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City of Casey

Occupation of employment

In 2021, there were more Tamil speakers working as professionals in the City of Casey than any other occupation.

The City of Casey'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.

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 Casey - Tamil speakers20212016Change
OccupationNumber%Greater MelbourneNumber%Greater Melbourne2016 to 2021
Managers32010.412.61929.411.3+128
Professionals91329.640.749824.535.4+415
Technicians and Trades Workers32210.47.425212.48.8+70
Community and Personal Service Workers3059.97.321110.47.3+94
Clerical and Administrative Workers36611.911.826713.112.7+99
Sales Workers1454.74.3924.55.0+53
Machinery Operators And Drivers32510.56.522411.06.8+101
Labourers31810.37.426413.010.6+54
Not stated or inadequately described702.32.1361.82.0+34
Total employed persons aged 15+3,084100.0100.02,036100.0100.0+1,048
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 Tamil speaking resident population in City of Casey in 2021 shows the three most popular occupations were:

  • Professionals (913 people or 29.6%)
  • Clerical and Administrative Workers (366 people or 11.9%)
  • Machinery Operators And Drivers (325 people or 10.5%)

In combination these three occupations accounted for 1,604 people in total or 52.0% of the employed resident population.

In comparison, Greater Melbourne employed 40.7% in Professionals; 11.8% in Clerical and Administrative Workers; and 6.5% in Machinery Operators And Drivers.

The major differences between the jobs held by the Tamil speaking population of the City of Casey and Greater Melbourne were:

  • A larger percentage of people employed as Machinery Operators And Drivers (10.5% compared to 6.5%)
  • A larger percentage of people employed as Technicians and Trades Workers (10.4% compared to 7.4%)
  • A larger percentage of people employed as Labourers (10.3% compared to 7.4%)
  • A smaller percentage of people employed as Professionals (29.6% compared to 40.7%)

Emerging groups

The number of employed Tamil speakers in City of Casey increased by 1,048 between 2016 and 2021.

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

  • Professionals (+415 persons)
  • Managers (+128 persons)
  • Machinery Operators And Drivers (+101 persons)
  • Clerical and Administrative Workers (+99 persons)

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