Greater Burnie Economic Region
Local workers - Hours worked - All industries
42.1% of All industries local workers in the Greater Burnie Economic Region are employed part-time and 56.0% are employed full-time.
Hours Worked statistics shows the distribution of employment hours in the Greater Burnie Economic Region 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 2011 (experimental imputed) & 2016 – by place of work
Local workers hours worked, 2016 | |||||||||
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Greater Burnie Economic Region - All industries | 2016 | 2011 | Change | ||||||
Hours worked | Number | % | Tasmania% | Number | % | Tasmania% | 2011 - 2016 | ||
None | 827 | 4.2 | 4.3 | 925 | 4.5 | 4.6 | -98 | ||
1 hour - 15 hours | 2,663 | 13.4 | 13.3 | 2,565 | 12.6 | 12.6 | +98 | ||
16 hours - 24 hours | 2,277 | 11.5 | 11.2 | 2,111 | 10.4 | 10.9 | +166 | ||
25 hours - 34 hours | 2,577 | 13.0 | 13.3 | 2,322 | 11.4 | 12.1 | +255 | ||
35 hours - 39 hours | 3,676 | 18.5 | 19.7 | 3,648 | 17.9 | 19.4 | +28 | ||
40 hours | 2,974 | 15.0 | 15.5 | 3,272 | 16.1 | 16.4 | -298 | ||
41 hours - 48 hours | 1,791 | 9.0 | 8.7 | 2,120 | 10.4 | 9.7 | -329 | ||
49 hours or more | 2,667 | 13.5 | 12.3 | 3,011 | 14.8 | 13.1 | -344 | ||
Not stated | 370 | 1.9 | 1.7 | 386 | 1.9 | 1.3 | -16 | ||
Total Persons | 19,822 | 100.0 | 100.0 | 20,360 | 100.0 | 100.0 | -538 | ||
Source: Australian Bureau of Statistics, Census of Population and Housing 2011 and 2016. Compiled and presented by .id informed decisions Please refer to specific data notes for more information |


Dominant groups
Analysis of the hours worked by the workforce in the Greater Burnie Economic Region in 2016 compared to Tasmania within the Greater Burnie Economic Region shows that there was a lower proportion who worked part-time (34 hours or less) and a lower proportion who worked full-time (35 hours or more).
Overall, 42.1% of the workforce worked part-time (34 hours or less) , and 56.0% worked full-time (35 hours or more), compared with 42.1% and 56.2% respectively for Tasmania within the Greater Burnie Economic Region.
The major differences between the hours worked by the workforce in the Greater Burnie Economic Region and Tasmania were:
- A smaller percentage of local workers who worked 35 hours - 39 hours (18.5% compared to 19.7%)
- A smaller percentage of local workers who worked 40 hours (15.0% compared to 15.5%)
- A larger percentage of local workers who worked 41 hours - 48 hours (9.0% compared to 8.7%)
- A larger percentage of local workers who worked 49 hours or more (13.5% compared to 12.3%)
Emerging groups
The largest changes in the hours worked by the All industries workforce in the Greater Burnie Economic Region between 2011 and 2016 were:
- 49 hours or more (-344 local workers)
- 41 hours - 48 hours (-329 local workers)
- 40 hours (-298 local workers)
- 25 hours - 34 hours (+255 local workers)