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LEARN MORE ABOUT .idIn 2021, there were more recent overseas arrivals living in the City of Townsville who worked as professionals than any other occupation.
The City of Townsville'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 Townsville - Recent arrivals | 2021 | ||
| Occupation | Number | % | Regional QLD |
| Managers | 125 | 5.4 | 7.9 |
| Professionals | 614 | 26.5 | 19.3 |
| Technicians and Trades Workers | 285 | 12.3 | 13.0 |
| Community and Personal Service Workers | 493 | 21.3 | 17.9 |
| Clerical and Administrative Workers | 115 | 5.0 | 5.6 |
| Sales Workers | 162 | 7.0 | 6.1 |
| Machinery Operators And Drivers | 107 | 4.6 | 5.1 |
| Labourers | 379 | 16.4 | 23.5 |
| Not stated or inadequately described | 37 | 1.6 | 1.7 |
| Total employed persons aged 15+ | 2,317 | 100.0 | 100.0 |
Dominant groups
An analysis of the jobs held by recent overseas arrivals in City of Townsville in 2021 shows the three most popular occupations were:
- Professionals (614 persons or 26.5%)
- Community and Personal Service Workers (493 persons or 21.3%)
- Labourers (379 persons or 16.4%)
In combination these three occupations accounted for 1,486 people in total or 64.1% of the employed recent overseas arrivals.
In comparison, Regional QLD employed 19.3% in Professionals; 17.9% in Community and Personal Service Workers; and 23.5% in Labourers.
The major differences between the jobs held by the recent overseas arriving population of the City of Townsville and Regional QLD were:
- A larger percentage of people employed as Professionals (26.5% compared to 19.3%)
- A larger percentage of people employed as Community and Personal Service Workers (21.3% compared to 17.9%)
- A smaller percentage of people employed as Labourers (16.4% compared to 23.5%)
- A smaller percentage of people employed as Managers (5.4% compared to 7.9%)
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