Gympie Regional Council

Local workers - Hours worked - All industries

44.2% of All industries local workers in Gympie Regional Council are employed part-time and 53.4% are employed full-time.

Hours Worked statistics shows the distribution of employment hours in Gympie Regional Council 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
Gympie Regional Council - All industries20212016Change
Hours workedNumber%. Queensland%Number%. Queensland%2016 - 2021
None8124.57.06093.93.4+203
1 hour - 15 hours2,35513.111.12,06013.111.0+295
16 hours - 24 hours2,00711.19.31,66810.69.4+339
25 hours - 34 hours2,78715.512.02,37915.212.0+408
35 hours - 39 hours3,13517.420.82,66717.019.3+468
40 hours2,23812.416.22,02812.917.2+210
41 hours - 48 hours1,4948.38.41,2197.89.4+275
49 hours or more2,74515.213.62,73517.416.4+10
Not stated4312.41.83292.11.8+102
Total Persons18,004100.0100.015,694100.0100.0+2,310

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 Gympie Regional Council in 2021compared to Queensland within Gympie Regional Council shows that there was a higher proportion who worked part-time (34 hours or less) and a lower proportion who worked full-time (35 hours or more).

Overall, 44.2% of the workforce worked part-time (34 hours or less) , and 53.4% worked full-time (35 hours or more), compared with 39.3% and 58.9% respectively for Queensland within Gympie Regional Council.

The major differences between the hours worked by the workforce in Gympie Regional Council and Queensland were:

  • A smaller percentage of local workers who did not work (4.5% compared to 7.0%)
  • A larger percentage of local workers who worked 25 hours - 34 hours (15.5% compared to 12.0%)
  • A smaller percentage of local workers who worked 35 hours - 39 hours (17.4% compared to 20.8%)
  • A smaller percentage of local workers who worked 40 hours (12.4% compared to 16.2%)

Emerging groups

The largest changes in the hours worked by the All industries workforce in Gympie Regional Council between 2016 and 2021 were:

  • 35 hours - 39 hours (+468 local workers)
  • 25 hours - 34 hours (+408 local workers)
  • 16 hours - 24 hours (+339 local workers)
  • 1 hour - 15 hours (+295 local workers)

Gympie Regional Council

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