Australia Yearbook - 2001

Chapter 6—Labour 221
Information for employed persons is shown
according to their status in employment (i.e.
employers, own-account workers, employees and
contributing family workers, as in diagram 6.1).
Following falls in 1998–99, the number of
own-account workers rose in 1999–2000 to
856,400, while the number of employers
continued to fall, to 339,200 in 1999–2000. The
number of employees has increased since
1994–95 to 7,620,300 in 1999–2000 (table 6.9).
Full-time workers are those who worked 35 hours
or more during the reference week of the Labour
Force Survey, or who usually work 35 hours or
more each week. Part-time workers are those
who usually work less than 35 hours a week and
who did so during the reference week. In
1999–2000 there were 4,393,600 males employed
full-time (87.5% of male employment). The
number of females employed full-time was
2,192,800 (56.3% of female employment). For
males, part-time work is most prevalent among
the younger (aged 15–24) and older (aged 55 and
over) age groups, while for females, the incidence
of part-time work is more evenly spread across
age groups (table 6.10).
6.9 EMPLOYED PERSONS, Status in Employment, Annual Average(a)
1994–95 1995–96 1996–97 1997–98 1998–99
1999–00
’000 ’000 ’000 ’000 ’000 ’000
Employers 355.6 363.9 338.9 357.3 349.8 339.2
Own-account workers 822.9 849.1 819.5 855.7 822.5 856.4
Employees 6 801.7 7 001.1 7 121.1 7 183.1 7 399.7 7 620.3
Contributing family workers 77.2 75.0 75.2 65.4 66.3 70.6
Total 8 057.4 8 289.2 8 354.7 8 461.4 8 638.4 8 886.5
(a) Annual averages based on quarterly data.
Source: Labour Force Survey.
6.10 EMPLOYED PERSONS, Full-time and Part-time Workers by Age, Annual Average(a)—1999–2000
Age group (years)
15–19 20–24 25–34 35–44 45–54 55–59 60–64 Over 64 Total
’000 ’000 ’000 ’000 ’000 ’000 ’000 ’000 ’000
MALES
Full-time workers 152.5 426.3 290.2 136.0 1 146.1 1 188.7 995.1 58.7 4 393.6
Part-time workers 175.4 106.4 34.9 33.4 86.8 75.0 77.4 40.3 629.7
Total 327.9 532.8 325.2 169.4 1 232.9 1 263.7 1 072.5 98.9 5 023.3
FEMALES
Full-time workers 87.6 314.6 104.6 33.0 620.3 523.6 496.9 12.3 2 192.8
Part-time workers 238.4 155.6 101.2 43.1 314.4 460.6 358.1 29.2 1 700.5
Total 326.0 470.2 205.7 76.1 934.7 984.2 855.0 41.5 3 893.3
PERSONS
Full-time workers 240.1 740.9 394.8 169.0 1 766.4 1 712.3 1 492.0 71.0 6 586.4
Part-time workers 413.8 262.0 136.1 76.5 401.2 535.6 435.5 69.4 2 330.2
Total 653.9 1 002.9 530.9 245.5 2 167.6 2 247.9 1 927.5 140.4 8 916.6
(a) Annual averages based on monthly data.
Source: Unpublished data, Labour Force Survey.