In Australia, underemployed part-time workers comprised more than 90 percent of the total underemployed workforce pre-COVID-19. After the COVID-19 outbreak, the percentage decreased to less than 60 percent. The rate has been growing back slowly, and in October 2020, the underemployed part-time workers made up 79 percent of the total underemployed workforce.
Distribution of underemployment during and after coronavirus COVID-19 outbreak in Australia from January to October 2020, by employment type
Characteristic
Underemployed full-time (worked part-time for economic reasons)
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CICA. (December 7, 2020). Distribution of underemployment during and after coronavirus COVID-19 outbreak in Australia from January to October 2020, by employment type [Graph]. In Statista. Retrieved November 13, 2024, from https://www-statista-com.ezproxy.canberra.edu.au/statistics/1227805/australia-share-of-full-time-and-part-time-underemployment-covid-19/
CICA. "Distribution of underemployment during and after coronavirus COVID-19 outbreak in Australia from January to October 2020, by employment type." Chart. December 7, 2020. Statista. Accessed November 13, 2024. https://www-statista-com.ezproxy.canberra.edu.au/statistics/1227805/australia-share-of-full-time-and-part-time-underemployment-covid-19/
CICA. (2020). Distribution of underemployment during and after coronavirus COVID-19 outbreak in Australia from January to October 2020, by employment type. Statista. Statista Inc.. Accessed: November 13, 2024. https://www-statista-com.ezproxy.canberra.edu.au/statistics/1227805/australia-share-of-full-time-and-part-time-underemployment-covid-19/
CICA. "Distribution of Underemployment during and after Coronavirus Covid-19 Outbreak in Australia from January to October 2020, by Employment Type." Statista, Statista Inc., 7 Dec 2020, https://www-statista-com.ezproxy.canberra.edu.au/statistics/1227805/australia-share-of-full-time-and-part-time-underemployment-covid-19/
CICA, Distribution of underemployment during and after coronavirus COVID-19 outbreak in Australia from January to October 2020, by employment type Statista, https://www-statista-com.ezproxy.canberra.edu.au/statistics/1227805/australia-share-of-full-time-and-part-time-underemployment-covid-19/ (last visited November 13, 2024)
Distribution of underemployment during and after coronavirus COVID-19 outbreak in Australia from January to October 2020, by employment type [Graph], CICA, December 7, 2020. [Online]. Available: https://www-statista-com.ezproxy.canberra.edu.au/statistics/1227805/australia-share-of-full-time-and-part-time-underemployment-covid-19/