City of Joondalup

Resident workers - Hours worked

41.0% of the resident workers (All industries) in the City of Joondalup work 40 or more hours, compared to 42.2% in Western Australia.

Hours worked shows the distribution of employment hours for City of Joondalup's residents. Full-time employment is considered 35-hours and over.

The hours worked by employed people in City of Joondalup depends on a number of factors:

  • The availability and take-up of part-time work;
  • The industry sector in which they work;
  • The occupation level and requirement or opportunity to work overtime, and;
  • The age structure and household structure of the working population.

Hours worked statistics should be viewed in conjunction with Age structure Occupations, and Income to provide more insight into the observations made.

Data source

Australian Bureau of Statistics (ABS) – Census 2016 and 2021 – by usual residence

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Resident workers hours worked
City of Joondalup - All industries20212016Change
Hours workedNumber%. Western Australia%Number%. Western Australia%2016 - 2021
None3,6784.44.52,9353.74.0+743
1 hour - 15 hours10,91313.011.910,78413.711.9+129
16 hours - 24 hours9,51311.410.38,82011.29.9+693
25 hours - 34 hours10,10012.111.68,84511.210.7+1,255
35 hours - 39 hours14,29017.118.012,79216.217.2+1,498
40 hours14,99917.916.714,96318.917.8+36
41 hours - 48 hours7,4448.99.27,2609.29.5+184
49 hours or more11,91614.216.311,46614.517.3+450
Not stated8721.01.61,1031.41.7-231
Total Persons83,725100.0100.078,968100.0100.0+4,757

Source: Australian Bureau of Statistics, Census of Population and Housing 2016 and2021. Compiled and presented by .id (informed decisions)

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Dominant groups

Analysis of the hours worked by the City of Joondalup's resident workers in 2021 compared to Western Australia shows that there was a higher proportion of people who worked part-time (34 hours or less) and a lower proportion of people worked full-time (35 hours or more).

Overall, 40.9% of the resident workers in All industries worked part-time (34 hours or less), and 58.1% worked full-time (35 hours or more), compared with 38.2% and 60.2% respectively for Western Australia.

The major differences between the hours worked by the resident workers (All industries) of the City of Joondalup and Western Australia were:

  • A larger percentage of resident workers worked 1 hour - 15 hours (13.0% compared to 11.9%)
  • A larger percentage of resident workers worked 16 hours - 24 hours (11.4% compared to 10.3%)
  • A larger percentage of resident workers worked 40 hours (17.9% compared to 16.7%)
  • A smaller percentage of resident workers worked 49 hours or more (14.2% compared to 16.3%)

Emerging groups

The number of the resident workers (All industries) working full-time (35 hours or more) in the City of Joondalup increased by 2168 people (4.7%).

The largest changes in hours worked by the resident workers (All industries) in the City of Joondalup between2016 and 2021 were:

  • 35 hours - 39 hours (+1,498 persons)
  • 25 hours - 34 hours (+1,255 persons)
  • None (+743 persons)
  • 16 hours - 24 hours (+693 persons)

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