The Local Government Workforce Trends and Blips on the Radar
UTS CENTRE FOR LOCAL GOVERNMENT 2 Workforce Program WORKFORCE AND SECTOR POSITIONING WORKFORCE PLANNING & DEVELOPMENT DEMOGRAPHIC DATA
3 UTS CENTRE FOR LOCAL GOVERNMENT National Workforce Strategy Local government requires significant and diverse workforce to provide increasingly diverse and complex services Local government can be a more capable partner by future-proofing workforce and addressing key challenges: Attraction Retention Development
4 UTS CENTRE FOR LOCAL GOVERNMENT National Workforce Strategy Consistent approach to workforce planning and development Builds on and reinforces existing good practices Workforce planning and development 1 Data collection 2 Skills development and capacity building 3
5 UTS CENTRE FOR LOCAL GOVERNMENT National Workforce Strategy Improving Promoting as a Retaining and workforce place-based attracting a planning and employer of diverse development choice workforce Improving Creating a Investing in productivity and contemporary skills leveraging workforce technology Maximising Implementation management and and leadership collaboration
National Profile of the Local Government Workforce
UTS CENTRE FOR LOCAL GOVERNMENT 7 The First National Profile + | Australian Local Government Workforce - | Some Challenges and Employment Census • Designed to support National Workforce Strategy • Poor representation from some jurisdictions - underscores importance of national approach • Piloted with councils around Australia then launched November 2012 – closed late January 2013 • Results compared with other sources to confirm accuracy (i.e. ABS, NSW Office of Local Government) • 232 metro, regional and rural councils, representing over 67,000, or a third of estimated total workforce
8 UTS CENTRE FOR LOCAL GOVERNMENT The First National Profile Combined ALGWE Census and other data: One of our most 1. ABS Census, place of work and usual downloaded publications residence 2. ABS Census, longitudinal database 3. ABS Survey of Employee Earnings and Hours 4. Electoral Commissions 5. Comparative performance information from State departments of local government
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10 UTS CENTRE FOR LOCAL GOVERNMENT Major findings from 2011 Female Ageing Spatial CoAG Public Sector Managers and Workforce distribution Employment Targets Councillors 5 % Place-based Attraction and Engineering and Amalgamations employment Retention Infrastructure
How the sector is shaping up in 2016
UTS CENTRE FOR LOCAL GOVERNMENT 12 Data Sources 1. ABS Census, place of work and usual residence databases 2. ABS Census, longitudinal database (time series data) *Includes changes to number and boundaries of local governments following mergers and de-mergers in NSW and Qld between 2011 and 2016 Census underestimates the number of local government employees ABS Survey of Employee Earnings Difference ABS Census, 2016 (POW) and Hours (Public Sector, 2017) 189,500 153,308 -19% (~80% of estimated sector workforce) Challenges for particular services (e.g.): 1. Libraries 2. Swimming pools 3. Contract outdoor staff 4. Regional airports
UTS CENTRE FOR LOCAL GOVERNMENT 13 What is the local government sector? What is a government unit? Legal entities established by political processes that have All entities for which a local government can determine legislative, judicial or executive authority over other financial and operating policies governing the entity's institutional units within a given area : strategic or long-term directions: 1. Financial corporations 1. Has funds of its own, raised by taxing other institutional units or received as transfers from other 2. Government agencies and departments government units; 3. Non-financial corporations controlled by government 2. Has authority to disburse some, or all, of such 4. Notional institutional units controlled by government funds in the pursuit of its policy objectives ; and 5. Public financial and non-financial corporations 3. Has authority to borrow funds on its own account E.g. Regional airports
UTS CENTRE FOR LOCAL GOVERNMENT 14 Workforce size 148,585 153,308 SEE SEE 192,500 189,500
UTS CENTRE FOR LOCAL GOVERNMENT 15 Average council size 2016 Number of Number of local Average size employees governments The average urban and Urban 72534 137 529 regional council workforce is Regional 51247 114 450 larger in 2016 by Rural 27093 294 92 25 % 2011 Number of Number of local Average size Rural councils by employees governments Urban 62843 149 422 15% Regional 42420 117 363 Rural 24205 302 80
UTS CENTRE FOR LOCAL GOVERNMENT 16 Average council size NUMBER OF EMPLOYEES NSW VIC QLD WA SA TAS NT Urban 19821 25418 11591 10123 4069 751 489 Regional 19161 9488 18250 1599 789 1582 378 Rural 8162 3106 4608 4884 4307 1004 1022 NUMBER OF COUNCILS Urban 33 33 14 29 20 3 3 Regional 36 24 30 7 7 8 2 Rural 60 23 35 101 44 19 12 NUMBER OF EMPLOYEES NSW VIC QLD WA SA TAS NT Urban 19800 21263 8150 8719 3688 665 558 Regional 13471 8091 16500 1623 671 1480 584 Rural 5926 3126 3799 4242 3728 994 2390 NUMBER OF COUNCILS Urban 44 33 20 30 20 3 3 Regional 38 24 29 7 7 8 2 Rural 71 23 32 101 44 19 12
UTS CENTRE FOR LOCAL GOVERNMENT 17 Spatial distribution 100% 3% 8% 9% 9% 9% 10% 12% 18% 90% 20% 35% 80% 22% 28% 29% 46% 26% 31% 25% 70% 34% 60% 50% 33% 40% 78% 36% 69% 63% 63% 63% 62% 61% 30% 48% 20% 32% 10% 17% 0% Local Government State Government Commonwealth Agriculture, Forestry Mining Manufacturing Construction Transport, Postal and Education and TrainingHealth Care and Social Government and Fishing Warehousing Assistance Urban Regional Rural
UTS CENTRE FOR LOCAL GOVERNMENT 18 Place-based employment 448 423 Number of councils Number of councils where more than 50% of the where more than 50% of the workforce live locally workforce live locally
UTS CENTRE FOR LOCAL GOVERNMENT 19 Ageing workforce National workforce - 2006 National workforce - 2011 National workforce - 2016 Local government workforce - 2006 Local government workforce - 2011 Local government workforce - 2016 30% 25% 2011 20% 2016 2006 2006 15% 10% 2006 2011 5% 2016 2016 2011 0% 15 to 24 25 to 34 35 to 44 45 to 54 55 to 64 65 to 74 74 to 84 85 and over
UTS CENTRE FOR LOCAL GOVERNMENT 20 Education 16% 14% 12% 10% 8% 6% 4% 2% 0% Doctoral Degree Level Master Degree Level Graduate Diploma Graduate Certificate Bachelor Degree Level Advanced Diploma Diploma Level Certificate III & IV Certificate I & II Level Level Level and Associate Degree Level Level 2016 Male 2016 Female 2011 Male 2011 Female Increasing Skill Level
UTS CENTRE FOR LOCAL GOVERNMENT 21 Education 80% 70% 60% 50% 40% 30% 20% 10% 0% Doctoral Degree Level Master Degree Level Graduate Diploma Level Graduate Certificate Bachelor Degree Level Advanced Diploma and Diploma Level Certificate III & IV Level Certificate I & II Level Level Associate Degree Level 2016 Male 2016 Female 2011 Male 2011 Female Increasing Skill Level
UTS CENTRE FOR LOCAL GOVERNMENT 22 Female Executives and Managers Local Government Workforce 2016 2011 Total N % Male % Female % Change N change % Male % Female General Managers 556 69% 32% 8% 67 77% 24% Finance Managers 596 57% 43% 7% 67 63% 36% Policy and Planning Managers 837 44% 56% 6% 24 50% 50% Research and Development Managers 173 60% 42% 11% 27 68% 31% Construction Managers 1062 87% 13% 4% 89 91% 10% Engineering Managers 579 90% 9% 4% 22 95% 5% Supply, Distribution and Procurement Managers 176 69% 31% 13% 29 79% 18% 2016 2011 National Workforce Total N % Male % Female % Change N Change % Male % Female General Managers 110595 75% 25% 2% 7124 77% 23% Finance Managers 47012 54% 46% 3% 3771 57% 43% Policy and Planning Managers 21268 44% 56% 3% 2360 46% 54% Research and Development Managers 10965 54% 46% 4% 1130 58% 42% Construction Managers 92380 93% 7% 1% 2466 94% 6% Engineering Managers 15421 91% 9% 1% -76 92% 8% Supply, Distribution and Procurement Managers 32553 78% 22% 8% 475 86% 14%
UTS CENTRE FOR LOCAL GOVERNMENT 23 Top 25 Occupations General Clerks 6529 Urban and Regional Planners 5108 Information Officers 4747 Contract, Program and Project Administrators 4386 Gardeners 4080 Truck Drivers 3706 Welfare Support Workers 3608 Aged and Disabled Carers 3484 Other Miscellaneous Labourers 3429 Planners Librarians / Inspectors and Regulatory Officers 3337 Library Asst. Civil Engineering Professionals 3298 Child Carers 3085 Other Specialist Managers 2978 Architectural, Building and Surveying Technicians 2804 Labourers 2695 Accounting Clerks 2483 Garden and Nursery Labourers 2348 Librarians 2307 Occupational and Environmental Health Professionals 2202 Earthmoving Plant Operators 2112 Library Assistants 2047 Personal Assistants 1926 Rubbish and Paving and Gallery, Library and Museum Technicians 1868 recycling surface Accountants 1730 Building and Plumbing Labourers 1685 collectors labourers
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