Australians are working less, even as more of us get jobs.

The latest labour force figures show an extra 97,400 Australians found work in March and April – 60,000 in March and 37,400 in April.

Over the two months taken together, the majority of the new jobs were full time – 62,400 versus 35,000 part time. Yet the number of hours worked per month fell by 1.1 million.

The change appears to have been caused by both full-time and part-time workers putting in fewer hours rather than a substitution of full-time for part-time jobs.