UK weekly hours of work for women 2024

As of the second quarter of 2024, approximately 52.8 percent of women in employment in the UK worked between 31 and up to 45 hours a week, compared with 27.8 percent who worked between 16 and 30 hours.

Usual weekly hours of work for women in the United Kingdom from 1st quarter 2000 to 2nd quarter 2024, by weekly hours

Characteristic	Less than 6 hours	6 up to 15 hours	16 up to 30 hours	31 up to 45 hours	Over 45 hours
Q2 2024	1.8%	8.5%	27.8%	52.8%	9.2%
Q1 2024	1.5%	8.4%	27.6%	53.3%	9.2%
Q4 2023	1.6%	8.6%	27.8%	52.9%	9.2%
Q3 2023	1.8%	8.6%	26.8%	53.7%	9.1%
Q2 2023	1.8%	9.1%	27.5%	52.3%	9.3%
Q1 2023	1.9%	9%	27.4%	52.6%	9.1%
Q4 2022	1.7%	8.8%	27.5%	52.6%	9.4%
Q3 2022	1.5%	8.9%	27.6%	52.1%	9.9%
Q2 2022	1.8%	9%	27.7%	51.3%	10.1%
Q1 2022	1.6%	9.3%	28%	51.4%	9.6%
Q4 2021	1.7%	8.6%	28.2%	51.3%	10.3%
Q3 2021	1.5%	8.8%	28.1%	51.2%	10.4%
Q2 2021	1.6%	8.7%	28.1%	51.4%	10.2%
Q1 2021	1.6%	8.8%	28.3%	50.9%	10.5%
Q4 2020	1.6%	8.7%	28.6%	50.7%	10.4%
Q3 2020	1.6%	8.8%	29.1%	50.4%	10%
Q2 2020	1.9%	9.1%	29.7%	49%	10.2%
Q1 2020	2.2%	10%	29.7%	47.7%	10.5%
Q4 2019	2%	9.5%	29.7%	48.3%	10.5%
Q3 2019	2%	9.3%	30.4%	47.6%	10.7%
Q2 2019	2.1%	9.7%	30.6%	47.3%	10.3%
Q1 2019	2%	9.6%	30.9%	47.3%	10.2%
Q4 2018	2%	9.7%	30.6%	47.9%	9.9%
Q3 2018	1.8%	9.3%	30.8%	48%	10.1%
Q2 2018	1.8%	9.8%	31%	47.5%	9.9%
Q1 2018	1.9%	10%	31.2%	46.9%	10.2%
Q4 2017	1.8%	9.9%	31.2%	46.8%	10.3%
Q3 2017	1.7%	9.4%	31.7%	46.8%	10.4%
Q2 2017	1.9%	10%	31.1%	46.5%	10.5%
Q1 2017	2%	10.2%	31.2%	46.4%	10.3%
Q4 2016	1.9%	10.1%	31.2%	46.2%	10.6%
Q3 2016	1.9%	10%	31.3%	45.9%	10.8%
Q2 2016	2.1%	10.1%	31.1%	45.4%	11.3%
Q1 2016	2.2%	10%	31.5%	45.4%	10.9%
Q4 2015	2.1%	9.7%	31.3%	46%	10.9%
Q3 2015	2.2%	9.4%	31.2%	46.3%	10.8%
Q2 2015	2.4%	9.3%	31.5%	46.3%	10.5%
Q1 2015	2.4%	9.8%	31.4%	45.8%	10.6%
Q4 2014	1.9%	10.3%	31.1%	45.8%	10.9%
Q3 2014	2%	10%	31%	45.9%	11%
Q2 2014	2.2%	10.6%	31.2%	45.2%	10.9%
Q1 2014	2.3%	10.4%	31.1%	45.6%	10.5%
Q4 2013	2.3%	10%	31.2%	45.7%	10.8%
Q3 2013	2.2%	10.2%	31.5%	45.6%	10.5%
Q2 2013	2.1%	10.7%	31.7%	45.3%	10.2%
Q1 2013	2.2%	10.9%	31.8%	45%	10%
Q4 2012	2.3%	11%	31.6%	44.9%	10.2%
Q3 2012	2.3%	10.5%	31.8%	45.2%	10.2%
Q2 2012	2.3%	10.8%	31.8%	45%	10%
Q1 2012	2.4%	11%	31.8%	44.9%	9.9%
Q4 2011	2.4%	10.4%	32.1%	45.3%	9.7%
Q3 2011	2.3%	10.2%	31.8%	46%	9.7%
Q2 2011	2.4%	10.4%	31.7%	46.2%	9.3%
Q1 2011	2.5%	10.6%	31.7%	45.6%	9.6%
Q4 2010	2.3%	10.6%	31.6%	45.9%	9.7%
Q3 2010	2.1%	10.8%	31.6%	45.7%	9.8%
Q2 2010	2.2%	10.9%	31.1%	46%	9.7%
Q1 2010	2.4%	11.2%	30.8%	46.2%	9.5%
Q4 2009	2.3%	10.9%	30.6%	46.5%	9.7%
Q3 2009	2.2%	10.6%	30.8%	46.6%	9.7%
Q2 2009	2.4%	10.9%	30.4%	46.7%	9.5%
Q1 2009	2.4%	10.9%	30.3%	46.8%	9.6%
Q4 2008	2.2%	10.6%	30.1%	47.4%	9.7%
Q3 2008	2.1%	10.2%	29.7%	48.1%	9.9%
Q2 2008	2.2%	10.8%	29.5%	47.7%	9.8%
Q1 2008	2.3%	11.2%	29.5%	47.3%	9.6%
Q4 2007	2.2%	11.4%	29.1%	47.6%	9.7%
Q3 2007	2%	10.7%	29.6%	47.9%	9.8%
Q2 2007	2.2%	11.4%	29.5%	47.2%	9.7%
Q1 2007	2.4%	11.5%	29.6%	46.9%	9.6%
Q4 2006	2.4%	11.6%	29.5%	46.8%	9.7%
Q3 2006	2.3%	10.8%	29.7%	47.7%	9.4%
Q2 2006	2.3%	11.5%	29.3%	47.1%	9.7%
Q1 2006	2.5%	11.3%	29.2%	47.5%	9.5%
Q4 2005	2.2%	11.1%	29.5%	47.7%	9.5%
Q3 2005	2%	11.1%	29.6%	47.6%	9.7%
Q2 2005	2.3%	11.7%	29.6%	46.8%	9.6%
Q1 2005	2.3%	11.7%	29.2%	47.1%	9.7%
Q4 2004	2.3%	11.7%	29.5%	46.9%	9.6%
Q3 2004	2.2%	11.5%	29.8%	46.8%	9.7%
Q2 2004	2.4%	12.2%	29.6%	46.2%	9.5%
Q1 2004	2.5%	12.4%	29.8%	45.7%	9.6%
Q4 2003	2.5%	12.1%	29.7%	46.1%	9.6%
Q3 2003	2.4%	12%	29.4%	46.7%	9.6%
Q2 2003	2.4%	12.7%	29%	46.3%	9.7%
Q1 2003	2.5%	12.5%	29.2%	46.1%	9.7%
Q4 2002	2.4%	11.8%	29.2%	46.3%	10.3%
Q3 2002	2.3%	12%	29.1%	46.3%	10.3%
Q2 2002	2.4%	12.1%	29.4%	45.8%	10.3%
Q1 2002	2.5%	12.4%	29%	46.1%	10%
Q4 2001	2.5%	12.3%	28.9%	46.3%	10%
Q3 2001	2.4%	11.7%	29.1%	46.5%	10.3%
Q2 2001	2.6%	12.5%	28.9%	45.8%	10.2%
Q1 2001	2.8%	12.9%	28.5%	45.8%	9.9%
Q4 2000	2.7%	12.9%	28.7%	45.6%	10.1%
Q3 2000	2.6%	12.8%	28.6%	45.8%	10.1%
Q2 2000	2.8%	13.5%	28.1%	45.7%	10%
Q1 2000	3.2%	13.5%	28.1%	45.6%	9.7%

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Release date

August 2024

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Region

United Kingdom

Survey time period

Q1 2000 to Q1 2024

Age group

16 years and older

Supplementary notes

This statistic is using original data from the Office for National Statistics and includes copyright material from © Crown, licensed under the Open Government License v3.0.

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