Griffith City

Local workers - Hours worked - All industries

32.5% of All industries local workers in the Griffith City are employed part-time and 65.3% are employed full-time.

Hours Worked statistics shows the distribution of employment hours in the Griffith City 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
Griffith City - All industries20212016Change
Hours workedNumber%. New South Wales%Number%. New South Wales%2016 - 2021
None4333.19.04073.43.2+26
1 hour - 15 hours1,42810.210.81,1869.810.8+242
16 hours - 24 hours1,1678.410.51,1359.410.5+32
25 hours - 34 hours1,51010.810.01,27510.510.5+235
35 hours - 39 hours3,61625.920.42,75122.719.1+865
40 hours2,35516.918.72,23018.420.0+125
41 hours - 48 hours1,3749.87.41,1639.69.1+211
49 hours or more1,77512.711.51,70414.014.9+71
Not stated3072.21.72832.32.0+24
Total Persons13,965100.0100.012,134100.0100.0+1,831

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 Griffith City in 2021compared to New South Wales within the Griffith City 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, 32.5% of the workforce worked part-time (34 hours or less) , and 65.3% worked full-time (35 hours or more), compared with 40.3% and 58.0% respectively for New South Wales within the Griffith City.

The major differences between the hours worked by the workforce in the Griffith City and New South Wales were:

  • A smaller percentage of local workers who did not work (3.1% compared to 9.0%)
  • A smaller percentage of local workers who worked 16 hours - 24 hours (8.4% compared to 10.5%)
  • A larger percentage of local workers who worked 35 hours - 39 hours (25.9% compared to 20.4%)
  • A larger percentage of local workers who worked 41 hours - 48 hours (9.8% compared to 7.4%)

Emerging groups

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

  • 35 hours - 39 hours (+865 local workers)
  • 1 hour - 15 hours (+242 local workers)
  • 25 hours - 34 hours (+235 local workers)
  • 41 hours - 48 hours (+211 local workers)

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