Queanbeyan-Palerang Regional Council area

Local workers - Hours worked - All industries

35.2% of All industries local workers in Queanbeyan-Palerang Regional Council area are employed part-time and 63.3% are employed full-time.

Hours Worked statistics shows the distribution of employment hours in Queanbeyan-Palerang Regional Council area 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
Queanbeyan-Palerang Regional Council area - All industries20212016Change
Hours workedNumber%. NSW%Number%. NSW%2016 - 2021
None6894.09.04693.23.2+220
1 hour - 15 hours1,97611.410.81,71511.710.8+261
16 hours - 24 hours1,5919.210.51,2268.310.5+365
25 hours - 34 hours1,82110.610.01,55310.610.5+268
35 hours - 39 hours3,26618.920.42,64218.019.1+624
40 hours3,24418.818.72,71318.420.0+531
41 hours - 48 hours1,79110.47.41,56510.69.1+226
49 hours or more2,62715.211.52,56217.414.9+65
Not stated2551.51.72691.82.0-14
Total Persons17,260100.0100.014,714100.0100.0+2,546

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 Queanbeyan-Palerang Regional Council area in 2021compared to NSW within Queanbeyan-Palerang Regional Council area 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, 35.2% of the workforce worked part-time (34 hours or less) , and 63.3% worked full-time (35 hours or more), compared with 40.3% and 58.0% respectively for NSW within Queanbeyan-Palerang Regional Council area.

The major differences between the hours worked by the workforce in Queanbeyan-Palerang Regional Council area and NSW were:

  • A smaller percentage of local workers who did not work (4.0% compared to 9.0%)
  • A smaller percentage of local workers who worked 35 hours - 39 hours (18.9% compared to 20.4%)
  • A larger percentage of local workers who worked 41 hours - 48 hours (10.4% compared to 7.4%)
  • A larger percentage of local workers who worked 49 hours or more (15.2% compared to 11.5%)

Emerging groups

The largest changes in the hours worked by the All industries workforce in Queanbeyan-Palerang Regional Council area between 2016 and 2021 were:

  • 35 hours - 39 hours (+624 local workers)
  • 40 hours (+531 local workers)
  • 16 hours - 24 hours (+365 local workers)
  • 25 hours - 34 hours (+268 local workers)

Queanbeyan-Palerang Regional Council

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