Employment status Occupations Income Hours worked

City of West Torrens

Hours worked

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53.1% of females in the City of West Torrens are employed part-time and 45.7% are employed full-time.

Hours Worked statistics show the distribution of employment hours for females and males in the City of West Torrens'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 West Torrens 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 caution

Hours Worked data should be looked at in conjunction with Employment Status and Occupation.

Derived from the Census question:

'Last week how many hours did the person work in all jobs?'

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Hours worked
City of West Torrens - Total employed females aged 15+	2021			2016			Change
Hours worked	Number	%	City of West Torrens - Total males %	Number	%	City of West Torrens - Total males %	2016 to 2021
None	788	4.9	2.9	613	4.5	2.5	+175
1 hour - 15 hours	2,456	15.2	9.3	2,224	16.5	9.6	+232
16 hours - 24 hours	2,400	14.9	9.1	1,980	14.7	7.6	+420
25 hours - 34 hours	2,919	18.1	9.8	2,293	17.0	9.4	+626
35 hours - 39 hours	3,762	23.3	25.4	2,886	21.4	22.3	+876
40 hours	1,728	10.7	18.8	1,565	11.6	20.4	+163
41 hours - 48 hours	971	6.0	10.6	860	6.4	11.0	+111
49 hours or more	897	5.6	12.7	887	6.6	15.6	+10
Not stated	193	1.2	1.4	187	1.4	1.6	+6
Total persons aged 15+	16,114	100.0	100.0	13,495	100.0	100.0	+2,619

Source: Australian Bureau of Statistics, Census of Population and Housing 2016 and 2021. Compiled and presented by .id (informed decisions).

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Dominant groups

Analysis of the hours worked by the female workforce in the City of West Torrens in 2021 compared to City of West Torrens - 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, 53.1% of the female workforce worked part-time (34 hours or less) and 45.7% worked full-time (35 hours or more), compared with 31.1% and 67.5% respectively for City of West Torrens - Total males.

The major differences between the hours worked by females in the City of West Torrens and City of West Torrens - Total males were:

A larger percentage of females who worked 25 hours - 34 hours (18.1% compared to 9.8%)
A larger percentage of females who worked 1 hour - 15 hours (15.2% compared to 9.3%)
A smaller percentage of females who worked 40 hours (10.7% compared to 18.8%)
A smaller percentage of females who worked 49 hours or more (5.6% compared to 12.7%)

Emerging groups

The largest changes in the hours worked females the City of West Torrens between 2016 and 2021 were:

35 hours - 39 hours (+876 females)
25 hours - 34 hours (+626 females)
16 hours - 24 hours (+420 females)
1 hour - 15 hours (+232 females)

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