Gladstone Regional Council area
Local workers - Hours worked - All industries
32.1% of All industries local workers in Gladstone Regional Council area are employed part-time and 66.2% are employed full-time.
Hours Worked statistics shows the distribution of employment hours in Gladstone Regional Council area 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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| Gladstone Regional Council area - All industries | 2016 | 2011 | Change | ||||||
| Hours worked | Number | % | Queensland% | Number | % | Queensland% | 2011 - 2016 | ||
| None | 1,066 | 4.0 | 3.4 | 1,134 | 4.1 | 3.8 | -68 | ||
| 1 hour - 15 hours | 2,715 | 10.2 | 11.0 | 2,282 | 8.2 | 10.5 | +433 | ||
| 16 hours - 24 hours | 2,150 | 8.1 | 9.4 | 1,868 | 6.7 | 8.9 | +282 | ||
| 25 hours - 34 hours | 2,597 | 9.8 | 12.0 | 2,386 | 8.5 | 10.9 | +211 | ||
| 35 hours - 39 hours | 3,938 | 14.8 | 19.3 | 3,531 | 12.6 | 18.3 | +407 | ||
| 40 hours | 3,918 | 14.7 | 17.2 | 4,215 | 15.1 | 17.0 | -297 | ||
| 41 hours - 48 hours | 3,503 | 13.2 | 9.4 | 4,375 | 15.7 | 10.6 | -872 | ||
| 49 hours or more | 6,250 | 23.5 | 16.4 | 7,426 | 26.6 | 18.5 | -1,176 | ||
| Not stated | 454 | 1.7 | 1.8 | 728 | 2.6 | 1.5 | -274 | ||
| Total Persons | 26,591 | 100.0 | 100.0 | 27,945 | 100.0 | 100.0 | -1,354 | ||
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 Gladstone Regional Council area in 2016 compared to Queensland within Gladstone Regional Council area 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, 32.1% of the workforce worked part-time (34 hours or less) , and 66.2% worked full-time (35 hours or more), compared with 35.9% and 62.3% respectively for Queensland within Gladstone Regional Council area.
The major differences between the hours worked by the workforce in Gladstone Regional Council area and Queensland were:
- A smaller percentage of local workers who worked 35 hours - 39 hours (14.8% compared to 19.3%)
- A smaller percentage of local workers who worked 40 hours (14.7% compared to 17.2%)
- A larger percentage of local workers who worked 41 hours - 48 hours (13.2% compared to 9.4%)
- A larger percentage of local workers who worked 49 hours or more (23.5% compared to 16.4%)
Emerging groups
The largest changes in the hours worked by the All industries workforce in Gladstone Regional Council area between 2011 and 2016 were:
- 49 hours or more (-1,176 local workers)
- 41 hours - 48 hours (-872 local workers)
- 1 hour - 15 hours (+433 local workers)
- 35 hours - 39 hours (+407 local workers)