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In 2021, there were more Chinese languages speakers working as professionals in the City of Burnside than any other occupation.

The City of Burnside's occupation statistics quantify the occupations in which people speaking a language other than English at home (who are residents) work. The work destination may be in the local area or elsewhere.

The type of work done by migrant communities is influenced by their age structure, qualifications and migration stream. Many of Australia's recent migrants are skilled arrivals who fill identified skill gaps in particular occupation groups. Some older non-English speaking communities may be retired, or otherwise not in the workforce. Only those who are employed are included in this topic.

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Derived from the two Census questions:

'In the main job held last week, what was the person's occupation?' and 'What are the main tasks that the person himself/herself usually performs in that occupation?'

Occupation of employment
City of Burnside - Chinese languages speakers20212016Change
OccupationNumber%Greater AdelaideNumber%Greater Adelaide2016 to 2021
Managers33015.510.622416.411.2+106
Professionals90842.735.761044.633.2+298
Technicians and Trades Workers1597.510.3896.510.1+70
Community and Personal Service Workers1567.312.91108.012.4+46
Clerical and Administrative Workers24711.69.51208.88.6+127
Sales Workers1125.36.5866.38.0+26
Machinery Operators And Drivers311.52.8221.62.4+9
Labourers1225.79.6826.012.2+40
Not stated or inadequately described592.82.1261.91.8+33
Total employed persons aged 15+2,124100.0100.01,369100.0100.0+755
Source: Australian Bureau of Statistics, Census of Population and Housing 2016 and 2021. Compiled and presented by .id (informed decisions).
Please refer to specific data notes for more information

Dominant groups

An analysis of the jobs held by the Chinese languages speaking resident population in City of Burnside in 2021 shows the three most popular occupations were:

  • Professionals (908 people or 42.7%)
  • Managers (330 people or 15.5%)
  • Clerical and Administrative Workers (247 people or 11.6%)

In combination these three occupations accounted for 1,485 people in total or 69.9% of the employed resident population.

In comparison, Greater Adelaide employed 35.7% in Professionals; 10.6% in Managers; and 9.5% in Clerical and Administrative Workers.

The major differences between the jobs held by the Chinese languages speaking population of the City of Burnside and Greater Adelaide were:

  • A larger percentage of people employed as Professionals (42.7% compared to 35.7%)
  • A larger percentage of people employed as Managers (15.5% compared to 10.6%)
  • A smaller percentage of people employed as Community and Personal Service Workers (7.3% compared to 12.9%)
  • A smaller percentage of people employed as Labourers (5.7% compared to 9.6%)

Emerging groups

The number of employed Chinese languages speakers in City of Burnside increased by 755 between 2016 and 2021.

The largest changes in the occupations of Chinese languages speaking residents between 2016 and 2021 in the City of Burnside were for those employed as:

  • Professionals (+298 persons)
  • Clerical and Administrative Workers (+127 persons)
  • Managers (+106 persons)
  • Technicians and Trades Workers (+70 persons)

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