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LEARN MORE ABOUT .id24.6% of males in the City of Yarra are employed part-time and 74.3% are employed full-time.
Hours Worked statistics show the distribution of employment hours for females and males in the City of Yarra's employed population. It relates to the number of hours of paid employment across all jobs in the week prior to Census day.
Hours worked relates to the prevalence of particular types of jobs and particular industries. Some industries are more likely to be part-time. Australia-wide, females are more likely than males to work part-time (<35 hours per week). Males are more likely to work full time and longer hours in paid employment.
The extent to which this varies in the City of Yarra can show key differences between sexes and changes in traditional gender roles, as well as the availability of different types of employment.
Please note: Many areas of Australia were in lockdown for the 2021 Census and many people were not working but supported by JobKeeper. For this reason the number of people with zero hours worked in the week prior to Census is likely to have increased between 2016 and 2021, though this varies considerably by place. Use time comparison with cautionHours Worked data should be looked at in conjunction with Employment Status and Occupation.
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City of Yarra - Total employed males aged 15+ | 2021 | 2016 | Change | ||||
Hours worked | Number | % | Australia - Total males % | Number | % | Australia - Total males % | 2016 to 2021 |
None | 990 | 3.5 | 5.5 | 550 | 2.2 | 2.7 | +440 |
1 hour - 15 hours | 1,978 | 6.9 | 8.2 | 1,702 | 6.7 | 7.6 | +276 |
16 hours - 24 hours | 1,854 | 6.5 | 6.9 | 1,515 | 6.0 | 6.1 | +339 |
25 hours - 34 hours | 2,195 | 7.7 | 7.4 | 1,794 | 7.1 | 7.1 | +401 |
35 hours - 39 hours | 5,516 | 19.4 | 20.7 | 3,958 | 15.6 | 18.9 | +1,558 |
40 hours | 6,794 | 23.9 | 21.7 | 5,919 | 23.4 | 22.5 | +875 |
41 hours - 48 hours | 3,331 | 11.7 | 10.4 | 3,385 | 13.4 | 11.8 | -54 |
49 hours or more | 5,510 | 19.3 | 17.3 | 6,156 | 24.3 | 21.3 | -646 |
Not stated | 311 | 1.1 | 1.9 | 367 | 1.4 | 2.0 | -56 |
Total persons aged 15+ | 28,479 | 100.0 | 100.0 | 25,346 | 100.0 | 100.0 | +3,133 |
Analysis of the hours worked by the male workforce in the City of Yarra in 2021 compared to Australia - Total males shows that there was a lower proportion who worked part-time (34 hours or less) and a higher proportion who worked full-time (35 hours or more).
Overall, 24.6% of the male workforce worked part-time (34 hours or less) and 74.3% worked full-time (35 hours or more), compared with 28.0% and 70.1% respectively for Australia - Total males.
The major differences between the hours worked by males in the City of Yarra and Australia - Total males were:
The largest changes in the hours worked males the City of Yarra between 2016 and 2021 were:
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