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2011 Census – Hours worked by Surrey residents

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  • In 2011, 72.7% of Surrey’s residents in employment worked full-time

  • The borough with the highest proportion of people employed full-time was Spelthorne

  • The borough with the highest proportion of people employed part-time was Waverley

  • 56.6% of Surrey’s female residents in employment worked full-time

  • 86.8% of Surrey’s male residents in employment worked full-time

Hours worked – all people – 2011 Census

The Census asked people how many hours a week (including paid and unpaid overtime) they usually worked in their main job. Full-time is defined as 31 hours or more and part-time 30 hours or less.

In 2011, the highest proportion of Surrey’s residents in employment worked full-time (72.7%), while the proportion for England as a whole was 70.9%.

The borough with the highest percentage of people employed full-time was Spelthorne (75.1%) and the borough with the lowest was Waverley (70.2%).
56% of the Surrey’s residents worked 31 to 48 hours and 16.7% worked 49 or more hours.

The borough with the highest proportion of people working 49 or more hours was Elmbridge (20.9%).
10.4% of the Surrey’s residents in employment worked 15 hours or less.

The borough with the highest proportion of residents working 15 hours or less was Waverley (11.9%).
Table 1: Hours worked – all people

% Part-time: Total

% Part-time:
15 hours or less worked

% Part-time:
16 to 30 hours worked

% Full-time: Total

% Full-time:
31 to 48 hours worked

% Full-time:
49 or more hours worked

Surrey

27.3

10.4

16.9

72.7

56.0

16.7

Elmbridge

26.2

10.0

16.2

73.8

52.9

20.9

Epsom and Ewell

28.1

10.5

17.6

72.0

57.1

14.9

Guildford

28.2

11.7

16.5

71.8

55.2

16.6

Mole Valley

29.4

11.3

18.1

70.6

53.6

17.0

Reigate and Banstead

26.4

9.5

16.9

73.6

58.0

15.6

Runnymede

27.5

11.0

16.5

72.5

56.5

16.0

Spelthorne

24.9

8.5

16.4

75.1

61.6

13.5

Surrey Heath

26.8

10.0

16.8

73.2

56.3

16.9

Tandridge

27.9

10.4

17.5

72.1

55.1

17.0

Waverley

29.9

11.9

18.0

70.2

52.2

18.0

Woking

25.5

9.5

16.0

74.4

58.6

15.8

South East

28.6

10.3

18.3

71.4

56.8

14.6

England

29.0

9.6

19.4

70.9

57.6

13.3

Source: Census – Office for National Statistics

Figure 1: Hours worked – all people


Source: Census – Office for National Statistics

Hours worked – females

In 2011, 56.6% of Surrey’s female residents in employment worked full-time and 43.4% worked part-time.

The borough with the highest proportion of female working full-time was Spelthorne (60.6%) and with the highest proportion part-time was Waverley (48.3%).
Table 2: Hours worked – females

% Part-time: Total

% Part-time:
15 hours or less worked

% Part-time:
16 to 30 hours worked

% Full-time:Total

% Full-time:
31 to 48 hours worked

% Full-time:
49 or more hours worked

Surrey

43.4

15.9

27.5

56.6

48.3

8.3

Elmbridge

42.0

15.6

26.5

58.0

47.3

10.6

Epsom and Ewell

43.8

15.7

28.1

56.2

49.0

7.2

Guildford

44.8

17.8

27.0

55.2

47.0

8.2

Mole Valley

47.1

17.6

29.5

52.9

44.6

8.3

Reigate and Banstead

41.7

14.5

27.2

58.3

50.5

7.8

Runnymede

42.5

16.4

26.2

57.5

49.3

8.1

Spelthorne

39.4

12.6

26.8

60.6

53.5

7.1

Surrey Heath

43.1

15.4

27.7

56.9

48.9

8.0

Tandridge

44.1

15.8

28.3

55.9

47.5

8.3

Waverley

48.3

18.6

29.7

51.7

43.0

8.7

Woking

40.6

14.6

26.0

59.4

51.5

7.9

South East

44.8

15.3

29.5

55.2

48.1

7.2

England

44.1

13.9

30.2

55.9

49.2

6.6

Source: Census – Office for National Statistics
Figure 2: Hours worked – females

Source: Census – Office for National Statistics

Hours worked – males

In 2011, 86.8% of Surrey’s male residents in employment worked full-time.

The borough with the highest proportion of male working full-time was Spelthorne (87.9%) and with the highest proportion part-time was Runnymede (14.2%).
Table 3: Hours worked – males

% Part-time: Total

% Part-time:
15 hours or less worked

% Part-time:
16 to 30 hours worked

% Full-time:Total

% Full-time:
31 to 48 hours worked

%Full-time:
49 or more hours worked

Surrey

13.2

5.6

7.6

86.8

62.7

24.0

Elmbridge

12.5

5.2

7.3

87.5

57.8

29.8

Epsom and Ewell

13.8

5.7

8.0

86.2

64.4

21.8

Guildford

13.9

6.5

7.3

86.1

62.4

23.8

Mole Valley

13.9

5.8

8.1

86.1

61.5

24.6

Reigate and Banstead

12.8

5.1

7.7

87.2

64.6

22.6

Runnymede

14.2

6.3

7.9

85.8

62.9

22.9

Spelthorne

12.1

4.9

7.2

87.9

68.7

19.2

Surrey Heath

12.8

5.4

7.4

87.2

62.6

24.6

Tandridge

13.2

5.6

7.7

86.8

61.9

24.8

Waverley

13.8

6.0

7.8

86.2

60.1

26.1

Woking

13.0

5.3

7.7

87.0

64.6

22.4

South East

14.3

5.8

8.5

85.7

64.5

21.2

England

15.6

5.8

9.8

84.4

65.1

19.3

Source: Census – Office for National Statistics

Figure 3: Hours worked – males


Source: Census – Office for National Statistics

Over 40% of the female residents in employment worked part-time, while the percentage of male was just over 10%.

The proportion of female residents working 15 hours or less was almost 3 times higher than the proportion of males. On the contrary the proportion of females working 49 or more hours was 3 times lower.
Figure 4: Hours worked – females and males – Census 2011

Source: Census – Office for National Statistics