Sector

Sector overview

How is the nonprofit ecosystem structured and changing?

Australia — Key statistics
65,700+
Registered charities
ACNC register, 2025
$210B+
Total sector revenue
AIS 2023 aggregate
1.4M
Paid employees (FTE)
AIS 2023 aggregate
3.3M
Volunteers
AIS 2023 aggregate
38%
Government revenue share
National average
11
Cause group categories
DPF classification
Explore sector by cause

Select a cause to see capacity distribution, need-adjusted density and gap analysis.

What sector intelligence includes
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Financial benchmarks
Revenue, expense and surplus distributions by cause and size. Growth rates and volatility over 7 years.
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Geographic distribution
Organisation density per SA2, metropolitan vs regional split, state-level summaries.
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Concentration index
Herfindahl-Hirschman Index (HHI) per SA2 and cause — identifying where a single large organisation dominates supply.