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Manningham City CouncilCommunity profile

City of Manningham

Occupation of employment

In 2021, there were more people born in Sri Lanka working as professionals in Manningham City Council than any other occupation.

Manningham City Council's occupation statistics quantify the occupations in which people born overseas (who are residents of Manningham City Council) 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.

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
Manningham City Council - born in Sri Lanka20212016Change
OccupationNumber%Greater MelbourneNumber%Greater Melbourne2016 to 2021
Managers8815.511.54510.610.2+43
Professionals22739.928.216438.626.4+63
Technicians and Trades Workers305.39.9409.410.2-10
Community and Personal Service Workers457.910.0409.49.9+5
Clerical and Administrative Workers8114.213.67918.614.9+2
Sales Workers274.74.9174.06.2+10
Machinery Operators And Drivers122.16.781.96.2+4
Labourers417.213.2245.614.3+17
Not stated or inadequately described183.21.981.91.6+10
Total employed persons aged 15+569100.0100.0425100.0100.0+144
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 in Sri Lanka in City of Manningham in 2021 shows the three most popular occupations were:

  • Professionals (227 people or 39.9%)
  • Managers (88 people or 15.5%)
  • Clerical and Administrative Workers (81 people or 14.2%)

In combination these three occupations accounted for 396 people in total or 69.6% of the employed population born in Sri Lanka.

In comparison, Greater Melbourne employed 28.2% in Professionals; 11.5% in Managers; and 13.6% in Clerical and Administrative Workers.

The major differences between the jobs held by the population born in Sri Lanka in the City of Manningham and Greater Melbourne were:

  • A larger percentage of people employed as Professionals (39.9% compared to 28.2%)
  • A smaller percentage of people employed as Labourers (7.2% compared to 13.2%)
  • A smaller percentage of people employed as Technicians and Trades Workers (5.3% compared to 9.9%)
  • A smaller percentage of people employed as Machinery Operators And Drivers (2.1% compared to 6.7%)

Emerging groups

The number of employed population born in Sri Lanka in City of Manningham increased by 144 between 2016 and 2021.

The largest change in the occupations of the population born in Sri Lanka between 2016 and 2021 in the City of Manningham was for those employed as:

  • Professionals (+63 persons)

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