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City of Ryde

Occupation of employment

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

The City of Ryde's occupation statistics quantify the occupations in which people born overseas (who are residents of the City of Ryde) 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
City of Ryde - born in Sri Lanka20212016Change
OccupationNumber%Greater SydneyNumber%Greater Sydney2016 to 2021
Managers9016.015.37411.812.5+16
Professionals26547.239.927944.537.2-14
Technicians and Trades Workers295.26.4345.47.4-5
Community and Personal Service Workers234.16.3386.16.6-15
Clerical and Administrative Workers8815.715.910817.216.8-20
Sales Workers223.93.6396.24.7-17
Machinery Operators And Drivers112.04.4101.64.3+1
Labourers234.16.2355.68.3-12
Not stated or inadequately described112.02.0101.62.2+1
Total employed persons aged 15+562100.0100.0627100.0100.0-65
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 Ryde in 2021 shows the three most popular occupations were:

  • Professionals (265 people or 47.2%)
  • Managers (90 people or 16.0%)
  • Clerical and Administrative Workers (88 people or 15.7%)

In combination these three occupations accounted for 443 people in total or 78.8% of the employed population born in Sri Lanka.

In comparison, Greater Sydney employed 39.9% in Professionals; 15.3% in Managers; and 15.9% in Clerical and Administrative Workers.

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

  • A larger percentage of people employed as Professionals (47.2% compared to 39.9%)
  • A smaller percentage of people employed as Machinery Operators And Drivers (2.0% compared to 4.4%)
  • A smaller percentage of people employed as Community and Personal Service Workers (4.1% compared to 6.3%)
  • A smaller percentage of people employed as Labourers (4.1% compared to 6.2%)

Emerging groups

The number of employed population born in Sri Lanka in City of Ryde decreased by 65 between 2016 and 2021.

There were no major changes for the population born in Sri Lanka in City of Ryde between 2016 and 2021.

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