City of Kingston

Local workers - Hours worked - All industries

38.3% of All industries local workers in the City of Kingston are employed part-time and 60.2% are employed full-time.

Hours Worked statistics shows the distribution of employment hours in the City of Kingston 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 2021 – by place of work

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Local workers hours worked, 2021
City of Kingston - All industries20212016Change
Hours workedNumber%. Victoria%Number%. Victoria%2016 - 2021
None3,6794.45.11,8902.63.3+1,789
1 hour - 15 hours10,01412.011.79,03612.212.0+978
16 hours - 24 hours8,99410.710.87,3409.910.5+1,654
25 hours - 34 hours9,38011.211.67,54010.211.2+1,840
35 hours - 39 hours19,35923.120.815,67121.218.7+3,688
40 hours15,77018.819.214,58119.719.5+1,189
41 hours - 48 hours6,7758.18.07,0199.59.2-244
49 hours or more8,48010.111.19,43312.813.6-953
Not stated1,2951.51.71,3291.81.9-34
Total Persons83,746100.0100.073,839100.0100.0+9,907

Source: Australian Bureau of Statistics, Census of Population and Housing 2016 and 2021. Compiled and presented by .id (informed decisions)

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Dominant groups

Analysis of the hours worked by the workforce in the City of Kingston in 2021compared to Victoria within the City of Kingston 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, 38.3% of the workforce worked part-time (34 hours or less) , and 60.2% worked full-time (35 hours or more), compared with 39.1% and 59.2% respectively for Victoria within the City of Kingston.

The major differences between the hours worked by the workforce in the City of Kingston and Victoria were:

  • A smaller percentage of local workers who did not work (4.4% compared to 5.1%)
  • A smaller percentage of local workers who worked 25 hours - 34 hours (11.2% compared to 11.6%)
  • A larger percentage of local workers who worked 35 hours - 39 hours (23.1% compared to 20.8%)
  • A smaller percentage of local workers who worked 49 hours or more (10.1% compared to 11.1%)

Emerging groups

The largest changes in the hours worked by the All industries workforce in the City of Kingston between 2016 and 2021 were:

  • 35 hours - 39 hours (+3,688 local workers)
  • 25 hours - 34 hours (+1,840 local workers)
  • None (+1,789 local workers)
  • 16 hours - 24 hours (+1,654 local workers)

City of Kingston

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