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LEARN MORE ABOUT .id63.3% of females in Bass Coast Shire are employed part-time and 34.8% are employed full-time.
Hours Worked statistics show the distribution of employment hours for females and males in Bass Coast Shire'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 Bass Coast Shire 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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Bass Coast Shire - Total employed females aged 15+ | 2021 | 2016 | Change | ||||
Hours worked | Number | % | Bass Coast Shire - Total males % | Number | % | Bass Coast Shire - Total males % | 2016 to 2021 |
None | 712 | 8.7 | 6.5 | 423 | 7.0 | 4.7 | +289 |
1 hour - 15 hours | 1,630 | 20.0 | 10.3 | 1,292 | 21.3 | 10.1 | +338 |
16 hours - 24 hours | 1,443 | 17.7 | 8.5 | 1,074 | 17.7 | 7.6 | +369 |
25 hours - 34 hours | 1,386 | 17.0 | 10.1 | 1,098 | 18.1 | 10.0 | +288 |
35 hours - 39 hours | 1,196 | 14.6 | 17.2 | 785 | 12.9 | 15.7 | +411 |
40 hours | 816 | 10.0 | 21.4 | 561 | 9.2 | 21.5 | +255 |
41 hours - 48 hours | 342 | 4.2 | 9.1 | 293 | 4.8 | 10.3 | +49 |
49 hours or more | 488 | 6.0 | 14.2 | 429 | 7.1 | 17.7 | +59 |
Not stated | 157 | 1.9 | 2.7 | 113 | 1.9 | 2.4 | +44 |
Total persons aged 15+ | 8,170 | 100.0 | 100.0 | 6,068 | 100.0 | 100.0 | +2,102 |
Analysis of the hours worked by the female workforce in Bass Coast Shire in 2021 compared to Bass Coast Shire - Total males 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, 63.3% of the female workforce worked part-time (34 hours or less) and 34.8% worked full-time (35 hours or more), compared with 35.4% and 62.0% respectively for Bass Coast Shire - Total males.
The major differences between the hours worked by females in Bass Coast Shire and Bass Coast Shire - Total males were:
The largest changes in the hours worked females Bass Coast Shire between 2016 and 2021 were:
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