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Composition of Australia's police services as at 30 June 2006

Sworn personnel, 30 June 2006

Jurisdiction	Male		Female		n
	n	%	n	%
New South Wales	10,895	74	3,739	26	14,634
Victoria	8,854	79	2,321	21	11,175
Queensland	7,128	67	2,141	23	9,269
Western Australia	4,073	81	888	19	5,311
South Australia	3,192	77	976	23	4,168
Tasmania	937	75	309	25	1,246
Northern Territory	717	72	194	28	1,182
Australian Capital Territory	489	79	133	21	622
Australia	36,285	77	10,701	23	46,986

Personnel by rank and gender, 30 June 2006

	Male		Female		n
	n	%	n	%
Sworn personnel
Senior executive 1	78	90	9	10	87
Superintendent	380	92	32	8	412
Inspector	1,364	92	111	8	1,475
Senior sergeant	1,786	91	168	9	1,954
Sergeant 3	7,678	89	992	11	8,683
Senior constable	15,035	76	4,672	24	19,707
Constable 4	9,343	67	4,495	33	13,838
Probationary constable	616	73	222	27	838
External secondments	5	100	0	0	5
Total	36,285	77	10,701	23	46,986
UNSWorn personnel
Recruits	607	65	324	35	931
Cadets	51	61	32	39	83
Police aides 5	110	46	131	54	241
ACPO/Spec. constable 6	77	71	31	29	108
Other 7	140	84	26	16	166
Public service employee 8	4,169	33	8,323	67	12,492
Other personnel 9	448	49	463	51	911
Total	41,886	68	20,031	32	61,917

New South Wales by rank and gender, 30 June 2006

Rank	Male		Female		n
	n	%	n	%
Senior executive 1	17	89	2	11	19
Chief superintendent	10	100	0	0	10
Superintendent	99	90	11	10	110
Chief inspector	116	92	10	8	126
Inspector	469	91	49	9	518
Senior sergeant	219	84	41	16	260
Sergeant 3	2,079	85	356	15	2,435
Senior constable	4,608	71	1,839	29	6,447
Constable 4	2,693	69	1,222	31	3,915
Probationary constable	585	74	209	26	794
Total sworn officers	10,895	74	3,739	26	14,634
Public service employee 8	1,386	35	2,587	65	3,973
Total personnel	12,281	66	6,326	34	18,607

Victoria by rank and gender, 30 June 2006

Rank	Male		Female		n
	n	%	n	%
Senior executive 1	20	87	3	13	23
Superintendent	71	96	3	4	74
Inspector	253	95	12	5	265
Senior sergeant	527	92	48	8	575
Sergeant 3	1,655	92	137	8	1,792
Senior constable	5,259	78	1,477	22	6,736
Constable 4	1,069	63	641	37	1,710
Total sworn officers	8,854	79	2,321	21	11,175
Recruits	150	57	115	43	265
Other 7	135	84	26	16	161
Public service employee 8	752	31	1,657	69	2,409
Total personnel	9,891	71	4,119	29	14,010

Queensland by rank and gender, 30 June 2006

Rank	Male		Female		n
	n	%	n	%
Senior executive 1	13	93	1	7	14
Superintendent	60	95	3	5	63
Inspector	286	93	21	7	307
Senior sergeant	600	93	47	7	647
Sergeant 3	1,913	86	287	14	2,213
Senior constable	2,158	75	720	25	2,878
Constable 4	2,098	66	1,062	34	3,160
Total sworn officers	7,128	77	2,141	23	9,269
Recruits	228	63	134	37	362
Public service employee 8	624	24	1,937	76	2,561
Other personnel 9	427	53	372	47	799
Total personnel	8,407	65	4,584	35	12,991

Western Australia by rank and gender, 30 June 2006

Rank	Male		Female		n
	n	%	n	%
Senior executive 1	8	89	1	11	9
Superintendent	45	96	2	4	47
Inspector	116	92	10	8	126
Senior sergeant	202	96	8	4	210
Sergeant 3	811	93	60	7	871
Senior constable	1,750	86	280	14	2,030
Constable 4	1,141	68	527	32	1,668
Total sworn officers	4,325	81	986	19	5,311
Recruits	188	74	66	26	254
Police aides 5	64	67	32	33	96
Public service employee 8	602	41	850	59	1,452
Other personnel 9	21	19	91	81	112
Total personnel	4,948	72	1,927	28	6,875

South Australia by rank and gender, 30 June 2006

Rank	Male		Female		n
	n	%	n	%
Senior executive 1	9	90	1	10	10
Superintendent	38	95	2	5	40
Inspector	75	93	6	7	81
Senior sergeant	186	92	17	8	203
Sergeant 3	793	90	89	10	882
Senior constable	1,055	78	294	22	1,349
Constable 4	1,031	65	567	35	1,598
External secondments	5	100	0	0	5
Total sworn officers	2,906	77	849	23	3,755
Cadets	51	61	32	39	83
ACPO/Spec. constable 6	23	72	9	28	32
Public service employee 8	440	39	685	61	1,125
Total personnel	3,706	69	1,702	31	5,408

Tasmania by rank and gender, 30 June 2006

Rank	Male		Female		n
	n	%	n	%
Senior executive 1	4	100	0	0	4
Commander	9	100	0	0	9
Inspector	49	94	3	6	52
Sergeant 3	183	92	15	8	198
Constable 4	661	70	278	30	939
Trainee	31	70	13	30	44
Total sworn officers	937	75	309	25	1,246
Public service employee 8	174	37	298	63	472
Total personnel	1,111	65	607	35	1,718

Northern Territory by rank and gender, 30 June 2006

Rank	Male		Female		n
	n	%	n	%
Senior executive 1	5	100	0	0	5
Superintendent 2	39	80	10	20	49
Senior sergeant	52	88	7	12	59
Sergeant 3	141	80	35	20	176
Senior constable	205	77	62	23	267
Constable 4	275	77	80	23	355
Total sworn officers	858	73	324	27	1,182
Recruits	41	82	9	18	50
Police auxiliaries 5	46	32	99	68	145
ACPO/Spec. constable 6	54	71	22	29	76
Public service employee 8	93	33	187	67	280
Total personnel	951	65	511	35	1,462

Australian Federal Police (ACT Policing) by rank and gender, 30 June 2006

Rank	Sworn		Unsworn		n
	Male	Female	Male	Female
Senior executive 1	2	1	1	0	4
Superintendent / Coordinator AFP band 9	9	1	14	5	29
Sergeant / AFP bands 5-8 temp	103	13	22	22	161
AFP Bands 5-8 temp	0	0	4	1	5
Constable / AFP bands 2-4	374	118	47	87	626
AFP Bands 2-4 temp	1	0	9	7	17
Total personnel	489	133	98	122	842

Notes

• ¹ Includes Commissioner/Chief Commissioner, Deputy Commissioner, Assistant Commissioner, and Commander. Includes Commanders in Victoria
• ² Includes Commanders in Northern Territory.
• ³ Includes Sergeant First Class in Western Australia, Sergeant (qualified and unqualified) in Tasmania and Brevet Sergeant in Northern Territory
• ⁴ Includes Constable First Class in New South Wales and Western Australia, Confirmed Constables in Victoria, Constable (qualified and unqualified) in Tasmania, and Probationary Constable, Constable, Constable First Class and Senior Constable in Northern Territory and South Australia
• ⁵ Includes Constables (not confirmed) in Victoria, Police Auxiliary in the Northern Territory, Aboriginal Police Liaison Officers in Western Australia, and Community Constables in South Australia
• ⁶ Includes Aboriginal Community Police Officers (ACPO) in the Northern Territory
• ⁷ Includes reservists and Protective Security Officer (PSO) in VIctoria
• ⁸ Includes civilian staff of the Northern Territory Police. New South Wales includes ministerial employees. Tasmania includes State Emergency Service officers and Forensic Science Service Tasmania (FSST) officers. Queensland includes temporary employees occupying public service positions
• ⁹ South Australia includes weekly paids (could change to staff paid weekly) and other. NSW includes Transit Police. Western Australia includes wages staff.

Note: Comparisons between the number staff within any rank between jurisdictions should be made with caution. The rank structure for each state and territory varies. A jurisdiction may have senior public servants on their command team, or in positions equivalent to Commander and above, while others may engage senior police on public service executive contracts. In the first case, these personnel would be included as uNSWorn personnel (eg. Public service employees/Other personnel), while in the latter case, these staff are included under the category of sworn personnel. Also, some ranks may not exist in some states, thereby inflating the numbers in another close rank.

Sources

Adapted from individual state and territory police annual reports for the period 1 July 2005-30 June 2006. After numbers were collated they were submitted to the individual state and territory human resource sections for checking and approval prior to the release of this information.

• New South Wales : NSW Police annual report 2005-06
• Victoria : Victoria Police annual report 2005-06
• Queensland : Queensland Police Service annual statistical review 2005-06
• Western Australia : Western Australia Police annual report 2005-06
• South Australia : South Australia Police annual report 2005 2006
• Tasmania : Department of Police and Emergency Management annual report July 2005-June 2006
• Northern Territory : Northern Territory Police, Fire and Emergency Services 2006 annual report
• Australian Capital Territory : Australian Federal Police annual report 2005-2006

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