This statistic displays a representation of senior leaders and other 'C-suite' leaders in organizations in Australia in 2018, broken down by cultural background. That year, around 75.9 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 leader or other 'C-suite' leader positions by 17.9 percent.
Cultural background representation of senior leaders and other 'C-suite' leaders in Australian organizations in 2018, by cultural background
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 senior leaders and other 'C-suite' leaders in Australian organizations in 2018, by cultural background [Graph]. In Statista. Retrieved September 26, 2024, from https://www.statista.com/statistics/939818/australia-senior-leader-cultural-background-representation/
Australian Human Rights Commission. "Cultural background representation of senior leaders and other 'C-suite' leaders in Australian organizations in 2018, by cultural background." Chart. April 1, 2018. Statista. Accessed September 26, 2024. https://www.statista.com/statistics/939818/australia-senior-leader-cultural-background-representation/
Australian Human Rights Commission. (2018). Cultural background representation of senior leaders and other 'C-suite' leaders in Australian organizations in 2018, by cultural background. Statista. Statista Inc.. Accessed: September 26, 2024. https://www.statista.com/statistics/939818/australia-senior-leader-cultural-background-representation/
Australian Human Rights Commission. "Cultural Background Representation of Senior Leaders and Other 'c-suite' Leaders in Australian Organizations in 2018, by Cultural Background." Statista, Statista Inc., 1 Apr 2018, https://www.statista.com/statistics/939818/australia-senior-leader-cultural-background-representation/
Australian Human Rights Commission, Cultural background representation of senior leaders and other 'C-suite' leaders in Australian organizations in 2018, by cultural background Statista, https://www.statista.com/statistics/939818/australia-senior-leader-cultural-background-representation/ (last visited September 26, 2024)
Cultural background representation of senior leaders and other 'C-suite' leaders in Australian organizations in 2018, by cultural background [Graph], Australian Human Rights Commission, April 1, 2018. [Online]. Available: https://www.statista.com/statistics/939818/australia-senior-leader-cultural-background-representation/