This statistic displays the share of CEOs and equivalents in Australia in 2018, broken down by position and cultural background. That year, 84.5 percent of federal and state government department heads were of Anglo-Celtic origin, compared to only one percent that were of non-European origin. Indigenous people were non represented in the leading positions of the federal and state government at all in that year.
Cultural background of chief executive officers (CEOs) and equivalents in Australia in 2018 by type
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Australian Human Rights Commission. (April 1, 2018). Cultural background of chief executive officers (CEOs) and equivalents in Australia in 2018 by type [Graph]. In Statista. Retrieved May 02, 2024, from https://www.statista.com/statistics/938983/australia-cultural-background-leading-positions/
Australian Human Rights Commission. "Cultural background of chief executive officers (CEOs) and equivalents in Australia in 2018 by type." Chart. April 1, 2018. Statista. Accessed May 02, 2024. https://www.statista.com/statistics/938983/australia-cultural-background-leading-positions/
Australian Human Rights Commission. (2018). Cultural background of chief executive officers (CEOs) and equivalents in Australia in 2018 by type. Statista. Statista Inc.. Accessed: May 02, 2024. https://www.statista.com/statistics/938983/australia-cultural-background-leading-positions/
Australian Human Rights Commission. "Cultural Background of Chief Executive Officers (Ceos) and Equivalents in Australia in 2018 by Type." Statista, Statista Inc., 1 Apr 2018, https://www.statista.com/statistics/938983/australia-cultural-background-leading-positions/
Australian Human Rights Commission, Cultural background of chief executive officers (CEOs) and equivalents in Australia in 2018 by type Statista, https://www.statista.com/statistics/938983/australia-cultural-background-leading-positions/ (last visited May 02, 2024)
Cultural background of chief executive officers (CEOs) and equivalents in Australia in 2018 by type [Graph], Australian Human Rights Commission, April 1, 2018. [Online]. Available: https://www.statista.com/statistics/938983/australia-cultural-background-leading-positions/