Murchison - Burnie Economic Region
Local workers - Hours worked - All industries
39.2% of All industries local workers in the Murchison - Burnie Economic Region are employed part-time and 58.9% are employed full-time.
Hours Worked statistics shows the distribution of employment hours in the Murchison - 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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| Murchison - Burnie Economic Region - All industries | 2016 | 2011 | Change | ||||||
| Hours worked | Number | % | Tasmania% | Number | % | Tasmania% | 2011 - 2016 | ||
| None | 903 | 4.4 | 4.3 | 1,038 | 4.8 | 4.6 | -135 | ||
| 1 hour - 15 hours | 2,476 | 12.1 | 13.3 | 2,429 | 11.2 | 12.6 | +47 | ||
| 16 hours - 24 hours | 2,168 | 10.6 | 11.2 | 2,046 | 9.5 | 10.9 | +122 | ||
| 25 hours - 34 hours | 2,452 | 12.0 | 13.3 | 2,305 | 10.7 | 12.1 | +147 | ||
| 35 hours - 39 hours | 3,743 | 18.3 | 19.7 | 3,660 | 16.9 | 19.4 | +83 | ||
| 40 hours | 2,945 | 14.4 | 15.5 | 3,367 | 15.6 | 16.4 | -422 | ||
| 41 hours - 48 hours | 2,001 | 9.8 | 8.7 | 2,358 | 10.9 | 9.7 | -357 | ||
| 49 hours or more | 3,330 | 16.3 | 12.3 | 3,968 | 18.3 | 13.1 | -638 | ||
| Not stated | 387 | 1.9 | 1.7 | 460 | 2.1 | 1.3 | -73 | ||
| Total Persons | 20,405 | 100.0 | 100.0 | 21,631 | 100.0 | 100.0 | -1,226 | ||
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 Murchison - Burnie Economic Region in 2016 compared to Tasmania within the Murchison - Burnie Economic Region 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, 39.2% of the workforce worked part-time (34 hours or less) , and 58.9% worked full-time (35 hours or more), compared with 42.1% and 56.2% respectively for Tasmania within the Murchison - Burnie Economic Region.
The major differences between the hours worked by the workforce in the Murchison - Burnie Economic Region and Tasmania were:
- A smaller percentage of local workers who worked 1 hour - 15 hours (12.1% compared to 13.3%)
- A smaller percentage of local workers who worked 25 hours - 34 hours (12.0% compared to 13.3%)
- A smaller percentage of local workers who worked 35 hours - 39 hours (18.3% compared to 19.7%)
- A larger percentage of local workers who worked 49 hours or more (16.3% compared to 12.3%)
Emerging groups
The largest changes in the hours worked by the All industries workforce in the Murchison - Burnie Economic Region between 2011 and 2016 were:
- 49 hours or more (-638 local workers)
- 40 hours (-422 local workers)
- 41 hours - 48 hours (-357 local workers)
- 25 hours - 34 hours (+147 local workers)