Kyogle Council area
Local workers - Hours worked - All industries
Hours Worked statistics shows the distribution of employment hours in Kyogle 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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Kyogle Council area - All industries | 2016 | 2011 | Change | ||||||
Hours worked | Number | % | NSW% | Number | % | NSW% | 2011 - 2016 | ||
None | 79 | 2.9 | 3.2 | 74 | 2.7 | 3.7 | +5 | ||
1 hour - 15 hours | 380 | 13.9 | 10.8 | 357 | 13.1 | 10.5 | +23 | ||
16 hours - 24 hours | 312 | 11.4 | 10.5 | 280 | 10.3 | 9.8 | +32 | ||
25 hours - 34 hours | 353 | 12.9 | 10.5 | 353 | 13.0 | 9.9 | -- | ||
35 hours - 39 hours | 381 | 14.0 | 19.1 | 378 | 13.9 | 18.3 | +3 | ||
40 hours | 428 | 15.7 | 20.0 | 379 | 14.0 | 19.6 | +49 | ||
41 hours - 48 hours | 206 | 7.5 | 9.1 | 230 | 8.5 | 10.1 | -24 | ||
49 hours or more | 523 | 19.2 | 14.9 | 592 | 21.8 | 16.6 | -69 | ||
Not stated | 68 | 2.5 | 2.0 | 72 | 2.7 | 1.5 | -4 | ||
Total Persons | 2,730 | 100.0 | 100.0 | 2,715 | 100.0 | 100.0 | +15 | ||
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 Kyogle Council area in 2016 compared to NSW within Kyogle Council area shows that there was a higher proportion who worked part-time (34 hours or less) and a lower proportion who worked full-time (35 hours or more).
Overall, 41.2% of the workforce worked part-time (34 hours or less) , and 56.3% worked full-time (35 hours or more), compared with 34.9% and 63.1% respectively for NSW within Kyogle Council area.
The major differences between the hours worked by the workforce in Kyogle Council area and NSW were:
- A larger percentage of local workers who worked 1 hour - 15 hours (13.9% compared to 10.8%)
- A smaller percentage of local workers who worked 35 hours - 39 hours (14.0% compared to 19.1%)
- A smaller percentage of local workers who worked 40 hours (15.7% compared to 20.0%)
- A larger percentage of local workers who worked 49 hours or more (19.2% compared to 14.9%)
Emerging groups
The largest changes in the hours worked by the All industries workforce in Kyogle Council area between 2011 and 2016 were:
- 49 hours or more (-69 local workers)
- 40 hours (+49 local workers)
- 16 hours - 24 hours (+32 local workers)
- 41 hours - 48 hours (-24 local workers)