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Resident workers - Hours worked

37.0% of the resident workers (All industries) in the FNQROC work 40 or more hours, compared to 38.3% in Queensland.

Hours worked shows the distribution of employment hours for FNQROC's residents. Full-time employment is considered 35-hours and over.

The hours worked by employed people in FNQROC 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.

Data source

Australian Bureau of Statistics (ABS) – Census 2016 and 2021 – by usual residence

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Resident workers hours worked
Far North Queensland Regional Organisation of Councils - All industries20212016Change
Hours workedNumber%. Queensland%Number%. Queensland%2016 - 2021
None6,1154.97.04,2663.73.4+1,849
1 hour - 15 hours14,23211.411.011,68810.111.0+2,544
16 hours - 24 hours11,8719.59.210,4259.09.4+1,446
25 hours - 34 hours17,34313.911.915,50213.412.0+1,841
35 hours - 39 hours26,51821.220.722,67719.719.2+3,841
40 hours18,26514.616.218,41416.017.2-149
41 hours - 48 hours10,1308.18.410,3269.09.4-196
49 hours or more17,93314.313.719,51516.916.6-1,582
Not stated2,6882.11.82,4472.11.8+241
Total Persons125,095100.0100.0115,260100.0100.0+9,835

Source: Australian Bureau of Statistics, Census of Population and Housing 2016 and2021. Compiled and presented by .id (informed decisions)

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Dominant groups

Analysis of the hours worked by the FNQROC's resident workers in 2021 compared to Queensland 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, 39.6% of the resident workers in All industries worked part-time (34 hours or less), and 58.2% worked full-time (35 hours or more), compared with 39.2% and 59.0% respectively for Queensland.

The major differences between the hours worked by the resident workers (All industries) of the FNQROC and Queensland were:

  • A smaller percentage of resident workers worked None (4.9% compared to 7.0%)
  • A larger percentage of resident workers worked 25 hours - 34 hours (13.9% compared to 11.9%)
  • A smaller percentage of resident workers worked 40 hours (14.6% compared to 16.2%)
  • A larger percentage of resident workers worked 49 hours or more (14.3% compared to 13.7%)

Emerging groups

The number of the resident workers (All industries) working full-time (35 hours or more) in the FNQROC increased by 1914 people (2.7%).

The largest changes in hours worked by the resident workers (All industries) in the FNQROC between2016 and 2021 were:

  • 35 hours - 39 hours (+3,841 persons)
  • 1 hour - 15 hours (+2,544 persons)
  • None (+1,849 persons)
  • 25 hours - 34 hours (+1,841 persons)

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