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Occupation of employment

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

Willoughby City Council'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
Willoughby City Council - Recent arrivals2021
OccupationNumber%Greater Sydney
Managers57416.19.4
Professionals1,39539.230.5
Technicians and Trades Workers2817.99.8
Community and Personal Service Workers37310.512.6
Clerical and Administrative Workers2988.48.0
Sales Workers2306.57.8
Machinery Operators And Drivers992.87.0
Labourers2416.812.7
Not stated or inadequately described722.02.3
Total employed persons aged 15+3,563100.0100.0
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 Willoughby City in 2021 shows the three most popular occupations were:

  • Professionals (1,395 persons or 39.2%)
  • Managers (574 persons or 16.1%)
  • Community and Personal Service Workers (373 persons or 10.5%)

In combination these three occupations accounted for 2,342 people in total or 65.7% of the employed recent overseas arrivals.

In comparison, Greater Sydney employed 30.5% in Professionals; 9.4% in Managers; and 12.6% in Community and Personal Service Workers.

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

  • A larger percentage of people employed as Professionals (39.2% compared to 30.5%)
  • A larger percentage of people employed as Managers (16.1% compared to 9.4%)
  • A smaller percentage of people employed as Labourers (6.8% compared to 12.7%)
  • A smaller percentage of people employed as Machinery Operators And Drivers (2.8% compared to 7.0%)

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