City of Rockingham

Local workers - Hours worked - All industries

46.0% of All industries local workers in the City of Rockingham are employed part-time and 52.3% are employed full-time.

Hours Worked statistics shows the distribution of employment hours in the City of Rockingham 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 Rockingham - All industries20212016Change
Hours workedNumber%. Western Australia%Number%. Western Australia%2016 - 2021
None1,5144.34.61,1293.84.0+385
1 hour - 15 hours5,29215.211.84,97916.611.9+313
16 hours - 24 hours4,25912.210.23,67812.29.9+581
25 hours - 34 hours4,95314.211.53,84612.810.6+1,107
35 hours - 39 hours6,21917.917.95,00416.717.1+1,215
40 hours5,23715.016.74,60715.317.7+630
41 hours - 48 hours2,7067.89.22,6868.99.4+20
49 hours or more4,06811.716.53,63312.117.7+435
Not stated5761.71.64891.61.7+87
Total Persons34,824100.0100.030,051100.0100.0+4,773

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 Rockingham in 2021compared to Western Australia within the City of Rockingham 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, 46.0% of the workforce worked part-time (34 hours or less) , and 52.3% worked full-time (35 hours or more), compared with 38.2% and 60.2% respectively for Western Australia within the City of Rockingham.

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

  • A larger percentage of local workers who worked 1 hour - 15 hours (15.2% compared to 11.8%)
  • A larger percentage of local workers who worked 16 hours - 24 hours (12.2% compared to 10.2%)
  • A larger percentage of local workers who worked 25 hours - 34 hours (14.2% compared to 11.5%)
  • A smaller percentage of local workers who worked 49 hours or more (11.7% compared to 16.5%)

Emerging groups

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

  • 35 hours - 39 hours (+1,215 local workers)
  • 25 hours - 34 hours (+1,107 local workers)
  • 40 hours (+630 local workers)
  • 16 hours - 24 hours (+581 local workers)

City of Rockingham

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