City of Adelaide

Local workers - Hours worked - All industries

34.9% of All industries local workers in the City of Adelaide are employed part-time and 64.1% are employed full-time.

Hours Worked statistics shows the distribution of employment hours in the City of Adelaide across each industry sector. Full-time employment is considered 35-hours and over.

The hours worked by employed people in a particular industry depend on a number of factors:

  • The availability and take-up of part-time work in the industry;
  • The demands of jobs in the industry and requirement to work overtime;
  • The age and family responsibilities of people working in the industry; and
  • The gender profile of workers in the industry (due to family commitments, females are often more likely to work part-time).

Hours Worked data should be viewed in conjunction with Age structure, Occupation and Income.

Data source

Australian Bureau of Statistics (ABS) – Census 2021 – by place of work

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Local workers hours worked, 2021
City of Adelaide - All industries20212016Change
Hours workedNumber%. South Australia%Number%. South Australia%2016 - 2021
None6,0734.74.34,7854.13.8+1,288
1 hour - 15 hours10,9228.412.310,6739.112.8+249
16 hours - 24 hours12,3049.411.010,9399.310.4+1,365
25 hours - 34 hours16,15512.413.813,62611.613.1+2,529
35 hours - 39 hours38,02429.222.630,80626.220.6+7,218
40 hours22,30017.114.821,16218.015.5+1,138
41 hours - 48 hours11,1778.68.711,0089.49.2+169
49 hours or more12,0579.211.113,07611.113.0-1,019
Not stated1,3861.11.51,5311.31.6-145
Total Persons130,398100.0100.0117,606100.0100.0+12,792

Source: Australian Bureau of Statistics, Census of Population and Housing 2016 and 2021. Compiled and presented by .id (informed decisions)

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Dominant groups

Analysis of the hours worked by the workforce in the City of Adelaide in 2021compared to South Australia within the City of Adelaide shows that there was a lower proportion who worked part-time (34 hours or less) and a higher proportion who worked full-time (35 hours or more).

Overall, 34.9% of the workforce worked part-time (34 hours or less) , and 64.1% worked full-time (35 hours or more), compared with 41.4% and 57.2% respectively for South Australia within the City of Adelaide.

The major differences between the hours worked by the workforce in the City of Adelaide and South Australia were:

  • A smaller percentage of local workers who worked 1 hour - 15 hours (8.4% compared to 12.3%)
  • A larger percentage of local workers who worked 35 hours - 39 hours (29.2% compared to 22.6%)
  • A larger percentage of local workers who worked 40 hours (17.1% compared to 14.8%)
  • A smaller percentage of local workers who worked 49 hours or more (9.2% compared to 11.1%)

Emerging groups

The largest changes in the hours worked by the All industries workforce in the City of Adelaide between 2016 and 2021 were:

  • 35 hours - 39 hours (+7,218 local workers)
  • 25 hours - 34 hours (+2,529 local workers)
  • 16 hours - 24 hours (+1,365 local workers)
  • None (+1,288 local workers)

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