This statistic displays a representation of chief executives and equivalents in Australia in 2018, broken down by cultural background. That year, around 76.9 percent of the chief executives 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 chief executive positions by 18.9 percent.
Cultural background representation of chief executive officers (CEOs) and equivalents in Australia in 2018, by cultural background
Characteristic
Percentage of senior leaders
Percentage of Australian population
Percentage over- or under-representation
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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 chief executive officers (CEOs) and equivalents in Australia in 2018, by cultural background [Graph]. In Statista. Retrieved September 01, 2024, from https://www.statista.com/statistics/939242/australia-ceo-cultural-background-representation/
Australian Human Rights Commission. "Cultural background representation of chief executive officers (CEOs) and equivalents in Australia in 2018, by cultural background." Chart. April 1, 2018. Statista. Accessed September 01, 2024. https://www.statista.com/statistics/939242/australia-ceo-cultural-background-representation/
Australian Human Rights Commission. (2018). Cultural background representation of chief executive officers (CEOs) and equivalents in Australia in 2018, by cultural background. Statista. Statista Inc.. Accessed: September 01, 2024. https://www.statista.com/statistics/939242/australia-ceo-cultural-background-representation/
Australian Human Rights Commission. "Cultural Background Representation of Chief Executive Officers (Ceos) and Equivalents in Australia in 2018, by Cultural Background." Statista, Statista Inc., 1 Apr 2018, https://www.statista.com/statistics/939242/australia-ceo-cultural-background-representation/
Australian Human Rights Commission, Cultural background representation of chief executive officers (CEOs) and equivalents in Australia in 2018, by cultural background Statista, https://www.statista.com/statistics/939242/australia-ceo-cultural-background-representation/ (last visited September 01, 2024)
Cultural background representation of chief executive officers (CEOs) and equivalents in Australia in 2018, by cultural background [Graph], Australian Human Rights Commission, April 1, 2018. [Online]. Available: https://www.statista.com/statistics/939242/australia-ceo-cultural-background-representation/