Willoughby City
Resident workers - Hours worked
52.0% of the resident workers in Willoughby City work 40 or more hours, compared to 44.1% in New South Wales.
Hours worked shows the distribution of employment hours for Willoughby City's residents. Full-time employment is considered 35-hours and over.
The hours worked by employed people in Willoughby City 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 | ||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Willoughby City | 2016 | 2011 | Change | |||||
| Hours worked | Number | % | New South Wales% | Number | % | New South Wales% | 2011 to 2016 | |
| None | 973 | 2.7 | 3.2 | 1,187 | 3.5 | 3.8 | -214 | 22001 |
| 1 hour - 15 hours | 3,726 | 10.3 | 10.8 | 3,292 | 9.8 | 10.4 | +434 | 22002 |
| 16 hours - 24 hours | 3,652 | 10.1 | 10.4 | 3,235 | 9.6 | 9.7 | +417 | 22003 |
| 25 hours - 34 hours | 3,092 | 8.5 | 10.5 | 2,811 | 8.4 | 9.8 | +281 | 22004 |
| 35 hours - 39 hours | 5,444 | 15.0 | 19.1 | 4,531 | 13.5 | 18.2 | +913 | 22005 |
| 40 hours | 8,493 | 23.4 | 20.0 | 7,356 | 21.9 | 19.4 | +1,137 | 22006 |
| 41 hours - 48 hours | 3,643 | 10.0 | 9.1 | 3,651 | 10.8 | 10.0 | -8 | 22007 |
| 49 hours or more | 6,759 | 18.6 | 14.9 | 7,045 | 20.9 | 16.4 | -286 | 22008 |
| Not stated | 535 | 1.5 | 2.0 | 547 | 1.6 | 2.3 | -12 | 22009 |
| Total persons | 36,317 | 100.0 | 100.0 | 33,655 | 100.0 | 100.0 | +2,662 | |
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 Willoughby City's resident workers in 2016 compared to New South Wales 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, 31.5% of the resident workers worked part-time (34 hours or less), and 67.0% worked full-time (35 hours or more), compared with 34.9% and 63.1% respectively for New South Wales.
The major differences between the hours worked by the resident workers of Willoughby City and New South Wales were:
- A larger percentage of resident workers worked 49 hours or more (18.6% compared to 14.9%)
- A larger percentage of resident workers worked 40 hours (23.4% compared to 20.0%)
- A smaller percentage of resident workers worked 35 hours - 39 hours (15.0% compared to 19.1%)
- A smaller percentage of resident workers worked 25 hours - 34 hours (8.5% compared to 10.5%)
Emerging groups
From 2011 to 2016, the number of the resident workers working full-time (35 hours or more) in Willoughby City increased by 1,756 people (7.8%).
The largest changes in hours worked by the resident workers in Willoughby City between 2011 and 2016 were:
- 40 hours (+1,137 people)
- 35 hours - 39 hours (+913 people)
- 1 hour - 15 hours (+434 people)
- 16 hours - 24 hours (+417 people)