Southern Mallee District Council
Resident workers - Hours worked
51.2% of the resident workers (All industries) in the Southern Mallee District Council work 40 or more hours, compared to 37.7% in South Australia.
Hours worked shows the distribution of employment hours for Southern Mallee District Council's residents. Full-time employment is considered 35-hours and over.
The hours worked by employed people in Southern Mallee District Council 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 2011 and 2016 – by usual residence
| Resident workers hours worked | |||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| RDA Murraylands and Riverland - All industries | 2016 | 2011 | Change | ||||||
| Hours worked | Number | % | South Australia% | Number | % | South Australia% | 2011 - 2016 | ||
| None | 42 | 4.2 | 3.8 | 43 | 4.1 | 4.4 | -1 | ||
| 1 hour - 15 hours | 98 | 9.9 | 12.8 | 103 | 9.8 | 12.0 | -5 | ||
| 16 hours - 24 hours | 93 | 9.4 | 10.4 | 89 | 8.5 | 9.8 | +4 | ||
| 25 hours - 34 hours | 122 | 12.3 | 13.1 | 113 | 10.8 | 11.7 | +9 | ||
| 35 hours - 39 hours | 101 | 10.2 | 20.6 | 84 | 8.0 | 19.8 | +17 | ||
| 40 hours | 146 | 14.7 | 15.5 | 147 | 14.0 | 15.7 | -1 | ||
| 41 hours - 48 hours | 61 | 6.1 | 9.2 | 98 | 9.4 | 10.2 | -37 | ||
| 49 hours or more | 301 | 30.3 | 13.1 | 348 | 33.2 | 14.5 | -47 | ||
| Not stated | 28 | 2.8 | 1.6 | 23 | 2.2 | 1.9 | +5 | ||
| Total Persons | 992 | 100.0 | 100.0 | 1,048 | 100.0 | 100.0 | -56 | ||
Source: Australian Bureau of Statistics, Census of Population and Housing 2011 and 2016. Compiled and presented by .id informed decisions Please refer to specific data notes for more information | |||||||||
Dominant groups
Analysis of the hours worked by the Southern Mallee District Council's resident workers in 2016 compared to South Australia 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 in All industries worked part-time (34 hours or less), and 61.4% worked full-time (35 hours or more), compared with 40.1% and 58.3% respectively for South Australia.
The major differences between the hours worked by the resident workers (All industries) of the Southern Mallee District Council and South Australia were:
- A smaller percentage of resident workers worked 1 hour - 15 hours (9.9% compared to 12.8%)
- A smaller percentage of resident workers worked 35 hours - 39 hours (10.2% compared to 20.6%)
- A smaller percentage of resident workers worked 41 hours - 48 hours (6.1% compared to 9.2%)
- A larger percentage of resident workers worked 49 hours or more (30.3% compared to 13.1%)
Emerging groups
The number of the resident workers (All industries) working full-time (35 hours or more) in the Southern Mallee District Council decreased by 68 people (-10.0%).
The largest changes in hours worked by the resident workers (All industries) in the Southern Mallee District Council between 2011 and 2016 were:
- 49 hours or more (-47 persons)
- 41 hours - 48 hours (-37 persons)
- 35 hours - 39 hours (+17 persons)
- 25 hours - 34 hours (+9 persons)