City of Moreland
Resident workers - Hours worked
42.6% of the resident workers in the City of Moreland work 40 or more hours, compared to 42.4% in Victoria.
Hours worked shows the distribution of employment hours for the City of Moreland's residents. Full-time employment is considered 35-hours and over.
The hours worked by employed people in the City of Moreland 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.
Australian Bureau of Statistics (ABS) – Census 2011 and 2016 – by usual residence
| Resident workers hours worked | ||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| City of Moreland | 2016 | 2011 | Change | |||||
| Hours worked | Number | % | Victoria% | Number | % | Victoria% | 2011 to 2016 | |
| None | 2,441 | 3.0 | 3.3 | 2,844 | 4.1 | 3.9 | -403 | 22001 |
| 1 hour - 15 hours | 8,503 | 10.6 | 12.0 | 7,121 | 10.2 | 11.4 | +1,382 | 22002 |
| 16 hours - 24 hours | 8,749 | 10.9 | 10.5 | 7,184 | 10.3 | 9.7 | +1,565 | 22003 |
| 25 hours - 34 hours | 9,061 | 11.3 | 11.2 | 6,981 | 10.0 | 10.1 | +2,080 | 22004 |
| 35 hours - 39 hours | 15,802 | 19.7 | 18.7 | 13,402 | 19.2 | 17.6 | +2,400 | 22005 |
| 40 hours | 16,335 | 20.3 | 19.5 | 14,331 | 20.5 | 19.5 | +2,004 | 22006 |
| 41 hours - 48 hours | 7,825 | 9.7 | 9.2 | 7,131 | 10.2 | 10.2 | +694 | 22007 |
| 49 hours or more | 10,073 | 12.5 | 13.7 | 9,224 | 13.2 | 15.2 | +849 | 22008 |
| Not stated | 1,565 | 1.9 | 1.9 | 1,636 | 2.3 | 2.2 | -71 | 22009 |
| Total persons | 80,354 | 100.0 | 100.0 | 69,854 | 100.0 | 100.0 | +10,500 | |
Source: Australian Bureau of Statistics, Census of Population and Housing (opens a new window) 2011 and 2016. Compiled and presented by .id (opens a new window), the population experts.
Dominant groups
Analysis of the hours worked by the City of Moreland's resident workers in 2016 compared to Victoria 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, 35.8% of the resident workers worked part-time (34 hours or less), and 62.3% worked full-time (35 hours or more), compared with 37.0% and 61.1% respectively for Victoria.
The major differences between the hours worked by the resident workers of the City of Moreland and Victoria were:
- A larger percentage of resident workers worked 35 hours - 39 hours (19.7% compared to 18.7%)
- A larger percentage of resident workers worked 40 hours (20.3% compared to 19.5%)
- A smaller percentage of resident workers worked 1 hour - 15 hours (10.6% compared to 12.0%)
- A smaller percentage of resident workers worked 49 hours or more (12.5% compared to 13.7%)
Emerging groups
From 2011 to 2016, the number of the resident workers working full-time (35 hours or more) in the City of Moreland increased by 5,947 people (13.5%).
The largest changes in hours worked by the resident workers in the City of Moreland between 2011 and 2016 were:
- 35 hours - 39 hours (+2,400 people)
- 25 hours - 34 hours (+2,080 people)
- 40 hours (+2,004 people)
- 16 hours - 24 hours (+1,565 people)