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Wollongong City

Occupation of employment

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In 2021, there were more Greek speakers working as professionals in Wollongong City Council than any other occupation.

Wollongong City Council'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
Wollongong City Council - Greek speakers20212016Change
OccupationNumber%Regional NSWNumber%Regional NSW2016 to 2021
Managers9515.216.710514.216.1-10
Professionals13621.720.412516.918.3+11
Technicians and Trades Workers7512.013.011916.114.7-44
Community and Personal Service Workers6710.711.17410.09.9-7
Clerical and Administrative Workers9815.613.210614.311.9-8
Sales Workers508.09.7699.310.7-19
Machinery Operators And Drivers314.94.6486.55.9-17
Labourers6710.79.47410.09.8-7
Not stated or inadequately described81.31.8212.82.7-13
Total employed persons aged 15+627100.0100.0741100.0100.0-114
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 Greek speaking resident population in Wollongong City in 2021 shows the three most popular occupations were:

  • Professionals (136 people or 21.7%)
  • Clerical and Administrative Workers (98 people or 15.6%)
  • Managers (95 people or 15.2%)

In combination these three occupations accounted for 329 people in total or 52.5% of the employed resident population.

In comparison, Regional NSW employed 20.4% in Professionals; 13.2% in Clerical and Administrative Workers; and 16.7% in Managers.

The major differences between the jobs held by the Greek speaking population of Wollongong City and Regional NSW were:

  • A larger percentage of people employed as Clerical and Administrative Workers (15.6% compared to 13.2%)
  • A larger percentage of people employed as Labourers (10.7% compared to 9.4%)
  • A smaller percentage of people employed as Sales Workers (8.0% compared to 9.7%)
  • A smaller percentage of people employed as Managers (15.2% compared to 16.7%)

Emerging groups

The number of employed Greek speakers in Wollongong City decreased by 114 between 2016 and 2021.

There were no major changes for Wollongong City between 2016 and 2021.

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