A diverse team
SBS employee overview
Every year, SBS publishes data relating to the diversity of its workforce based on voluntary information provided by employees upon commencement of their employment, which is securely stored on SBS’s payroll records.
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Percentage of SBS employees* |
Percentage of SBS Board* |
Percentage of Senior Leaders* |
Percentage of People Managers* |
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First Nations People* |
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Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander staff |
3.9% |
25% |
6.9% |
4.2% |
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Non-Indigenous staff |
80.3% |
75% |
69% |
75.8% |
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Not stated |
15.8% |
0% |
24.1% |
20% |
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Cultural Diversity |
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Identifies as culturally diverse |
55.3% |
75% |
51.1% |
49.4% |
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Does not identify as culturally diverse |
31.7% |
25% |
43.3% |
40.6% |
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Not stated |
13% |
0% |
5.6% |
10% |
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People of colour |
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Identifies as a person of colour |
21.4% |
25% |
24.4% |
16.3% |
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Does not identify as a person of colour |
66% |
75% |
71.1% |
73.6% |
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Not stated |
12.7% |
0% |
4.5% |
10.1% |
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Language Background |
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Mainly English speaking |
52.1% |
50% |
70% |
61.5% |
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Mainly non-English speaking |
27.1% |
12.5% |
12.2% |
21.2% |
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Combination |
13.1% |
37.5% |
16.7% |
11.5% |
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Not stated |
7.7% |
0% |
1.1% |
5.8% |
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Place of Birth |
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Australia |
53.8% |
87.5% |
67.8% |
54.9% |
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Overseas |
33.9% |
12.5% |
27.8% |
31.9% |
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Not stated |
12.3% |
0% |
4.4% |
13.2% |
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Gender* |
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Female |
53.2% |
37.5% |
51.7% |
50% |
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Male |
45.9% |
62.5% |
47.1% |
49.4% |
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Non-Binary |
0.9% |
0% |
1.2% |
0.6% |
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Disability |
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People with a Disability |
3.9% |
12.5% |
4.4% |
3.5% |
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People with a chronic condition requiring workplace adjustments |
5.8% |
37.5% |
4.4% |
4.2% |
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People with no Disability |
81.9% |
50% |
85.6% |
86.1% |
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Not stated |
8.4% |
0% |
5.6% |
6.2% |
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Diverse Sexuality |
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Diverse Sexuality |
11.5% |
0% |
15.6% |
8.3% |
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Non-Diverse sexuality |
75.4% |
100% |
80% |
80.6% |
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Not stated |
13.1% |
0% |
4.4% |
11.1% |
Note: Data as at 30 June, 2021
*Represents full-time and part-time employees who voluntarily disclosed information.
*Board data as at August 2021. Managing Director included in both SBS Board and Senior Leader columns.
*Senior Leaders are defined as the SBS Executive Team and their Direct Reports.
*People Managers are those employees who have at least one direct report.
Annual diversity and inclusion employee survey
SBS recognises that there are a variety of reasons why employees may choose not to share personal non-compulsory data with their employer, so we also undertake an annual diversity and inclusion survey which collects additional data anonymously and is not attached to individual employee records. This survey seeks to obtain more detailed information relating to employee diversity across our workforce, and helps to inform the policies and actions designed to make SBS an even more inclusive and accessible workplace.
This survey was last conducted in February 2021 and attracted 908 responses. It found that:
- 3.5% of respondents, 4.4% of senior leaders and 3.5% of managers identified as having a disability.
- 5.8% of respondents, 4.4% of senior leaders and 4.2% of managers identified as having a chronic condition requiring adjustments in the workplace.
- 11.5% of respondents, 15.6% of senior leaders and 8.3% of managers identified as having diverse sexuality.
- 0.9% of respondents identified as having a non-binary gender identity.