According to the latest data from the National Statistics Office on the regional labour supply, commuter workers were predominantly Gozo and Comino residents working in the Malta region, accounting to 3,614 employed persons during 2021.

The NSO noted that “this implied that approximately one out of every five employed persons resident in Gozo and Comino region worked in the Malta region and 52.4% were females.”

Gozo and Comino residents with a full-time job last year totalled 16,784, reflecting an increase of 5.9% when compared to 2020. The private sector accounted to 64.5% of the total.

The largest share of Gozo and Comino residents with a full-time job in the public sector was in the public administration and defence; compulsory social security; education; human health and social work activities, amounting to 81.4% of total public sector.

The NSO noted that on the other hand, the largest proportion of full-time employed Gozo and Comino residents in the private sector worked in the wholesale and retail trade; repair of motor vehicles and motorcycles; transportation and storage; accommodation and food services activities, accounting to 30.1% of total private sector. Both the males and females who were Gozo and Comino residents and worked full-time were predominantly employed in the public administration and defence; compulsory social security; education; human health and social work activities.

In 2021, full-time employment in Gozo and Comino region amounted to 13,180, an increase of 7.2% when compared to 2020. Full-time employment in the private sector accounted for 69.7% of the total and the males who worked in this sector accounted for 44.3% of total full-time employment in Gozo and Comino region.

The largest share of full-time employment in the private sector was in the wholesale and retail trade; repair of motor vehicles and motorcycles; transportation and storage; accommodation and food services activities at 32.9%.

In the public sector, the share of public administration and defence; compulsory social security; education; human health and social work activities accounted for 76.4%.

Full-time males in the Gozo and Comino region were predominantly employed in the wholesale and retail trade; repair of motor vehicles and motorcycles; transportation and storage; accommodation and food services activities while the females were mainly employed in the public administration and defence; compulsory social security; education; human health and social work activities.

In 2021, Gozo and Comino residents employed on a full-time basis in Malta region totalled 3,209, of which, 57.3% worked in the public sector and the remaining worked in the private sector.

The males who worked in the private sector accounted for 26.1% of the total full-time employment of Gozo and Comino residents in Malta region while the females who worked in the public sector accounted for 34.9% of the total.

During the same year, 92.9% of those working within the public sector worked in the public administration and defence; compulsory social security; education; human health and social work activities, while 27.1% of those in the private sector worked in the professional, scientific and technical activities; administrative and support service activities.

The NSO said that in addition, both the full-time males and females who were Gozo and Comino residents and worked in Malta region were predominantly employed in the public administration and defence; compulsory social security; education; human health and social work activities.

The percentage distribution of the part-time employment differed throughout all economic activities. In 2021, total part-time employment of Gozo and Comino residents amounted to 5,795 of which, 58.0% were part-time secondary employment and the remaining were part-time primary.

The largest share of part-time employment of Gozo and Comino residents was registered in wholesale and retail trade; repair of motor vehicles and motorcycles; transportation and storage; accommodation and food services activities, contributing to 31.9% of the total. This featured in both part-time primary and secondary.

In 2021, jobs by full-time private sector employees in Malta and Gozo and Comino regions accounted for 53.1 and 37.0% of total jobs respectively. Full-time self-employed jobs in Malta and Gozo and Comino regions accounted for 8.9 and 12.5% of total jobs respectively.

Total part-time employment in Malta and Gozo and Comino regions was of 64,195 and 5,390 respectively, accounting for 21.8 and 29.0% of total jobs within the respective region.

The NSO said that the differences in the distribution of jobs (by sector, type and sex) by place of residence and place of work were mainly attributable to the significant amount of Gozo and Comino residents working in Malta region.

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