EMPLOYED PERSONS BY OCCUPATION
In November quarter 2007, there were approximately 1,842,200 persons employed full-time in Victoria. The Melbourne MSR accounted for 1,367,400 (74.2%) of total full-time employed persons and the Balance of Victoria MSR, 474,900 persons (25.8%).
In the Melbourne MSR over half of full-time and part-time workers were employed in three occupational categories: Professionals (22.9%), Intermediate clerical sales and service workers (17.0%) and Associate professionals (12.7%). In the Balance of Victoria, Tradespersons was the predominant group of workers (15.2%) followed closely by Professionals (14.7%) and Intermediate clerical, sales and service workers (13.7%).
Dissecting occupation by gender reveals that in the Melbourne MSR the three most predominant occupations for female employees were Professionals, Intermediate clerical sales and service and Elementary clerical, sales and services workers (25.7%, 25.7% and 12.7% respectively). For male employees, the three most predominant occupations were Professionals, Tradespersons and Associated professionals (20.7%, 19.2% and 12.8% respectively). In comparison, the proportion of female employees working as Professionals in Balance of Victoria was slightly lower (19.1%) and significantly lower for male employees (11.1%). The predominant occupation for females in Balance of Victoria was Intermediate clerical, sales and service (23.5%) while male employees tended to work as Tradespersons (23.6%), Intermediate production and transport workers (15.4%) and Managers and administrators (14.1%).
Full-time workers in the Melbourne MSR worked mainly as Professionals (24.4%), Associate professionals (14.6%), Tradespersons (14.4%) and Intermediate clerical, sales and service workers (14.3%). In the Balance of Victoria the three most predominant occupational groups working on a full-time basis were Tradespersons (19.5%), Professionals (15.4%) and Associate professionals (13.9%).
In terms of part-time workers, in the Melbourne MSR three occupational groups comprised 63.4% of the total: Intermediate clerical, sales and service (23.5%), Elementary clerical, sales and service (20.6%) and Professionals (19.3%). Part-time workers in Balance of Victoria were characterised by fewer Professionals (13.3%) and tended to concentrate predominantly in the following occupations: Elementary clerical, sales and service (21.1%) and Intermediate clerical, sales and service (18.7%).
Employed Persons(a), By Occupation and Major Statistical Region - November Quarter 2007 |
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| Full-Time | Part-Time | |
| Males | Females | Persons | Males | Females | Persons | |
| '000 | '000 | '000 | '000 | '000 | '000 | |
MELBOURNE | |
| |
| Managers and administrators | 98.7 | 35.7 | 134.4 | 6.6 | 6.9 | 13.5 | |
| Professionals | 188.9 | 144.8 | 333.7 | 28.6 | 77.5 | 106.1 | |
| Associate professionals | 120.9 | 78.8 | 199.7 | 13.3 | 29.8 | 43.1 | |
| Tradespersons and related workers | 185.1 | 12.3 | 197.4 | 17.4 | 8.1 | 25.5 | |
| Advanced clerical and service workers | 7.3 | 37.0 | 44.3 | 0.9 | 32.6 | 33.5 | |
| Intermediate clerical, sales and service workers | 78.0 | 118.0 | 196.0 | 24.8 | 104.9 | 129.7 | |
| Intermediate production and transport workers | 113.2 | 12.2 | 125.4 | 19.1 | 9.3 | 28.4 | |
| Elementary clerical, sales and service workers | 32.4 | 25.6 | 58.0 | 29.3 | 84.3 | 113.6 | |
| Labourers and related workers | 59.1 | 19.3 | 78.5 | 28.4 | 29.1 | 57.5 | |
BALANCE OF VICTORIA | |
| |
| Managers and administrators | 47.2 | 12.1 | 59.3 | 6.9 | 4.1 | 11.0 | |
| Professionals | 38.6 | 34.4 | 73.1 | 4.0 | 25.4 | 29.5 | |
| Associate professionals | 39.9 | 26.1 | 65.9 | 4.7 | 14.2 | 19.0 | |
| Tradespersons and related workers | 83.6 | 9.2 | 92.8 | 7.0 | 6.2 | 13.2 | |
| Advanced clerical and service workers | 1.1 | 6.8 | 7.9 | 0.3 | 16.6 | 16.9 | |
| Intermediate clerical, sales and service workers | 18.3 | 35.4 | 53.8 | 3.4 | 38.3 | 41.6 | |
| Intermediate production and transport workers | 50.6 | 4.5 | 55.1 | 8.5 | 3.0 | 11.5 | |
| Elementary clerical, sales and service workers | 9.6 | 16.4 | 26.0 | 10.5 | 36.4 | 46.9 | |
| Labourers and related workers | 34.0 | 7.0 | 41.0 | 15.7 | 17.1 | 32.7 | |
VICTORIA | |
| |
| Managers and administrators | 145.9 | 47.8 | 193.7 | 13.5 | 11.0 | 24.5 | |
| Professionals | 227.6 | 179.2 | 406.8 | 32.6 | 102.9 | 135.5 | |
| Associate professionals | 160.8 | 104.9 | 265.7 | 18.0 | 44.0 | 62.0 | |
| Tradespersons and related workers | 268.7 | 21.5 | 290.2 | 24.5 | 14.3 | 38.8 | |
| Advanced clerical and service workers | 8.4 | 43.8 | 52.2 | 1.2 | 49.2 | 50.4 | |
| Intermediate clerical, sales and service workers | 96.3 | 153.4 | 249.7 | 28.2 | 143.2 | 171.4 | |
| Intermediate production and transport workers | 163.8 | 16.7 | 180.4 | 27.6 | 12.3 | 39.8 | |
| Elementary clerical, sales and service workers | 42.0 | 42.0 | 84.0 | 39.8 | 120.7 | 160.5 | |
| Labourers and related workers | 93.2 | 26.4 | 119.5 | 44.0 | 46.2 | 90.3 | |
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| (a) Civilian population aged 15 years and over. |
| Source: ABS data available on request, Labour Force Survey. |
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