The bar chart illustrates the weekly working hours of men and women in Australia, expressed as percentages across various hour ranges.
Overall, the proportion of both men and women peaked in the 30-50 hour category. However, while men were more inclined to work longer hours overall, women were more concentrated in the shorter working-hour ranges, particularly in the 0-10 and 10-20 brackets where their participation exceeded that of men.
In the part-time range, a noticeably higher proportion of women worked fewer hours than men. For the 0-10 hour bracket, women accounted for 15%, three times the figure for men at 5%. Similarly, in the 10-20 hour range, 22% of women worked such hours, compared to only 12% of their male counterparts.
When considering full-time or extended working hours, men consistently worked longer than women. The peak category for both sexes was 30-50 hours, with men comprising 43% and women 35%. This gap widened further in the 60-80 hour range, where men made up 30%, while only 18% of women worked those hours. Interestingly, the proportion of men and women working over 80 hours per week was identical, at 10% each.