service 2021
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Section 07
Guidance: Data drilldown and technical guidance 2021
The data we collect gives us information about the workforce regions for the Public Service and the wider public sector.
Public Service workforce by region
The largest proportion of the Public Service workforce (44.9%) is located in the Wellington region, which comprises both regional and head office-based staff. This is an increase from 44.3% in 2020. Other regions have 55.1% of the workforce, led by Auckland (20.4%), Canterbury (9.1%) and Waikato (6.7%). The share of the workforce in Wellington has been increasing each year since 2015, when it was 41.1%.
Public sector workforce by region
When we look at all central government, including education and health, the largest proportion of the workforce is in Auckland. Around 113,700 (29.6%) of 384,400 central government employees are in Auckland.
