Gladstone Regional Council area
Local workers - Hours worked - All industries
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 | % | Financial and Insurance Services% | Number | % | Financial and Insurance Services% | 2011 - 2016 | ||
| None | 1,066 | 4.0 | 3.6 | 1,134 | 4.1 | 5.9 | -68 | ||
| 1 hour - 15 hours | 2,715 | 10.2 | 9.5 | 2,282 | 8.2 | 6.6 | +433 | ||
| 16 hours - 24 hours | 2,150 | 8.1 | 13.4 | 1,868 | 6.7 | 14.9 | +282 | ||
| 25 hours - 34 hours | 2,597 | 9.8 | 7.1 | 2,386 | 8.5 | 10.6 | +211 | ||
| 35 hours - 39 hours | 3,938 | 14.8 | 24.1 | 3,531 | 12.6 | 21.8 | +407 | ||
| 40 hours | 3,918 | 14.7 | 19.0 | 4,215 | 15.1 | 16.8 | -297 | ||
| 41 hours - 48 hours | 3,503 | 13.2 | 9.1 | 4,375 | 15.7 | 10.6 | -872 | ||
| 49 hours or more | 6,250 | 23.5 | 14.2 | 7,426 | 26.6 | 12.9 | -1,176 | ||
| Not stated | 454 | 1.7 | 0 | 728 | 2.6 | 0 | -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 the Financial and Insurance Services workforce within Gladstone Regional Council area 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, 32.1% of the workforce worked part-time (34 hours or less) , and 66.2% worked full-time (35 hours or more), compared with 33.6% and 66.4% respectively for the Financial and Insurance Services workforce within Gladstone Regional Council area.
The major differences between the hours worked by the workforce in Gladstone Regional Council area and the Financial and Insurance Services workforce were:
- A smaller percentage of local workers who worked 16 hours - 24 hours (8.1% compared to 13.4%)
- A smaller percentage of local workers who worked 35 hours - 39 hours (14.8% compared to 24.1%)
- A smaller percentage of local workers who worked 40 hours (14.7% compared to 19.0%)
- A larger percentage of local workers who worked 49 hours or more (23.5% compared to 14.2%)
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)