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Occupation of employment

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In 2021, there were more people born overseas working as professionals in the City of Sydney than any other occupation.

The City of Sydney's occupation statistics quantify the occupations in which people born overseas (who are residents of the City of Sydney) 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 StuctureQualifications and migration stream. Many of Australia's recent migrants are skilled arrivals who fill identified skill gaps in particular occupation groups. Some older overseas-born 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 Sydney - born overseas20212016Change
OccupationNumber%City of Sydney - Total populationNumber%City of Sydney - Total population2016 to 2021
Managers11,30917.218.79,63615.617.0+1,673
Professionals25,44038.741.620,85033.737.7+4,590
Technicians and Trades Workers5,6718.67.15,8289.47.9-157
Community and Personal Service Workers5,5888.57.77,39411.910.2-1,806
Clerical and Administrative Workers6,5189.910.66,27010.111.1+248
Sales Workers4,1086.26.24,8447.87.6-736
Machinery Operators And Drivers1,7532.72.01,0761.71.5+677
Labourers4,1556.34.34,8597.85.1-704
Not stated or inadequately described1,2531.91.81,2021.91.8+51
Total employed persons aged 15+65,795100.0100.061,959100.0100.0+3,836
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 population born overseas in City of Sydney in 2021 shows the three most popular occupations were:

  • Professionals (25,440 people or 38.7%)
  • Managers (11,309 people or 17.2%)
  • Clerical and Administrative Workers (6,518 people or 9.9%)

In combination these three occupations accounted for 43,267 people in total or 65.8% of the employed population born overseas.

In comparison, the total population in the City of Sydney employed 41.6% in Professionals; 18.7% in Managers; and 10.6% in Clerical and Administrative Workers.

The major differences between the jobs held by the population born overseas in the City of Sydney and the total population in the City of Sydney were:

  • A larger percentage of people employed as Labourers (6.3% compared to 4.3%)
  • A larger percentage of people employed as Technicians and Trades Workers (8.6% compared to 7.1%)
  • A smaller percentage of people employed as Professionals (38.7% compared to 41.6%)
  • A smaller percentage of people employed as Managers (17.2% compared to 18.7%)

Emerging groups

The number of employed population born overseas in City of Sydney increased by 3,836 between 2016 and 2021.

The largest changes in the occupations of the population born overseas between 2016 and 2021 in the City of Sydney were for those employed as:

  • Professionals (+4,590 persons)
  • Community and Personal Service Workers (-1,806 persons)
  • Managers (+1,673 persons)
  • Sales Workers (-736 persons)

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