Market map · Australia · Public, community & associations

Public programmes & agencies in Australia_

As of 4 November 2026, 1,406 public programmes & agencies companies are based in Australia; 77 are hiring right now and Melbourne has the most.

As of 4 November 2026 · refreshed daily · counts move as websites, DNS and career sites are re-read.

Companies
1,406
Hiring now
77 · 40 new in 30 d
Largest niche
Government agencies & ministries · 485
Top city
Melbourne · 54
Parent market
Public, community & associations · 34,450
1,406public programmes & agencies companies in Australia
77hiring today
40opened a role in the last 30 days
20niches inside the segment
02 — Niches, sizes, cities

Public programmes & agencies in Australia, broken down

By niche
companiesshare
Government agencies & ministries
48534%
Other public programmes & agencies
28320%
Municipal authorities & general public bodies
23417%
Regional development initiatives
15911%
Youth & education programmes
957%
Advocacy campaign nonprofits
514%
Local social welfare foundations
514%
Conservation & environmental charities
302%
Public employment & welfare agencies
272%
Youth welfare organisations
211%
Industry & employer associations
201%
Patient support & health charities
191%
Sports federations
191%
Other nonprofit civic associations
161%
Neighbourhood community associations
151%
By company size
companies · hiring
Self-employed
156 · 0
2-10 employees
501 · 6
11-50 employees
359 · 8
51-200 employees
208 · 25
201-500 employees
101 · 21
501-1000 employees
38 · 7
1001-5000 employees
33 · 7
5001-10000 employees
4 · 1
10,001+ employees
6 · 2
By city
companiesshare
Melbourne
544%
Adelaide Bc
332%
Canberra
302%
Haymarket
252%
Perth
242%
Adelaide
151%
Hobart
141%
Brisbane
101%
Brinsmead
91%
Mount Stuart
91%
Broome
70%
Petrie Terrace
70%
03 — Largest companies

The biggest public programmes & agencies companies in Australia

The largest companies of the segment, by headcount; job boards and portals left out.

Department of HealthGovernment agencies & ministries · General Pico10,001+ employeesGovernment of Western Australia Department of EducationGovernment agencies & ministries · Tuart Hill10,001+ employeesBrisbane City CouncilMunicipal authorities & general public bodies · Brisbane5001-10000 employeesDepartment of Natural Resources and Environment TasmaniaGovernment agencies & ministries · Hobart1001-5000 employeesDepartment of Energy, Environment and Climate ActionGovernment agencies & ministries · Melbourne1001-5000 employeesMoonee Valley City CouncilMunicipal authorities & general public bodies · Moonee Ponds1001-5000 employeesDepartment of Human ServicesGovernment agencies & ministries · Adelaide Bc1001-5000 employeesANSTOGovernment agencies & ministries · Lucas Heights1001-5000 employeesHunter New England and Central Coast Primary Health Network (HNECC PHN)Other public programmes & agencies · Erina1001-5000 employeesCity of SwanMunicipal authorities & general public bodies · Midland501-1000 employees
City of RydeMunicipal authorities & general public bodies · Denistone East501-1000 employees
City of AdelaideMunicipal authorities & general public bodies · Adelaide501-1000 employeesCity of Greater DandenongMunicipal authorities & general public bodies · Dandenong501-1000 employeesKnox City CouncilMunicipal authorities & general public bodies · Wantirna501-1000 employees
Ku-ring-gai CouncilMunicipal authorities & general public bodies · Gordon201-500 employees
Australian Antarctic DivisionGovernment agencies & ministries201-500 employeesMoira Shire CouncilMunicipal authorities & general public bodies · Cobram201-500 employeesCity of MarionMunicipal authorities & general public bodies · Park Holme201-500 employeesGympie Regional CouncilMunicipal authorities & general public bodies · Gympie201-500 employeesGolden Plains Shire CouncilMunicipal authorities & general public bodies · Bannockburn201-500 employees
1,406 public programmes & agencies companies in Australia.

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04 — What they run

The stack of public programmes & agencies in Australia

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1,406 public programmes & agencies companies are based in Australia; 77 are hiring right now and Melbourne has the most. (Breaknorm, 4 November 2026, https://breaknorm.co/market/community_associations_public/australia/public_programmes_and_agencies)
How we know

Read from the source, not self-reported

Every number on this page can be traced to a page we crawled or a posting we read. Full methodology →

  • ClassificationEvery company is classified from its own website into vertical, sub-vertical and leaf with a confidence score; this page counts industry confidence ≥ 0.7 and country confidence ≥ 0.8.
  • Company listRich profiles with a LinkedIn-known headcount only; job boards, directories, portals and non-organisations are left out.
  • HiringOpen roles read hourly from the company's own career system.
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Public programmes & agencies in Australia: questions

How many public programmes & agencies companies are there in Australia?

1,406 with a confident classification, read from their own websites.

What is a sub-vertical?

The middle level of our industry tree: Public, community & associations → Public programmes & agencies → leaf niches such as government agencies & ministries, other public programmes & agencies, municipal authorities & general public bodies. Each company carries all three with a confidence score.

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