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City of Whitehorse

Occupation of employment

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In 2021, there were more recent overseas arrivals living in the City of Whitehorse who worked as professionals than any other occupation.

The City of Whitehorse's occupation statistics quantify the occupations in which recent arrivals (who are residents) work. The work destination may be in the local area or elsewhere.

The type of work done by recent arrivals 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.

Q:

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 Whitehorse - Recent arrivals2021
OccupationNumber%Greater Melbourne
Managers7139.08.0
Professionals2,05825.826.6
Technicians and Trades Workers90911.412.0
Community and Personal Service Workers1,11013.912.9
Clerical and Administrative Workers6077.67.6
Sales Workers6988.86.6
Machinery Operators And Drivers5426.88.6
Labourers1,08013.615.3
Not stated or inadequately described2493.12.4
Total employed persons aged 15+7,966100.0100.0
Source: Australian Bureau of Statistics, Census of Population and Housing 2021 (Usual residence data). Compiled and presented in profile.id by .id (informed decisions).
Please refer to specific data notes for more information

Dominant groups

An analysis of the jobs held by recent overseas arrivals in City of Whitehorse in 2021 shows the three most popular occupations were:

  • Professionals (2,058 persons or 25.8%)
  • Community and Personal Service Workers (1,110 persons or 13.9%)
  • Labourers (1,080 persons or 13.6%)

In combination these three occupations accounted for 4,248 people in total or 53.3% of the employed recent overseas arrivals.

In comparison, Greater Melbourne employed 26.6% in Professionals; 12.9% in Community and Personal Service Workers; and 15.3% in Labourers.

The major differences between the jobs held by the recent overseas arriving population of the City of Whitehorse and Greater Melbourne were:

  • A larger percentage of people employed as Sales Workers (8.8% compared to 6.6%)
  • A larger percentage of people employed as Community and Personal Service Workers (13.9% compared to 12.9%)
  • A smaller percentage of people employed as Machinery Operators And Drivers (6.8% compared to 8.6%)
  • A smaller percentage of people employed as Labourers (13.6% compared to 15.3%)

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