Hours worked shows the distribution of employment hours for Surat Basin's residents. Full-time employment is considered 35-hours and over.
The hours worked by employed people in Surat Basin 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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| Toowoomba Regional Council - Manufacturing | 2021 | 2016 | Change | ||||||
| Hours worked | Number | % | Queensland% | Number | % | Queensland% | 2016 - 2021 | ||
| None | 164 | 2.6 | 3.6 | 108 | 1.9 | 2.3 | +56 | ||
| 1 hour - 15 hours | 371 | 5.8 | 5.6 | 292 | 5.0 | 5.0 | +79 | ||
| 16 hours - 24 hours | 281 | 4.4 | 5.1 | 252 | 4.3 | 4.6 | +29 | ||
| 25 hours - 34 hours | 386 | 6.0 | 6.7 | 415 | 7.2 | 6.8 | -29 | ||
| 35 hours - 39 hours | 1,802 | 28.2 | 27.4 | 1,702 | 29.4 | 26.0 | +100 | ||
| 40 hours | 1,140 | 17.8 | 20.3 | 1,035 | 17.9 | 22.1 | +105 | ||
| 41 hours - 48 hours | 943 | 14.7 | 14.2 | 840 | 14.5 | 14.8 | +103 | ||
| 49 hours or more | 1,261 | 19.7 | 16.2 | 1,089 | 18.8 | 17.5 | +172 | ||
| Not stated | 50 | 0.8 | 0.9 | 62 | 1.1 | 0.9 | -12 | ||
| Total Persons | 6,398 | 100.0 | 100.0 | 5,795 | 100.0 | 100.0 | +603 | ||
Source: Australian Bureau of Statistics, Census of Population and Housing 2016 and2021. Compiled and presented by .id (informed decisions) Please refer to specific data notes for more information | |||||||||
Dominant groups
Analysis of the hours worked by Surat Basin's resident workers in 2021 compared to Queensland 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, 18.8% of the resident workers in Manufacturing worked part-time (34 hours or less), and 80.4% worked full-time (35 hours or more), compared with 21.0% and 78.1% respectively for Queensland.
The major differences between the hours worked by the resident workers (Manufacturing) of Surat Basin and Queensland were:
- A smaller percentage of resident workers worked None (2.6% compared to 3.6%)
- A larger percentage of resident workers worked 35 hours - 39 hours (28.2% compared to 27.4%)
- A smaller percentage of resident workers worked 40 hours (17.8% compared to 20.3%)
- A larger percentage of resident workers worked 49 hours or more (19.7% compared to 16.2%)
Emerging groups
The number of the resident workers (Manufacturing) working full-time (35 hours or more) in Surat Basin increased by 480 people (10.3%).
The largest changes in hours worked by the resident workers (Manufacturing) in Surat Basin between2016 and 2021 were:
- 49 hours or more (+172 persons)
- 40 hours (+105 persons)
- 41 hours - 48 hours (+103 persons)
- 35 hours - 39 hours (+100 persons)