Australia Yearbook - 2001

Chapter 4—Defence 121
4.3 DEFENCE PERMANENT PERSONNEL, Service and Civilian—1959–60 to 2000–01
Navy
Army
Air Force
Army National
Service
Civilian
Year
no.
no.
no.
no.
no.
1959–60 10 529 20 829 15 743 . . n.a.
1960–61 10 648 19 878 15 592 . . n.a.
1961–62 11 026 20 985 15 815 . . n.a.
1962–63 11 597 21 944 15 840 . . n.a.
1963–64 12 485 22 681 16 564 . . n.a.
1964–65 13 428 23 534 17 720 1 780 25 512
1965–66 14 633 24 583 19 358 8 119 27 564
1966–67 15 764 25 721 20 130 15 743 29 844
1967–68 16 924 27 152 21 564 15 792 31 568
1968–69 16 758 28 044 22 712 16 007 32 632
1969–70 17 089 28 305 22 642 16 208 34 111
1970–71 16 997 28 107 22 539 15 662 35 167
1971–72 16 890 29 326 22 720 11 947 35 842
1972–73 17 215 31 151 22 717 2 839 37 000
1973–74 16 141 30 197 21 119 38 33 862
1974–75 16 094 31 514 21 546 . . 32 811
1975–76 15 993 31 430 21 351 . . 31 847
1976–77 16 390 31 988 21 703 . . 31 551
1977–78 16 298 31 833 21 689 . . 31 377
1978–79 16 582 31 813 21 803 . . 30 613
1979–80 16 961 32 321 22 249 . . 30 488
1980–81 17 298 32 898 22 322 . . 30 366
1981–82 17 598 32 876 22 711 . . 20 374
1982–83 17 198 33 072 22 512 . . 24 074
1983–84 16 692 32 278 22 672 . . 24 606
1984–85 16 059 32 460 22 863 . . (a)40 345
1985–86 15 538 31 834 22 841 . . 39 937
1986–87 15 803 32 311 22 558 . . 38 010
1987–88 15 647 31 971 22 560 . . 35 818
1988–89 15 641 31 896 22 468 . . 32 502
1989–90 15 652 30 894 22 279 . . 24 400
1990–91 15 786 30 789 22 055 . . 24 412
1991–92 15 549 30 733 21 893 . . 23 750
1992–93 15 294 30 064 20 780 . . 22 558
1993–94 14 776 27 802 18 642 . . 20 724
1994–95 14 702 26 483 17 456 . . 20 188
1995–96 14 473 26 746 17 240 . . 19 830
1996–97 14 377 25 682 16 705 . . 19 042
1997–98 14 206 25 196 16 172 . . 17 664
1998–99 13 661 24 169 15 065 . . 16 641
1999–00 (est) 12 901 24 072 14 045 . . 16 323
2000–01 (est) 12 717 24 677 13 535 . . 15 755
(a) The large increase reflects the transfer of 14,982 personnel following integration of the former Department of Defence Support
into the Department of Defence.
Source: Department of Defence.