Queanbeyan-Palerang Regional Council area

Resident workers - Hours worked

44.9% of the resident workers (All industries) in Queanbeyan-Palerang Regional Council area work 40 or more hours, compared to 37.6% in NSW.

Hours worked shows the distribution of employment hours for Queanbeyan-Palerang Regional Council area's residents. Full-time employment is considered 35-hours and over.

The hours worked by employed people in Queanbeyan-Palerang Regional Council area 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
Queanbeyan-Palerang Regional Council - All industries20212016Change
Hours workedNumber%. NSW%Number%. NSW%2016 - 2021
None1,6304.79.01,1984.13.2+432
1 hour - 15 hours3,0698.810.82,6298.910.8+440
16 hours - 24 hours2,6397.610.42,0997.110.4+540
25 hours - 34 hours3,4099.810.02,8679.810.5+542
35 hours - 39 hours7,94622.820.46,30121.419.1+1,645
40 hours7,33721.118.76,08620.720.0+1,251
41 hours - 48 hours3,70310.67.43,24211.09.1+461
49 hours or more4,56113.111.54,46915.214.9+92
Not stated4851.41.75051.72.0-20
Total Persons34,779100.0100.029,396100.0100.0+5,383

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 Queanbeyan-Palerang Regional Council area's resident workers in 2021 compared to NSW 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, 30.9% of the resident workers in All industries worked part-time (34 hours or less), and 67.7% worked full-time (35 hours or more), compared with 40.3% and 58.0% respectively for NSW.

The major differences between the hours worked by the resident workers (All industries) of Queanbeyan-Palerang Regional Council area and NSW were:

  • A smaller percentage of resident workers worked None (4.7% compared to 9.0%)
  • A smaller percentage of resident workers worked 16 hours - 24 hours (7.6% compared to 10.4%)
  • A larger percentage of resident workers worked 35 hours - 39 hours (22.8% compared to 20.4%)
  • A larger percentage of resident workers worked 41 hours - 48 hours (10.6% compared to 7.4%)

Emerging groups

The number of the resident workers (All industries) working full-time (35 hours or more) in Queanbeyan-Palerang Regional Council area increased by 3449 people (17.2%).

The largest changes in hours worked by the resident workers (All industries) in Queanbeyan-Palerang Regional Council area between2016 and 2021 were:

  • 35 hours - 39 hours (+1,645 persons)
  • 40 hours (+1,251 persons)
  • 25 hours - 34 hours (+542 persons)
  • 16 hours - 24 hours (+540 persons)

Queanbeyan-Palerang Regional Council

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