Noosa Shire Council area

Local workers - Hours worked - All industries

54.4% of All industries local workers in the Noosa Shire Council area are employed part-time and 43.7% are employed full-time.

Hours Worked statistics shows the distribution of employment hours in the Noosa Shire Council area 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
Noosa Shire Council area - All industries20212016Change
Hours workedNumber%. Queensland%Number%. Queensland%2016 - 2021
None2,50910.97.06083.03.4+1,901
1 hour - 15 hours3,84216.811.13,14815.611.0+694
16 hours - 24 hours2,73011.99.32,45212.29.4+278
25 hours - 34 hours3,38914.812.03,41317.012.0-24
35 hours - 39 hours3,63315.920.83,13915.619.3+494
40 hours2,91912.716.22,90514.417.2+14
41 hours - 48 hours1,2835.68.41,4947.49.4-211
49 hours or more2,1759.513.62,63613.116.4-461
Not stated4401.91.83301.61.8+110
Total Persons22,920100.0100.020,125100.0100.0+2,795

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 Noosa Shire Council area in 2021compared to Queensland within the Noosa Shire Council area shows that there was a higher proportion who worked part-time (34 hours or less) and a lower proportion who worked full-time (35 hours or more).

Overall, 54.4% of the workforce worked part-time (34 hours or less) , and 43.7% worked full-time (35 hours or more), compared with 39.3% and 58.9% respectively for Queensland within the Noosa Shire Council area.

The major differences between the hours worked by the workforce in the Noosa Shire Council area and Queensland were:

  • A larger percentage of local workers who did not work (10.9% compared to 7.0%)
  • A larger percentage of local workers who worked 1 hour - 15 hours (16.8% compared to 11.1%)
  • A smaller percentage of local workers who worked 35 hours - 39 hours (15.9% compared to 20.8%)
  • A smaller percentage of local workers who worked 49 hours or more (9.5% compared to 13.6%)

Emerging groups

The largest changes in the hours worked by the All industries workforce in the Noosa Shire Council area between 2016 and 2021 were:

  • None (+1,901 local workers)
  • 1 hour - 15 hours (+694 local workers)
  • 35 hours - 39 hours (+494 local workers)
  • 49 hours or more (-461 local workers)

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