This statistic displays a representation of senior executive managers and equivalents in Australia in 2018, broken down by cultural background. That year, around 75.7 percent of the senior leaders in Australia were from Anglo-Celtic background, compared to 58 percent of the total Australian population that was of Anglo-Celtic background. This shows that Anglo-Celtic Australians are overrepresented in senior executive management by 17.7 percent.
Cultural background representation of executive management and equivalent positions in Australia in 2018
Data does not include chief executive officers ('C-suite').
Estimations are based on 2016 Census data from the Australian Bureau of Statistics.
Cultural backgrounds are classified in the following way:
Indigenous designates those who have an
Aboriginal or Torres Strait Islander cultural
background.
Anglo-Celtic describes those cultural
backgrounds that are English, Scottish, Welsh
and Irish.
European includes all European
backgrounds other than Anglo-Celtic – including
North-West European (e.g. German, French,
Dutch) and Southern and Eastern European
(e.g. Italian, Greek, Polish).
Non-European encompasses all other cultural
backgrounds, including South-East Asian
(e.g. Vietnamese, Malaysian), North-East Asian
(e.g. Chinese, Japanese, Korean), Southern and
Central Asian (e.g. Indian, Sri-Lankan, Afghani),
Latin American (e.g. Mexican, Colombian),
Middle Eastern and North African (e.g. Egyptian,
Turkish), Sub-Saharan African (e.g. Nigerian,
Zimbabwean) and Oceanic and Pacific Islander
(e.g. Maori, Tongan).
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Australian Human Rights Commission. (April 1, 2018). Cultural background representation of executive management and equivalent positions in Australia in 2018 [Graph]. In Statista. Retrieved December 09, 2024, from https://www.statista.com/statistics/939156/australia-senior-executive-management-cultural-background-representation/
Australian Human Rights Commission. "Cultural background representation of executive management and equivalent positions in Australia in 2018." Chart. April 1, 2018. Statista. Accessed December 09, 2024. https://www.statista.com/statistics/939156/australia-senior-executive-management-cultural-background-representation/
Australian Human Rights Commission. (2018). Cultural background representation of executive management and equivalent positions in Australia in 2018. Statista. Statista Inc.. Accessed: December 09, 2024. https://www.statista.com/statistics/939156/australia-senior-executive-management-cultural-background-representation/
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Cultural background representation of executive management and equivalent positions in Australia in 2018 [Graph], Australian Human Rights Commission, April 1, 2018. [Online]. Available: https://www.statista.com/statistics/939156/australia-senior-executive-management-cultural-background-representation/