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LEARN MORE ABOUT .id31.1% of males in the City of West Torrens are employed part-time and 67.5% 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 cautionHours Worked data should be looked at in conjunction with Employment Status and Occupation.
Q:
Derived from the Census question:
'Last week how many hours did the person work in all jobs?'
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| City of West Torrens - Total employed males aged 15+ | 2021 | 2016 | Change | ||||
| Hours worked | Number | % | City of West Torrens - Total population % | Number | % | City of West Torrens - Total population % | 2016 to 2021 |
| None | 492 | 2.9 | 3.9 | 352 | 2.5 | 3.5 | +140 |
| 1 hour - 15 hours | 1,572 | 9.3 | 12.2 | 1,366 | 9.6 | 12.9 | +206 |
| 16 hours - 24 hours | 1,535 | 9.1 | 11.9 | 1,086 | 7.6 | 11.0 | +449 |
| 25 hours - 34 hours | 1,652 | 9.8 | 13.9 | 1,347 | 9.4 | 13.1 | +305 |
| 35 hours - 39 hours | 4,277 | 25.4 | 24.4 | 3,188 | 22.3 | 21.9 | +1,089 |
| 40 hours | 3,172 | 18.8 | 14.9 | 2,907 | 20.4 | 16.1 | +265 |
| 41 hours - 48 hours | 1,782 | 10.6 | 8.4 | 1,577 | 11.0 | 8.8 | +205 |
| 49 hours or more | 2,149 | 12.7 | 9.2 | 2,221 | 15.6 | 11.2 | -72 |
| Not stated | 230 | 1.4 | 1.3 | 229 | 1.6 | 1.5 | +1 |
| Total persons aged 15+ | 16,861 | 100.0 | 100.0 | 14,273 | 100.0 | 100.0 | +2,588 |
Dominant groups
Analysis of the hours worked by the male workforce in the City of West Torrens in 2021 compared to City of West Torrens - Total population 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, 31.1% of the male workforce worked part-time (34 hours or less) and 67.5% worked full-time (35 hours or more), compared with 41.9% and 56.8% respectively for City of West Torrens - Total population.
The major differences between the hours worked by males in the City of West Torrens and City of West Torrens - Total population were:
- A larger percentage of males who worked 40 hours (18.8% compared to 14.9%)
- A larger percentage of males who worked 49 hours or more (12.7% compared to 9.2%)
- A smaller percentage of males who worked 25 hours - 34 hours (9.8% compared to 13.9%)
- A smaller percentage of males who worked 1 hour - 15 hours (9.3% compared to 12.2%)
Emerging groups
The largest changes in the hours worked males the City of West Torrens between 2016 and 2021 were:
- 35 hours - 39 hours (+1,089 males)
- 16 hours - 24 hours (+449 males)
- 25 hours - 34 hours (+305 males)
- 40 hours (+265 males)
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