City of Brisbane

Local workers - Hours worked - All industries

35.4% of All industries local workers in the City of Brisbane are employed part-time and 63.2% are employed full-time.

Hours Worked statistics shows the distribution of employment hours in the City of Brisbane 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 Brisbane - All industries20212016Change
Hours workedNumber%. Queensland%Number%. Queensland%2016 - 2021
None60,8587.57.023,0533.23.4+37,805
1 hour - 15 hours74,5789.211.168,0659.511.0+6,513
16 hours - 24 hours70,4958.79.364,7989.19.4+5,697
25 hours - 34 hours82,34210.112.073,93810.412.0+8,404
35 hours - 39 hours190,33723.420.8152,87721.419.3+37,460
40 hours154,47619.016.2141,82719.917.2+12,649
41 hours - 48 hours72,0958.98.472,34710.19.4-252
49 hours or more97,82212.013.6106,33814.916.4-8,516
Not stated11,0191.41.810,9621.51.8+57
Total Persons814,022100.0100.0714,205100.0100.0+99,817

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 Brisbane in 2021compared to Queensland within the City of Brisbane 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, 35.4% of the workforce worked part-time (34 hours or less) , and 63.2% worked full-time (35 hours or more), compared with 39.3% and 58.9% respectively for Queensland within the City of Brisbane.

The major differences between the hours worked by the workforce in the City of Brisbane and Queensland were:

  • A smaller percentage of local workers who worked 1 hour - 15 hours (9.2% compared to 11.1%)
  • A smaller percentage of local workers who worked 25 hours - 34 hours (10.1% compared to 12.0%)
  • A larger percentage of local workers who worked 35 hours - 39 hours (23.4% compared to 20.8%)
  • A larger percentage of local workers who worked 40 hours (19.0% compared to 16.2%)

Emerging groups

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

  • None (+37,805 local workers)
  • 35 hours - 39 hours (+37,460 local workers)
  • 40 hours (+12,649 local workers)
  • 49 hours or more (-8,516 local workers)

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