RDA Darling Downs and South West Region
Resident workers - Hours worked
45.6% of the resident workers in the RDA Darling Downs and South West Region work 40 or more hours, compared to 36.5% in Education and Training.
Hours worked shows the distribution of employment hours for the RDA Darling Downs and South West Region's residents. Full-time employment is considered 35-hours and over.
The hours worked by employed people in the RDA Darling Downs and South West Region 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 | ||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| RDA Darling Downs and South West Region | 2016 | 2011 | Change | |||||
| Hours worked | Number | % | Education and Training% | Number | % | Education and Training% | 2011 to 2016 | |
| None | 4,253 | 3.6 | 3.9 | 4,515 | 3.9 | 4.0 | -262 | 22001 |
| 1 hour - 15 hours | 12,704 | 10.9 | 12.7 | 11,843 | 10.2 | 12.8 | +861 | 22002 |
| 16 hours - 24 hours | 10,047 | 8.6 | 11.3 | 9,538 | 8.2 | 11.4 | +509 | 22003 |
| 25 hours - 34 hours | 13,401 | 11.5 | 17.8 | 12,314 | 10.6 | 17.0 | +1,087 | 22004 |
| 35 hours - 39 hours | 20,761 | 17.8 | 17.0 | 19,566 | 16.9 | 16.1 | +1,195 | 22005 |
| 40 hours | 17,553 | 15.1 | 12.2 | 17,169 | 14.8 | 13.4 | +384 | 22006 |
| 41 hours - 48 hours | 10,922 | 9.4 | 8.9 | 11,367 | 9.8 | 9.5 | -445 | 22007 |
| 49 hours or more | 24,650 | 21.2 | 15.3 | 26,551 | 23.0 | 14.6 | -1,901 | 22008 |
| Not stated | 2,240 | 1.9 | 0.9 | 2,809 | 2.4 | 1.2 | -569 | 22009 |
| Total persons | 116,531 | 100.0 | 100.0 | 115,672 | 100.0 | 100.0 | +859 | |
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 RDA Darling Downs and South West Region's resident workers in 2016 compared to Education and Training 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, 34.7% of the resident workers worked part-time (34 hours or less), and 63.4% worked full-time (35 hours or more), compared with 45.7% and 53.5% respectively for Education and Training.
The major differences between the hours worked by the resident workers of the RDA Darling Downs and South West Region and Education and Training were:
- A larger percentage of resident workers worked 49 hours or more (21.2% compared to 15.3%)
- A larger percentage of resident workers worked 40 hours (15.1% compared to 12.2%)
- A smaller percentage of resident workers worked 25 hours - 34 hours (11.5% compared to 17.8%)
- A smaller percentage of resident workers worked 16 hours - 24 hours (8.6% compared to 11.3%)
Emerging groups
From 2011 to 2016, the number of the resident workers working full-time (35 hours or more) in the RDA Darling Downs and South West Region decreased by 767 people (1.0%).
The largest changes in hours worked by the resident workers in the RDA Darling Downs and South West Region between 2011 and 2016 were:
- 49 hours or more (-1,901 people)
- 35 hours - 39 hours (+1,195 people)
- 25 hours - 34 hours (+1,087 people)
- 1 hour - 15 hours (+861 people)