Insights into hours worked, December 2021

Released

20/01/2022

Source

Labour Force, Australia, December 2021

Released

20/01/2022 11:30am AEDT

The ABS will continue to publish this additional analysis on a monthly basis until labour market conditions return to a more usual state.

The December survey reference period was from 28 November to 11 December 2021. This was before the large increase in COVID cases associated with the Omicron variant.

Hours worked and employment

Hours worked increased by 1.0% (in seasonally adjusted terms) between November and December 2021, while employment increased by 0.5% or 64,800 people.

Chart 1 shows changes in hours worked and employment, indexed to March 2020, while Chart 2 shows monthly changes in hours worked and employment since December 2017. They highlight the extent to which hours worked provide a more comprehensive indication of the extent of labour market impacts over the pandemic than employment, given some employed people temporarily have reduced hours or no work, without necessarily losing their jobs.

Chart 1: Hours worked and employment index, Seasonally adjusted (March 2020 = 100.0)
	Hours	Employed
Jan-20	100.5	99.9
Feb-20	100.4	100
Mar-20	100	100
Apr-20	90.4	95.4
May-20	91.1	93.4
Jun-20	94.6	95.2
Jul-20	95.3	96
Aug-20	95.6	97.2
Sep-20	95.8	96.8
Oct-20	98.2	98
Nov-20	99.4	98.7
Dec-20	99.4	99
Jan-21	94.5	99.2
Feb-21	99.9	99.9
Mar-21	102.2	100.4
Apr-21	101.5	100.2
May-21	102.9	101.1
Jun-21	101.1	101.3
Jul-21	100.8	101.3
Aug-21	97	100.1
Sep-21	97.8	99
Oct-21	97.7	98.6
Nov-21	102	101.4
Dec-21	103.1	101.9

Chart 1: Hours worked and employment index, Seasonally adjusted (March 2020 = 100.0)

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Source: Labour Force, Australia Tables 1 and 19

Chart 2: Monthly change in employment and hours worked, Seasonally adjusted
	Monthly hours worked (%)	Employed (%)
Dec-17	-0.3	0.3
Jan-18	-1.2	0.3
Feb-18	1.3	0.0
Mar-18	0.2	0.1
Apr-18	1.4	0.2
May-18	-1.0	0.0
Jun-18	0.6	0.6
Jul-18	0.0	-0.1
Aug-18	0.0	0.3
Sep-18	0.3	0.1
Oct-18	0.6	0.2
Nov-18	-0.5	0.2
Dec-18	-0.1	0.1
Jan-19	0.8	0.3
Feb-19	0.2	0.0
Mar-19	0.7	0.3
Apr-19	0.0	0.3
May-19	-0.4	0.3
Jun-19	0.1	0.1
Jul-19	0.1	0.1
Aug-19	0.3	0.3
Sep-19	0.2	0.1
Oct-19	-0.1	-0.3
Nov-19	-0.3	0.3
Dec-19	0.6	0.2
Jan-20	-0.5	0.1
Feb-20	-0.2	0.1
Mar-20	-0.4	0.0
Apr-20	-9.6	-4.6
May-20	0.8	-2.1
Jun-20	3.8	2.0
Jul-20	0.8	0.8
Aug-20	0.3	1.2
Sep-20	0.2	-0.4
Oct-20	2.6	1.3
Nov-20	1.2	0.7
Dec-20	0.0	0.3
Jan-21	-4.8	0.2
Feb-21	5.7	0.6
Mar-21	2.3	0.6
Apr-21	-0.7	-0.2
May-21	1.4	0.9
Jun-21	-1.8	0.2
Jul-21	-0.2	0.0
Aug-21	-3.8	-1.2
Sep-21	0.8	-1.1
Oct-21	-0.2	-0.4
Nov-21	4.5	2.9
Dec-21	1.0	0.5

Chart 2: Monthly change in employment and hours worked, Seasonally adjusted

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Source: Labour Force, Australia Tables 1 and 19

Changes in employment and hours worked for men and women

Table 2a: Monthly change in employment and hours worked, Males, Seasonally adjusted
	Monthly hours worked (%)	Employed (%)
Dec-17	-0.3	0.0
Jan-18	-1.6	0.6
Feb-18	1.8	-0.3
Mar-18	0.0	0.0
Apr-18	1.3	0.2
May-18	-1.1	0.2
Jun-18	0.7	0.4
Jul-18	0.2	0.3
Aug-18	-0.3	0.4
Sep-18	0.1	0.1
Oct-18	0.6	0.0
Nov-18	-0.3	0.2
Dec-18	-0.5	0.2
Jan-19	0.8	0.2
Feb-19	0.1	-0.3
Mar-19	0.8	0.4
Apr-19	-0.3	-0.1
May-19	-0.4	1.0
Jun-19	0.1	-0.1
Jul-19	-0.1	0.1
Aug-19	0.2	0.1
Sep-19	0.1	-0.2
Oct-19	-0.1	-0.4
Nov-19	-0.4	0.4
Dec-19	0.5	0.1
Jan-20	-0.3	-0.2
Feb-20	-0.5	0.2
Mar-20	-0.8	0.1
Apr-20	-7.3	-4.0
May-20	-0.3	-1.6
Jun-20	2.9	1.4
Jul-20	0.1	0.8
Aug-20	0.1	0.8
Sep-20	0.2	-0.5
Oct-20	3.3	1.6
Nov-20	0.8	0.8
Dec-20	-0.1	-0.1
Jan-21	-4.7	0.4
Feb-21	5.1	0.1
Mar-21	1.4	0.2
Apr-21	0.0	0.1
May-21	1.2	0.7
Jun-21	-1.5	0.4
Jul-21	-0.2	0.3
Aug-21	-3.6	-1.2
Sep-21	0.6	-0.9
Oct-21	-0.5	-0.3
Nov-21	4.3	2.2
Dec-21	1.0	0.6

Table 2b: Monthly change in employment and hours worked, Females, Seasonally adjusted
	Monthly hours worked (%)	Employed (%)
Dec-17	-0.1	0.6
Jan-18	-0.6	-0.1
Feb-18	0.6	0.2
Mar-18	0.4	0.3
Apr-18	1.6	0.2
May-18	-1.0	-0.1
Jun-18	0.5	0.9
Jul-18	-0.2	-0.5
Aug-18	0.5	0.2
Sep-18	0.6	0.1
Oct-18	0.5	0.5
Nov-18	-0.7	0.2
Dec-18	0.5	0.1
Jan-19	0.7	0.4
Feb-19	0.4	0.3
Mar-19	0.5	0.1
Apr-19	0.4	0.7
May-19	-0.4	-0.4
Jun-19	0.2	0.3
Jul-19	0.3	0.2
Aug-19	0.4	0.6
Sep-19	0.5	0.4
Oct-19	-0.2	-0.1
Nov-19	-0.1	0.1
Dec-19	0.8	0.3
Jan-20	-0.9	0.5
Feb-20	0.2	0.0
Mar-20	0.2	-0.1
Apr-20	-12.8	-5.1
May-20	2.3	-2.7
Jun-20	5.2	2.6
Jul-20	1.9	0.9
Aug-20	0.5	1.6
Sep-20	0.1	-0.2
Oct-20	1.5	0.9
Nov-20	1.6	0.6
Dec-20	0.1	0.7
Jan-21	-5.1	0.0
Feb-21	6.6	1.2
Mar-21	3.5	0.9
Apr-21	-1.6	-0.6
May-21	1.7	1.1
Jun-21	-2.3	0.0
Jul-21	-0.2	-0.4
Aug-21	-3.9	-1.2
Sep-21	1.2	-1.4
Oct-21	0.3	-0.6
Nov-21	4.7	3.6
Dec-21	1.0	0.4

States and territories

Over the COVID period, hours worked have been impacted when jurisdictions move into and out of lockdowns and other restrictions, with data for New South Wales, Victoria and the Australian Capital Territory in focus over the Delta period. This was again evident in changes in hours worked across these jurisdictions between November and December.

Monthly hours worked in New South Wales rose by 11.2 million hours (2.0%) between November and December. This increase brought hours worked to 1.2% above May 2021, before the Delta outbreak, and 2.0% above the level in March 2020.

Monthly hours worked in Victoria increased by 6.6 million hours (1.4%) between November and December. In December they were 0.3% lower than May 2021 and 3.1% higher than March 2020.

Monthly hours worked in the Australian Capital Territory decreased by 0.8 million hours (2.8%) between November and December, following the 10.0% increase between October and November. This decrease reflected a smaller than usual increase in the original hours worked series in December, with seasonally adjusted hours 3.5% lower than May 2021 and 2.4% lower than March 2020.

Chart 3 shows the changes in monthly hours worked for New South Wales, Victoria and Australian Capital Territory indexed to March 2020.

Chart 3: Monthly hours worked index, selected states and territories, seasonally adjusted (March 2020 = 100)
	NSW	Vic	ACT
Jan-20	100.4	100.7	99.6
Feb-20	100.4	100.6	101.0
Mar-20	100.0	100.0	100.0
Apr-20	89.6	91.1	101.4
May-20	90.1	91.4	97.9
Jun-20	95.1	94.5	101.9
Jul-20	95.5	96.3	102.1
Aug-20	96.6	91.2	102.5
Sep-20	98.3	88.8	102.9
Oct-20	98.8	93.4	104.6
Nov-20	98.9	99.0	103.4
Dec-20	99.1	98.3	103.8
Jan-21	91.5	94.6	96.9
Feb-21	99.8	98.8	102.1
Mar-21	100.2	102.3	102.3
Apr-21	99.5	102.1	97.3
May-21	100.8	103.3	101.2
Jun-21	102.4	94.7	103.8
Jul-21	95.1	103.9	101.7
Aug-21	88.9	100.3	99.1
Sep-21	91.3	96.6	88.7
Oct-21	94.7	92.6	91.3
Nov-21	100.0	101.6	100.4
Dec-21	102.0	103.1	97.6

Chart 3: Monthly hours worked index, selected states and territories, seasonally adjusted (March 2020 = 100)

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Source: Labour Force, Australia Tables 19 and 19a

People working fewer hours

When assessing the impacts of lockdowns and other restrictions, it has been useful to consider larger than seasonal changes in people reporting ‘economic reasons’ (that is, people reporting having no work, not enough work or being stood down) and ‘other reasons’. People reporting other reasons has increased during periods of acute labour market impacts, indicating that some respondents feel that the longstanding categories do not fully capture the complexity of COVID-related restrictions and/or that it is difficult for them to attribute the reasons to a single category.

Data cubes EM2a and EM2b include a range of reasons, beyond economic reasons and other reasons, with the most common reason for people working reduced hours being people taking annual leave, holidays or flextime. The ABS expects that the reasons related to people being sick and caring for people who were sick will be of increased relevance during the Omicron period of the pandemic.

Chart 4 shows the number of people working fewer (or no) hours in December 2021:

due to taking annual leave, holidays, flextime, or long service leave - which was 685,100 people
due to economic reasons - which was 357,500 people. This was a decrease of 60,500 from November 2021
due to other reasons - which was 302,300 people. This was a decrease of 115,500 from November 2021

Chart 4: People working fewer than their usual hours, or no hours at all, Original
	No work, not enough work available, or stood down ('000)	Annual leave, holidays, flextime, or long service leave ('000)	Worked fewer hours than usual for other reasons ('000)
Dec-2015	336.8	911.9	153.1
Jan-2016	391.2	3,160.4	145.2
Feb-2016	348.7	688.9	142.6
Mar-2016	352.4	989.0	138.7
Apr-2016	353.5	1,104.7	149.4
May-2016	341.0	977.0	191.8
Jun-2016	384.2	924.8	151.0
Jul-2016	370.3	1,447.0	134.1
Aug-2016	343.8	793.5	140.1
Sep-2016	361.1	700.3	131.5
Oct-2016	315.6	1,903.8	280.1
Nov-2016	307.6	1,172.8	190.0
Dec-2016	316.4	777.4	134.9
Jan-2017	348.9	4,853.0	259.3
Feb-2017	382.7	841.9	169.2
Mar-2017	367.3	847.0	165.7
Apr-2017	294.8	3,337.4	199.3
May-2017	350.2	1,009.5	206.3
Jun-2017	326.7	1,878.1	228.0
Jul-2017	358.8	1,600.6	159.2
Aug-2017	340.7	778.9	160.8
Sep-2017	334.6	774.3	144.6
Oct-2017	308.0	2,221.3	317.4
Nov-2017	306.2	1,184.6	148.9
Dec-2017	326.4	801.5	147.0
Jan-2018	356.9	5,491.1	257.5
Feb-2018	395.4	764.9	185.1
Mar-2018	333.3	1,475.3	208.6
Apr-2018	315.7	3,419.4	437.0
May-2018	349.9	1,020.3	183.6
Jun-2018	326.4	1,972.8	225.9
Jul-2018	328.2	1,469.9	165.5
Aug-2018	346.5	772.9	142.7
Sep-2018	317.7	826.6	163.7
Oct-2018	301.9	2,406.5	349.9
Nov-2018	338.8	1,221.3	175.4
Dec-2018	339.2	819.5	163.4
Jan-2019	432.7	2,572.0	173.6
Feb-2019	381.6	758.2	175.9
Mar-2019	339.3	1,413.3	228.6
Apr-2019	355.7	1,197.9	169.1
May-2019	378.8	1,059.4	207.8
Jun-2019	346.6	1,914.1	274.4
Jul-2019	373.3	1,462.3	213.9
Aug-2019	381.0	900.1	212.5
Sep-2019	359.0	827.1	180.0
Oct-2019	343.5	2,505.1	294.4
Nov-2019	330.8	1,195.0	231.7
Dec-2019	345.2	769.2	216.2
Jan-2020	448.4	2,847.4	222.4
Feb-2020	385.8	782.6	217.2
Mar-2020	466.2	1,328.2	307.9
Apr-2020	1,781.6	1,790.2	952.6
May-2020	1,551.5	599.7	824.5
Jun-2020	1,152.9	1,370.3	607.9
Jul-2020	984.2	1,136.1	371.1
Aug-2020	980.3	638.3	458.9
Sep-2020	899.7	579.0	404.4
Oct-2020	671.5	1,822.8	575.8
Nov-2020	555.5	1,054.9	385.4
Dec-2020	460.7	707.5	266.2
Jan-2021	516.5	3,725.2	240.8
Feb-2021	551.7	679.9	372.9
Mar-2021	389.0	1,170.8	276.9
Apr-2021	362.5	3,455.2	543.0
May-2021	344.4	978.0	331.7
Jun-2021	519.1	909.5	486.5
Jul-2021	644.9	1,329.2	578.4
Aug-2021	833.5	509.7	1,005.0
Sep-2021	826.7	524.5	798.3
Oct-2021	763.6	1,946.8	754.0
Nov-2021	418.1	1,248.6	417.8
Dec-2021	357.5	685.1	302.3

Chart 4: People working fewer than their usual hours, or no hours at all, Original

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Source: Labour Force, Australia Data Cube EM2a

Chart 4a shows the number of people working fewer (or no) hours in December 2021 in New South Wales:

due to taking annual leave, holidays, flextime, or long service leave - which was 206,600 people
due to economic reasons - which was 104,700 people. This was a decrease of 42,400 from November 2021
due to other reasons - which was 109,400 people. This was a decrease of 6,700 from November 2021

Chart 4a: People working fewer than their usual hours in New South Wales, Original
	No work, not enough work available, or stood down ('000)	Annual leave, holidays, flextime, or long service leave ('000)	Worked fewer hours than usual for other reasons ('000)
Dec-2015	91.0	280.1	44.9
Jan-2016	97.8	1,041.0	39.8
Feb-2016	86.0	199.0	39.9
Mar-2016	95.3	223.5	39.2
Apr-2016	93.4	358.2	39.6
May-2016	95.8	211.3	41.1
Jun-2016	109.1	278.8	49.0
Jul-2016	99.5	504.7	42.0
Aug-2016	103.2	235.3	42.1
Sep-2016	103.3	225.4	45.7
Oct-2016	82.0	859.1	111.2
Nov-2016	81.0	226.1	38.3
Dec-2016	98.1	240.5	41.9
Jan-2017	97.9	1,573.4	81.4
Feb-2017	103.0	282.9	50.9
Mar-2017	97.9	226.0	48.9
Apr-2017	82.3	1,063.3	67.3
May-2017	104.4	217.9	44.3
Jun-2017	85.5	670.4	68.4
Jul-2017	111.1	542.2	52.6
Aug-2017	86.1	240.0	53.2
Sep-2017	95.1	238.7	42.7
Oct-2017	85.6	902.7	127.9
Nov-2017	86.0	254.5	47.5
Dec-2017	101.2	252.9	46.9
Jan-2018	86.9	1,800.8	80.4
Feb-2018	110.8	241.3	49.7
Mar-2018	91.3	229.6	48.5
Apr-2018	97.1	959.4	136.8
May-2018	105.1	221.2	46.6
Jun-2018	97.8	736.0	72.0
Jul-2018	94.8	396.3	54.9
Aug-2018	94.9	243.9	44.7
Sep-2018	90.5	275.4	52.1
Oct-2018	86.4	1,013.6	144.6
Nov-2018	93.1	277.0	53.2
Dec-2018	103.9	282.4	48.0
Jan-2019	118.5	862.9	48.7
Feb-2019	107.7	256.7	55.7
Mar-2019	103.6	212.0	54.8
Apr-2019	104.6	292.3	51.2
May-2019	128.1	243.0	55.0
Jun-2019	107.3	717.1	77.2
Jul-2019	114.4	373.1	69.9
Aug-2019	115.8	261.6	65.2
Sep-2019	119.7	267.1	61.3
Oct-2019	112.1	957.1	97.3
Nov-2019	108.4	260.9	63.1
Dec-2019	109.3	260.0	59.4
Jan-2020	134.6	911.7	76.2
Feb-2020	128.8	250.3	65.1
Mar-2020	147.6	211.9	73.6
Apr-2020	566.7	514.3	326.9
May-2020	500.6	120.1	229.3
Jun-2020	366.9	449.2	186.8
Jul-2020	305.4	264.3	125.9
Aug-2020	260.7	185.4	104.5
Sep-2020	228.9	165.2	89.4
Oct-2020	178.9	829.3	198.0
Nov-2020	162.8	210.0	72.7
Dec-2020	155.5	194.8	75.2
Jan-2021	172.1	1,257.1	70.6
Feb-2021	159.4	214.2	65.0
Mar-2021	126.1	206.1	62.2
Apr-2021	121.1	1,088.6	164.1
May-2021	116.5	205.8	73.8
Jun-2021	90.4	270.7	77.0
Jul-2021	316.9	358.0	300.3
Aug-2021	354.8	134.6	407.6
Sep-2021	356.9	115.4	402.7
Oct-2021	319.8	538.6	307.7
Nov-2021	147.1	226.3	116.1
Dec-2021	104.7	206.6	109.4

Chart 4a: People working fewer than their usual hours in New South Wales, Original

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Source: Labour Force, Australia Data Cube EM2b

Chart 4b shows the number of people working fewer (or no) hours in December 2021 in Victoria:

due to taking annual leave, holidays, flextime, or long service leave - which was 164,700 people.
due to economic reasons - which was 110,300 people. This was a decrease of 26,400 from November 2021
due to other reasons - which was 77,500 people. This was a decrease of 96,300 from November 2021

Chart 4b: People working fewer than their usual hours in Victoria, Original
	No work, not enough work available, or stood down ('000)	Annual leave, holidays, flextime, or long service leave ('000)	Worked fewer hours than usual for other reasons ('000)
Dec-2015	94.7	257.5	41.7
Jan-2016	109.5	865.9	38.1
Feb-2016	97.0	188.4	39.5
Mar-2016	99.1	309.5	42.2
Apr-2016	103.3	280.6	47.1
May-2016	93.2	161.4	30.1
Jun-2016	109.0	240.7	34.1
Jul-2016	85.6	326.0	38.4
Aug-2016	78.4	171.8	38.8
Sep-2016	91.9	177.5	37.3
Oct-2016	84.7	202.1	40.5
Nov-2016	72.9	629.4	89.9
Dec-2016	84.8	205.1	37.5
Jan-2017	104.1	1,307.3	65.6
Feb-2017	95.4	234.7	49.7
Mar-2017	93.9	239.5	38.5
Apr-2017	81.0	947.6	45.3
May-2017	95.6	150.6	37.3
Jun-2017	88.4	548.7	51.8
Jul-2017	107.9	417.6	36.1
Aug-2017	103.6	193.8	40.4
Sep-2017	87.7	174.3	40.6
Oct-2017	79.8	385.5	40.1
Nov-2017	84.7	605.4	43.0
Dec-2017	86.2	183.8	38.6
Jan-2018	112.5	1,476.7	75.2
Feb-2018	98.2	187.1	45.4
Mar-2018	79.1	643.0	49.9
Apr-2018	72.5	1,018.0	93.6
May-2018	94.6	188.5	42.9
Jun-2018	76.3	592.3	39.5
Jul-2018	97.5	429.9	39.3
Aug-2018	87.5	177.6	38.8
Sep-2018	84.1	210.4	38.7
Oct-2018	87.3	388.1	43.2
Nov-2018	83.9	611.0	50.2
Dec-2018	91.8	197.0	47.9
Jan-2019	136.2	728.4	52.4
Feb-2019	98.8	182.9	45.9
Mar-2019	87.2	619.4	52.4
Apr-2019	83.1	377.7	43.0
May-2019	95.2	182.4	53.0
Jun-2019	78.3	580.5	62.4
Jul-2019	104.7	461.5	54.0
Aug-2019	101.6	198.2	52.2
Sep-2019	91.3	219.7	48.8
Oct-2019	91.1	419.0	55.2
Nov-2019	84.9	556.2	81.9
Dec-2019	79.6	176.8	64.4
Jan-2020	130.9	828.2	63.0
Feb-2020	91.6	194.7	68.0
Mar-2020	117.5	560.4	80.8
Apr-2020	517.8	592.2	203.2
May-2020	468.5	108.4	184.3
Jun-2020	356.7	414.9	141.6
Jul-2020	331.0	324.1	102.1
Aug-2020	424.9	86.7	211.7
Sep-2020	411.3	115.1	204.1
Oct-2020	299.4	141.3	143.6
Nov-2020	208.2	549.6	207.5
Dec-2020	150.1	177.9	84.5
Jan-2021	143.0	1,079.6	52.4
Feb-2021	190.6	189.5	93.7
Mar-2021	106.8	430.2	85.9
Apr-2021	96.0	987.7	141.1
May-2021	98.3	166.6	59.3
Jun-2021	290.7	189.6	295.5
Jul-2021	170.9	305.5	139.9
Aug-2021	259.8	110.5	287.2
Sep-2021	285.9	95.6	265.1
Oct-2021	298.7	264.3	262.6
Nov-2021	136.7	685.2	173.8
Dec-2021	110.3	164.7	77.5

Chart 4b: People working fewer than their usual hours in Victoria, Original

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Source: Labour Force, Australia Data Cube EM2b

Chart 4c shows the number of people working fewer (or no) hours in December 2021 in the Australian Capital Territory:

due to taking annual leave, holidays, flextime, or long service leave - which was 15,600 people
due to economic reasons - which was 3,200 people. This was a decrease of 3,600 from November 2021
due to other reasons - which was 2,900 people. This was a decrease of 3,100 from November 2021

Chart 4c: People working fewer than their usual hours in Australian Capital Territory, Original
	No work, not enough work available, or stood down ('000)	Annual leave, holidays, flextime, or long service leave ('000)	Worked fewer hours than usual for other reasons ('000)
Dec-2015	5.0	23.1	3.2
Jan-2016	5.8	66.8	3.1
Feb-2016	3.7	19.3	2.4
Mar-2016	3.0	24.6	2.3
Apr-2016	3.7	22.1	1.9
May-2016	4.7	18.9	3.2
Jun-2016	4.4	17.5	3.1
Jul-2016	4.7	34.3	3.8
Aug-2016	4.3	19.3	3.0
Sep-2016	5.0	14.6	2.2
Oct-2016	3.3	66.0	7.7
Nov-2016	3.2	19.6	4.0
Dec-2016	4.1	17.9	2.8
Jan-2017	4.6	111.8	4.4
Feb-2017	4.2	22.1	4.7
Mar-2017	5.0	16.6	3.7
Apr-2017	4.4	61.6	4.3
May-2017	4.9	12.9	3.4
Jun-2017	3.7	51.3	4.8
Jul-2017	4.5	40.4	3.2
Aug-2017	3.9	17.9	3.4
Sep-2017	4.6	15.0	4.7
Oct-2017	4.6	67.3	11.7
Nov-2017	5.0	18.6	3.2
Dec-2017	3.5	21.8	4.9
Jan-2018	7.7	120.3	5.8
Feb-2018	6.5	20.0	5.4
Mar-2018	5.6	42.0	7.8
Apr-2018	4.6	62.3	10.6
May-2018	4.5	15.4	3.7
Jun-2018	5.8	43.5	5.8
Jul-2018	3.9	28.0	5.7
Aug-2018	6.1	16.3	3.9
Sep-2018	5.6	17.7	2.8
Oct-2018	5.3	64.0	13.5
Nov-2018	5.7	17.7	2.9
Dec-2018	6.8	21.3	2.7
Jan-2019	7.5	58.5	3.8
Feb-2019	5.4	19.9	3.0
Mar-2019	5.1	42.6	3.9
Apr-2019	4.7	22.6	3.2
May-2019	4.1	17.2	3.7
Jun-2019	3.6	44.4	10.0
Jul-2019	4.7	28.1	5.0
Aug-2019	6.6	16.8	4.5
Sep-2019	6.2	20.2	3.4
Oct-2019	3.6	57.5	7.0
Nov-2019	5.6	19.6	5.3
Dec-2019	4.7	17.5	6.6
Jan-2020	6.3	58.6	5.7
Feb-2020	4.5	21.0	5.0
Mar-2020	4.2	40.5	7.7
Apr-2020	22.0	34.1	15.0
May-2020	15.8	9.0	10.5
Jun-2020	10.1	75.8	22.0
Jul-2020	10.0	20.1	4.7
Aug-2020	5.7	12.1	5.4
Sep-2020	5.3	13.3	5.4
Oct-2020	6.9	59.3	16.5
Nov-2020	5.4	16.4	3.7
Dec-2020	5.9	15.8	3.3
Jan-2021	7.4	76.5	4.6
Feb-2021	5.3	16.8	4.7
Mar-2021	5.8	41.9	3.9
Apr-2021	3.5	77.1	16.4
May-2021	3.9	13.9	4.3
Jun-2021	4.0	49.2	12.6
Jul-2021	5.4	26.7	4.4
Aug-2021	8.7	11.7	14.4
Sep-2021	15.8	4.8	34.2
Oct-2021	13.8	36.0	19.5
Nov-2021	6.8	16.1	6.0
Dec-2021	3.2	15.6	2.9

Chart 4c: People working fewer than their usual hours in Australian Capital Territory, Original

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Source: Labour Force, Australia Data Cube EM2b

People working zero hours

Of those working fewer hours, Chart 5 shows the proportion of employed males and females who worked zero hours in December over the past 20 years. In December 2021, 5.1% of employed people in Australia worked zero hours (4.5% in New South Wales and 4.3% in Victoria).

Chart 5: Proportion of employed working zero hours, Original
	Male (%)	Female (%)
Dec-01	4.6	5.7
Dec-02	4.4	5.3
Dec-03	4.0	5.3
Dec-04	4.2	5.3
Dec-05	4.1	5.5
Dec-06	4.2	5.2
Dec-07	5.0	6.5
Dec-08	5.1	6.0
Dec-09	5.3	6.6
Dec-10	5.5	6.3
Dec-11	5.4	6.6
Dec-12	5.5	7.1
Dec-13	4.7	6.4
Dec-14	5.5	7.7
Dec-15	5.4	7.2
Dec-16	5.5	7.3
Dec-17	5.1	6.9
Dec-18	5.3	6.7
Dec-19	4.7	6.4
Dec-20	4.3	6.1
Dec-21	4.7	5.4

Chart 5: Proportion of employed working zero hours, Original

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Source: Labour Force, Australia, Detailed Table 9

Chart 6 shows the number of people working zero hours for economic reasons, due to taking annual leave, holidays, flextime, or long service leave and due to other reasons. As with people working fewer hours, there is a distinct (although dampened over the COVID-19 period), seasonal pattern to people taking leave, with large increases each January and during school holiday periods. In December 2021:

261,200 employed people worked zero hours due to taking annual leave, holidays, flextime, or long service leave
38,700 employed people worked zero hours for economic reasons. This was a decrease of 39,800 from November 2021
46,300 employed people worked zero hours for other reasons. This was a decrease of 13,700 from November 2021

Chart 6: Employed people working zero hours, Original
	No work, not enough work available, or stood down ('000)	Annual leave, holidays, flextime, or long service leave ('000)	Worked fewer hours than usual for other reasons ('000)
Dec-2015	50.4	423.8	19.8
Jan-2016	65.2	2,302.0	20.2
Feb-2016	62.8	366.7	15.9
Mar-2016	52.3	305.2	11.9
Apr-2016	55.6	622.2	16.1
May-2016	61.1	330.5	13.6
Jun-2016	53.4	329.1	14.6
Jul-2016	58.1	924.9	26.3
Aug-2016	58.3	361.9	22.2
Sep-2016	45.8	382.4	17.4
Oct-2016	51.8	697.9	23.9
Nov-2016	53.3	390.7	18.6
Dec-2016	42.0	410.9	18.2
Jan-2017	64.2	2,816.5	25.7
Feb-2017	63.2	443.0	21.9
Mar-2017	56.0	339.5	17.3
Apr-2017	63.1	887.9	17.6
May-2017	61.7	342.9	18.4
Jun-2017	51.8	358.1	29.0
Jul-2017	62.7	1,024.0	23.3
Aug-2017	53.8	400.2	29.1
Sep-2017	48.8	411.6	16.8
Oct-2017	49.8	791.5	23.4
Nov-2017	51.0	398.7	20.4
Dec-2017	46.1	409.4	14.0
Jan-2018	74.9	3,274.5	32.5
Feb-2018	66.9	413.7	18.7
Mar-2018	50.3	333.0	27.3
Apr-2018	63.7	815.4	21.1
May-2018	52.6	365.1	22.5
Jun-2018	61.9	338.8	25.3
Jul-2018	55.9	902.4	23.0
Aug-2018	51.6	399.6	18.9
Sep-2018	48.9	434.1	16.5
Oct-2018	40.8	995.4	23.3
Nov-2018	56.7	419.3	27.2
Dec-2018	51.9	394.6	21.7
Jan-2019	72.0	1,809.1	28.2
Feb-2019	66.5	406.0	22.2
Mar-2019	49.1	334.3	20.3
Apr-2019	48.2	524.9	19.5
May-2019	57.1	397.9	24.7
Jun-2019	54.6	404.8	22.7
Jul-2019	56.9	911.1	34.1
Aug-2019	63.6	395.4	24.2
Sep-2019	44.7	431.8	22.9
Oct-2019	57.3	1,021.1	29.9
Nov-2019	50.6	405.4	24.1
Dec-2019	40.1	348.1	31.5
Jan-2020	78.3	2,036.8	27.3
Feb-2020	60.0	406.9	37.6
Mar-2020	76.2	337.5	24.5
Apr-2020	766.6	379.4	365.5
May-2020	368.4	145.2	181.3
Jun-2020	232.2	176.3	82.2
Jul-2020	165.8	584.8	62.5
Aug-2020	214.4	191.9	93.8
Sep-2020	200.7	210.5	95.1
Oct-2020	132.7	559.1	57.2
Nov-2020	81.4	249.7	38.5
Dec-2020	64.7	281.8	29.7
Jan-2021	102.0	2,748.8	45.2
Feb-2021	126.1	322.9	98.4
Mar-2021	56.4	234.9	37.0
Apr-2021	59.0	1,132.9	42.5
May-2021	58.4	262.4	28.7
Jun-2021	155.9	229.1	149.5
Jul-2021	180.6	759.7	207.0
Aug-2021	248.9	203.5	371.2
Sep-2021	184.7	180.5	263.0
Oct-2021	188.9	700.0	199.3
Nov-2021	78.5	281.2	60.0
Dec-2021	38.7	261.2	46.3

Chart 6: Employed people working zero hours, Original

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Source: Labour Force, Australia Data Cube EM2a

Chart 6a shows the number of employed people who worked zero hours in New South Wales in December 2021:

due to taking annual leave, holidays, flextime, or long service leave - which was 72,100 people
due to economic reasons - which was 8,900 people. This was a decrease of 23,700 from November 2021
due to other reasons - which was 16,200 people. This was a decrease of 10,100 from November 2021

Chart 6a: Employed people working zero hours in New South Wales, Original
	No work, not enough work available, or stood down ('000)	Annual leave, holidays, flextime, or long service leave ('000)	Worked fewer hours than usual for other reasons ('000)
Dec-2015	13.8	127.4	8.2
Jan-2016	13.7	750.0	3.6
Feb-2016	17.5	106.7	3.0
Mar-2016	13.7	92.1	2.6
Apr-2016	18.5	210.7	3.7
May-2016	18.9	102.2	6.4
Jun-2016	17.3	100.8	4.7
Jul-2016	11.5	321.8	7.4
Aug-2016	14.4	109.8	6.3
Sep-2016	11.3	124.2	6.3
Oct-2016	14.0	291.7	5.9
Nov-2016	15.8	110.6	4.9
Dec-2016	15.6	120.1	3.5
Jan-2017	19.9	941.9	7.1
Feb-2017	18.5	145.0	7.7
Mar-2017	16.7	109.3	6.1
Apr-2017	21.3	257.9	6.6
May-2017	19.1	109.3	4.8
Jun-2017	15.1	111.4	9.5
Jul-2017	13.9	352.0	8.4
Aug-2017	13.5	126.6	10.2
Sep-2017	14.3	122.3	3.7
Oct-2017	8.3	251.4	8.8
Nov-2017	13.9	136.0	6.8
Dec-2017	19.0	126.8	2.1
Jan-2018	18.2	1,105.6	10.3
Feb-2018	18.2	151.8	5.9
Mar-2018	13.0	108.4	10.2
Apr-2018	17.6	167.8	4.5
May-2018	15.4	113.3	5.5
Jun-2018	18.3	87.1	8.7
Jul-2018	18.3	230.6	8.8
Aug-2018	13.6	133.9	6.3
Sep-2018	13.9	142.3	5.3
Oct-2018	8.9	358.7	7.4
Nov-2018	16.8	143.3	9.3
Dec-2018	13.4	137.1	9.0
Jan-2019	17.4	622.0	11.7
Feb-2019	19.8	148.0	7.1
Mar-2019	11.6	99.1	5.6
Apr-2019	13.6	122.5	4.7
May-2019	17.9	132.0	6.7
Jun-2019	12.4	135.9	6.0
Jul-2019	14.8	217.8	11.6
Aug-2019	21.3	127.0	8.5
Sep-2019	15.1	136.4	8.6
Oct-2019	21.3	338.3	12.2
Nov-2019	12.9	124.0	5.4
Dec-2019	11.6	119.9	6.8
Jan-2020	19.5	656.2	9.9
Feb-2020	22.7	127.4	13.0
Mar-2020	30.7	106.7	5.7
Apr-2020	261.1	78.2	120.9
May-2020	121.3	43.2	59.8
Jun-2020	63.8	50.4	27.5
Jul-2020	41.8	123.8	17.1
Aug-2020	45.6	51.4	13.2
Sep-2020	35.9	52.0	13.6
Oct-2020	32.1	242.5	8.6
Nov-2020	24.5	71.2	10.9
Dec-2020	21.9	81.8	9.9
Jan-2021	36.1	962.9	15.7
Feb-2021	34.0	100.2	11.4
Mar-2021	20.0	74.2	12.9
Apr-2021	21.7	342.5	13.5
May-2021	20.1	69.9	11.1
Jun-2021	14.0	76.9	7.7
Jul-2021	116.1	218.1	134.1
Aug-2021	127.5	44.2	156.8
Sep-2021	82.3	32.7	134.7
Oct-2021	70.8	161.7	85.1
Nov-2021	32.6	68.3	26.3
Dec-2021	8.9	72.1	16.2

Chart 6a: Employed people working zero hours in New South Wales, Original

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Source: Labour Force, Australia Data Cube EM2b

Chart 6b shows the number of employed people who worked zero hours in Victoria in December 2021:

due to taking annual leave, holidays, flextime, or long service leave - which was 50,400 people
due to economic reasons - which was 9,300 people. This was a decrease of 17,800 from November 2021
due to other reasons - which was 13,700 people. This was a decrease of 1,700 from November 2021

Chart 6b: Employed people working zero hours in Victoria, Original
	No work, not enough work available, or stood down ('000)	Annual leave, holidays, flextime, or long service leave ('000)	Worked fewer hours than usual for other reasons ('000)
Dec-2015	15.8	104.8	5.1
Jan-2016	20.3	631.4	8.4
Feb-2016	16.5	104.4	3.8
Mar-2016	18.3	75.5	4.6
Apr-2016	14.7	159.0	3.2
May-2016	18.4	85.9	2.4
Jun-2016	13.1	91.2	1.9
Jul-2016	15.8	209.7	6.9
Aug-2016	15.0	100.2	7.3
Sep-2016	13.2	98.2	4.8
Oct-2016	11.3	107.1	7.0
Nov-2016	12.9	116.5	6.6
Dec-2016	12.3	108.1	4.7
Jan-2017	16.9	779.3	7.7
Feb-2017	16.6	127.3	6.6
Mar-2017	12.4	93.6	3.0
Apr-2017	16.6	274.0	5.6
May-2017	18.7	75.3	5.7
Jun-2017	12.8	83.4	8.3
Jul-2017	22.3	275.7	4.9
Aug-2017	17.6	105.1	6.5
Sep-2017	15.8	100.0	7.1
Oct-2017	15.3	227.4	6.8
Nov-2017	15.7	101.3	6.1
Dec-2017	10.4	88.2	4.3
Jan-2018	22.3	894.0	10.9
Feb-2018	16.3	97.9	5.7
Mar-2018	10.2	92.0	5.3
Apr-2018	18.0	301.9	7.3
May-2018	13.1	97.6	8.6
Jun-2018	13.6	105.9	6.4
Jul-2018	18.1	270.8	3.1
Aug-2018	14.2	99.1	4.2
Sep-2018	13.3	108.3	4.7
Oct-2018	11.7	228.0	5.1
Nov-2018	14.1	111.8	6.5
Dec-2018	14.0	95.8	5.3
Jan-2019	22.6	499.1	5.8
Feb-2019	15.3	101.1	4.3
Mar-2019	15.0	86.9	5.6
Apr-2019	14.6	158.1	3.0
May-2019	14.3	94.3	6.8
Jun-2019	12.2	108.0	6.2
Jul-2019	16.4	302.6	10.3
Aug-2019	14.8	97.1	4.4
Sep-2019	9.9	115.7	5.5
Oct-2019	13.1	228.7	5.5
Nov-2019	14.1	103.4	7.1
Dec-2019	8.3	73.7	9.1
Jan-2020	30.0	590.5	6.1
Feb-2020	11.6	106.8	8.7
Mar-2020	22.7	85.5	7.5
Apr-2020	229.5	157.2	81.1
May-2020	102.8	34.3	42.5
Jun-2020	80.6	49.3	21.7
Jul-2020	65.2	168.9	23.4
Aug-2020	111.9	35.5	60.4
Sep-2020	113.0	42.9	65.0
Oct-2020	65.9	52.2	32.7
Nov-2020	30.9	71.6	11.5
Dec-2020	15.3	55.1	7.9
Jan-2021	29.6	793.5	9.4
Feb-2021	46.5	90.8	11.2
Mar-2021	17.2	57.0	10.2
Apr-2021	11.1	303.4	10.3
May-2021	15.7	59.2	8.5
Jun-2021	119.1	50.7	129.7
Jul-2021	41.3	144.7	35.2
Aug-2021	75.2	45.0	91.1
Sep-2021	74.1	27.1	98.3
Oct-2021	96.6	119.3	97.2
Nov-2021	27.1	74.2	15.4
Dec-2021	9.3	50.4	13.7

Chart 6b: Employed people working zero hours in Victoria, Original

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Source: Labour Force, Australia Data Cube EM2b

Chart 6c shows the number of employed people who worked zero hours in the Australian Capital Territory in December 2021:

due to taking annual leave, holidays, flextime, or long service leave - which was 4,500 people
due to economic reasons - which was 400 people. This was a decrease of 200 from November 2021
due to other reasons - which was 400 people. This was a decrease of 500 from November 2021

Chart 6c: Employed people working zero hours in Australian Capital Territory, Original
	No work, not enough work available, or stood down ('000)	Annual leave, holidays, flextime, or long service leave ('000)	Worked fewer hours than usual for other reasons ('000)
Dec-2015	0.4	8.8	0.2
Jan-2016	1.8	50.6	0.2
Feb-2016	0.8	9.7	0.5
Mar-2016	0.4	6.1	0.1
Apr-2016	0.9	10.0	0.0
May-2016	0.5	7.7	0.6
Jun-2016	0.7	5.6	0.2
Jul-2016	0.8	18.8	0.8
Aug-2016	0.7	6.2	0.8
Sep-2016	0.6	6.3	0.7
Oct-2016	0.8	15.3	0.1
Nov-2016	0.9	6.0	0.4
Dec-2016	0.7	6.6	0.5
Jan-2017	1.6	61.9	0.2
Feb-2017	0.3	9.2	0.0
Mar-2017	1.4	5.6	0.4
Apr-2017	0.9	14.3	1.1
May-2017	0.7	4.8	0.3
Jun-2017	0.8	7.2	0.8
Jul-2017	1.0	21.9	1.0
Aug-2017	0.6	8.1	0.3
Sep-2017	0.2	4.3	0.5
Oct-2017	0.9	18.1	0.3
Nov-2017	1.0	7.1	0.0
Dec-2017	0.5	9.7	0.2
Jan-2018	3.3	69.1	0.4
Feb-2018	0.9	8.4	0.2
Mar-2018	1.4	6.8	0.1
Apr-2018	0.8	10.2	0.7
May-2018	0.7	6.9	0.5
Jun-2018	1.0	7.8	0.8
Jul-2018	0.4	12.2	0.6
Aug-2018	0.7	7.2	0.0
Sep-2018	1.3	9.4	0.3
Oct-2018	1.1	16.8	0.2
Nov-2018	1.4	7.3	0.8
Dec-2018	1.4	9.1	0.0
Jan-2019	1.4	38.6	0.6
Feb-2019	1.1	7.7	0.2
Mar-2019	0.7	6.3	0.3
Apr-2019	0.9	10.0	0.2
May-2019	0.2	8.3	0.4
Jun-2019	0.4	6.9	0.7
Jul-2019	0.7	15.9	0.4
Aug-2019	1.3	8.3	0.8
Sep-2019	0.6	10.6	0.1
Oct-2019	0.8	24.1	1.2
Nov-2019	1.8	6.9	0.8
Dec-2019	0.4	5.3	0.7
Jan-2020	0.6	44.1	1.0
Feb-2020	0.4	8.1	0.3
Mar-2020	0.0	5.7	0.4
Apr-2020	10.0	2.7	4.1
May-2020	2.2	1.9	1.4
Jun-2020	1.6	4.5	0.5
Jul-2020	0.8	6.5	0.2
Aug-2020	1.4	4.2	0.6
Sep-2020	1.1	2.6	0.6
Oct-2020	0.9	12.2	1.1
Nov-2020	0.7	4.5	0.0
Dec-2020	0.3	4.5	0.5
Jan-2021	1.5	58.8	0.6
Feb-2021	0.9	6.8	0.3
Mar-2021	0.3	4.7	0.0
Apr-2021	0.4	23.1	0.4
May-2021	0.7	4.0	0.8
Jun-2021	0.6	3.3	0.6
Jul-2021	0.4	12.9	0.9
Aug-2021	1.9	3.6	3.9
Sep-2021	5.3	1.2	16.6
Oct-2021	2.1	5.8	4.2
Nov-2021	0.5	2.9	0.9
Dec-2021	0.4	4.5	0.4

Chart 6c: Employed people working zero hours in Australian Capital Territory, Original

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Source: Labour Force, Australia Data Cube EM2b

For further information, email labour.statistics@abs.gov.au.

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