City of Albany
Resident workers - Hours worked
38.7% of the resident workers in the City of Albany work 40 or more hours, compared to 59.1% in Wholesale Trade.
Hours worked shows the distribution of employment hours for the City of Albany's residents. Full-time employment is considered 35-hours and over.
The hours worked by employed people in the City of Albany 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.
Australian Bureau of Statistics (ABS) – Census 2011 and 2016 – by usual residence
| Resident workers hours worked | ||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| City of Albany | 2016 | 2011 | Change | |||||
| Hours worked | Number | % | Wholesale Trade% | Number | % | Wholesale Trade% | 2011 to 2016 | |
| None | 766 | 4.8 | 4.1 | 897 | 6.0 | 3.8 | -131 | 22001 |
| 1 hour - 15 hours | 2,247 | 14.1 | 8.8 | 1,853 | 12.3 | 7.0 | +394 | 22002 |
| 16 hours - 24 hours | 1,655 | 10.4 | 6.1 | 1,457 | 9.7 | 4.8 | +198 | 22003 |
| 25 hours - 34 hours | 2,154 | 13.5 | 6.4 | 1,965 | 13.1 | 7.5 | +189 | 22004 |
| 35 hours - 39 hours | 2,692 | 16.8 | 14.6 | 2,503 | 16.6 | 14.6 | +189 | 22005 |
| 40 hours | 2,357 | 14.7 | 19.6 | 2,150 | 14.3 | 21.6 | +207 | 22006 |
| 41 hours - 48 hours | 1,498 | 9.4 | 17.0 | 1,564 | 10.4 | 15.8 | -66 | 22007 |
| 49 hours or more | 2,335 | 14.6 | 22.5 | 2,338 | 15.6 | 23.6 | -3 | 22008 |
| Not stated | 286 | 1.8 | 0.9 | 308 | 2.0 | 1.3 | -22 | 22009 |
| Total persons | 15,990 | 100.0 | 100.0 | 15,035 | 100.0 | 100.0 | +955 | |
Source: Australian Bureau of Statistics, Census of Population and Housing (opens a new window) 2011 and 2016. Compiled and presented by .id (opens a new window), the population experts.
Dominant groups
Analysis of the hours worked by the City of Albany's resident workers in 2016 compared to Wholesale Trade 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, 42.7% of the resident workers worked part-time (34 hours or less), and 55.5% worked full-time (35 hours or more), compared with 25.4% and 73.7% respectively for Wholesale Trade.
The major differences between the hours worked by the resident workers of the City of Albany and Wholesale Trade were:
- A larger percentage of resident workers worked 25 hours - 34 hours (13.5% compared to 6.4%)
- A larger percentage of resident workers worked 1 hour - 15 hours (14.1% compared to 8.8%)
- A smaller percentage of resident workers worked 49 hours or more (14.6% compared to 22.5%)
- A smaller percentage of resident workers worked 41 hours - 48 hours (9.4% compared to 17.0%)
Emerging groups
From 2011 to 2016, the number of the resident workers working full-time (35 hours or more) in the City of Albany increased by 327 people (3.8%).
The largest changes in hours worked by the resident workers in the City of Albany between 2011 and 2016 were:
- 1 hour - 15 hours (+394 people)
- 40 hours (+207 people)
- 16 hours - 24 hours (+198 people)
- 25 hours - 34 hours (+189 people)