AgenciesDepartment of Home Affairs

Department of Home Affairs

Department of Home Affairs

Home Affairs portfolio

Verified figures

  • Contracts (all years): 10,746
  • Contract value (all years): 27,608,830,915 AUD
  • Contract value (2026): 5,379,072,298 AUD
  • APS headcount: 16,611
  • Budget 2026-27: 6,845,709 thousand AUD
  • Highest total remuneration: 1,084,638 AUD
  • Directory roles: 230

Figures use publishable matches only (alias, abn, exact, case, punct, trading_name, wide_exact). Retrieved 2026-09-01.

Coverage — named in the headline (40)

Passing mentions (10 shown)

Mentioned in the text but not the headline, so often not about this agency.

Names over time

What each source called this agency, and in which years. Taken from the sources themselves, not from a register of establishment dates — those are not published.

Reported asSourceYearsRows
Customs ⚠️APSC APS Employment Data2010-11229
Customs ⚠️APSC agency metrics2010-115
Immigration and Citizenship ⚠️APSC APS Employment Data2010-11 to 2012-13540
Immigration and Citizenship ⚠️APSC agency metrics2010-11 to 2012-1315
Customs & Border Protection ⚠️APSC APS Employment Data2011-12 to 2014-15713
Customs & Border Protection ⚠️APSC agency metrics2011-12 to 2014-1520
Immigration and Border Protection ⚠️APSC APS Employment Data2013-14 to 2016-171,171
Immigration and Border Protection ⚠️APSC agency metrics2013-14 to 2016-1730
Department of Home AffairsAusTender (names as at today, not as at the contract)2015-16 to 2026-2710,746
Home Affairs ⚠️APSC APS Employment Data2017-18 to 2025-261,858
Home Affairs ⚠️APSC agency metrics2017-18 to 2025-26201
Department of Home AffairsAnnual report KMP disclosure2018-19 to 2024-25217
Department of Home AffairsAnnual report expenditure2019-20 to 2024-2540
Department of Home AffairsAnnual report governance tables2022-23 to 2024-259
Department of Home AffairsPortfolio Budget Statements2024-25 to 2029-30645

⚠️ This agency has not always carried its current name. Figures in the earlier years were reported as Customs (2010-11 to 2010-11); Customs & Border Protection (2011-12 to 2014-15); Home Affairs (2017-18 to 2025-26); Immigration and Border Protection (2013-14 to 2016-17); Immigration and Citizenship (2010-11 to 2012-13). They are shown here because the series is continuous, not because the agency is.

Payments to organisations — as reported by the agency

CategoryPaymentsTotal
Non-consultancy contracts20$2,750,557,285
Consultancy20$13,325,114

Largest recipients across all reported years

OrganisationABNReported totalYears
Serco Australia Pty Ltd44003677352$1,104,471,3102020-21, 2021-22, 2022-23, 2024-25
Canstruct International—$698,463,5042020-21, 2021-22
Jones Lang LaSalle (+1 other name(s) on this ABN)69008585260$474,276,6372020-21, 2021-22, 2022-23, 2024-25
Surveillance Australia—$236,651,0932020-21, 2021-22
International Health and Medical Services Pty Ltd40073811131$235,957,8752020-21, 2021-22, 2022-23
PricewaterhouseCoopers—$3,156,9372020-21, 2021-22
Biometix Pty Ltd—$2,904,9152019-20, 2020-21
The Trustee for JWS Research—$2,790,6502020-21, 2021-22
McKinsey Pacific Rim—$1,089,0002021-22
The Trustee for JWS Research Unit87668207405$970,2622019-20, 2022-23
The Trustee for the BMF Unit Trust—$879,9232021-22
Proximity Advisory Services Pty Ltd—$698,7862021-22

From the expenditure disclosures in each annual report — a separate source from the AusTender contract figures above, and not directly comparable with them.

Workforce profile — as at 2025-12-31

MeasureValueBasis
% CALD32.5%at this date
% Female53.9%at this date
% Indigenous2.3%at this date
% at the APS classification level75.3%at this date
% non-ongoing4.0%at this date
% part-time (ongoing employees)9.7%at this date
% who have worked in only one agency (ongoing employees)69.5%at this date
% with a bachelors degree or higher58.8%at this date
% with a disability3.2%at this date
Exit rate - from agency (ongoing employees)6.0%Year ending December 2025
Headcount16,611at this date
Mean Age (years)43.1 yearsat this date
Median LOS in APS (years)9.7 yearsat this date
Separation rate - from APS (ongoing employees)4.0%at this date

APSC APS Employment Data, counting this agency including any bodies beneath it. Headcount, not FTE — the APSED release does not publish FTE.

Bodies beneath this agency — as at 2025-12-31

Australian Criminal Intelligence Commission · Australian Transaction Reports and Analysis Centre · National Emergency Management Agency

From the APSC sub-agency breakdown. A body listed here is counted inside the workforce profile above, so do not add the two.

Year by year

Measure2010-112012-132013-142014-152015-162016-172017-182018-192019-202020-212021-222022-232023-242024-252025-262026-27
APS headcount7,9039,1688,5068,46414,27114,26714,46314,45514,06314,01713,85815,22315,22915,94916,611
SES13214715115420394102989980909196
Contracts21,5031,5451,6181,5081,4501,5761,244300
Contract value$478,179,445$3,569,022,967$1,143,088,529$2,558,549,485$2,174,909,922$1,472,147,735$7,766,253,174$8,045,474,006$401,205,653
Budget ($000)6,521,6136,845,709
KMP disclosed32384419422319
Top total pay$884,984$918,986$912,422$918,905$931,893$905,043$1,084,638

An empty cell means no publishable row for that year — unknown, not nil. Never read a blank as a fall to zero. ⚠️ This agency has not always carried its current name. Figures in the earlier years were reported as Customs (2010-11 to 2010-11); Customs & Border Protection (2011-12 to 2014-15); Home Affairs (2017-18 to 2025-26); Immigration and Border Protection (2013-14 to 2016-17); Immigration and Citizenship (2010-11 to 2012-13). They are shown here because the series is continuous, not because the agency is.

Sources — annual reports

Each link opens transparency.gov.au — the published source the figures were read from. The label names the table to look for.

YearReportTables
2024-25Annual report°Audit committee nce · Accountable authority nce · Remuneration senior executives nce · Remuneration high paid staff nce · Remuneration for key management personnel nc
2022-23Annual reportAudit committee nce · Accountable authority nce · Remuneration senior executives nce · Remuneration high paid staff nce · Remuneration for key management personnel nc
2021-22Annual report°Table 56: Remuneration Paid to Senior Execut · Table 55: Remuneration Paid to Key Managemen · Table 50: Australian Public Service Act Empl · Table 51: Training classifications and salar · Table 26: Minimum and maximum salary ranges
2020-21Annual reportTable 52: Remuneration Paid to Key Managemen · Table 47: Australian Public Service Act Empl · Table 48: Training classifications and salar · Table 23: Minimum and maximum salary ranges
2019-20Annual reportExecutives by remuneration band · Remuneration paid to other highly paid staff · Remuneration paid to Key Management Personne · Salary ranges by classification · Salary ranges by classification · Table 14: Salary ranges by classification le
2018-19Annual reportExecutives by remuneration band · Executives by remuneration band · Named KMP remuneration

° The portal does not publish a path for this report, so the link opens the agency's reports on transparency.gov.au rather than that year directly. Pick the year from there.

Notes

Links to this page:

  1. Emma Cassar
  2. Hamish Hansford
  3. Joseph Buffone
  4. Justine Saunders
  5. Maria Fernandez
  6. Michael Outram
  7. Michael Pezzullo
  8. Michelle McGuinness
  9. Nathan Smyth
  10. Home Affairs
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