City of Launceston

Resident workers - Hours worked

33.0% of the resident workers (All industries) in the City of Launceston work 40 or more hours, compared to 33.5% in Tasmania.

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

The hours worked by employed people in City of Launceston 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
City of Launceston - All industries20212016Change
Hours workedNumber%. Tasmania%Number%. Tasmania%2016 - 2021
None1,3674.24.71,1234.14.3+244
1 hour - 15 hours3,97912.312.63,73613.613.2+243
16 hours - 24 hours3,90312.011.83,10811.311.1+795
25 hours - 34 hours4,83914.914.33,74013.613.3+1,099
35 hours - 39 hours7,17422.121.55,75220.919.7+1,422
40 hours4,67014.414.54,15415.115.5+516
41 hours - 48 hours2,8108.78.42,3218.48.7+489
49 hours or more3,2249.910.53,15711.512.5+67
Not stated5111.61.74471.61.7+64
Total Persons32,477100.0100.027,538100.0100.0+4,939

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 City of Launceston's resident workers in 2021 compared to Tasmania shows that there was a lower proportion of people who worked part-time (34 hours or less) and a higher proportion of people worked full-time (35 hours or more).

Overall, 43.4% of the resident workers in All industries worked part-time (34 hours or less), and 55.0% worked full-time (35 hours or more), compared with 43.4% and 54.9% respectively for Tasmania.

The major differences between the hours worked by the resident workers (All industries) of the City of Launceston and Tasmania were:

  • A smaller percentage of resident workers worked None (4.2% compared to 4.7%)
  • A larger percentage of resident workers worked 25 hours - 34 hours (14.9% compared to 14.3%)
  • A larger percentage of resident workers worked 35 hours - 39 hours (22.1% compared to 21.5%)
  • A smaller percentage of resident workers worked 49 hours or more (9.9% compared to 10.5%)

Emerging groups

The number of the resident workers (All industries) working full-time (35 hours or more) in the City of Launceston increased by 2494 people (16.2%).

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

  • 35 hours - 39 hours (+1,422 persons)
  • 25 hours - 34 hours (+1,099 persons)
  • 16 hours - 24 hours (+795 persons)
  • 40 hours (+516 persons)

City of Launceston

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