Skip to content

Declaration rates held for ONR workforce (2024/25)

The diversity figures listed are based on a headcount of staff on 31 March 2025 and are taken from ONR’s Human Resources (HR) system unless otherwise stated. Staff on loan and not paid directly by ONR are not included in the analysis, nor are agency staff/contractors.

Declaration rates for protected characteristics (proportion of workforce with data)
Protected characteristic % of workforce with data
Gender 100%
Age 100%
Ethnic origin 86%
Disability 91%
Sexual orientation 81%

Overall workforce

The data presented here shows ONR’s workforce by protected characteristic at 31 March 2025.

Gender

Workforce by gender
Gender Percentage of staff
Male 63%
Female 37%

Ethnicity

Workforce by ethnicity
Status Percentage of staff
Ethnic minorities 8%
Non-ethnic minorities 92%

Disability

Workforce by disability status
Status Percentage of staff
Declared disabled 12%
Declared non-disabled 88%

Sexual orientation

Workforce by sexual orientation
Sexual orientation Percentage of staff
Other 0.5%
Lesbian, gay, bisexual (LGB) 3.2%
Heterosexual 96.3%

Age

Workforce by age band
Age Percentage of staff
16–24 2%
25–29 7%
30–34 9%
35–39 9%
40–44 12%
45–49 14%
50–54 16%
55–59 17%
60–64 10%
65+ 4%

Further information

Learn more about ONR’s current vacancies, diverse range of careers, inclusive range of benefits and colleagues’ career journeys through our ONR careers pages.

ONR’s organisational values of being fair, open-minded, supportive and accountable run in parallel with the strategic theme of ‘Creating a culture of inclusion and excellence’, as described in our ONR Strategy 2020–25. ONR’s progress against its commitments and the final annual plan to support delivery of our strategy are outlined in the latest Corporate Plan 2025/26.