Census: In the job that you worked the most hours in, what was your occupation?

Occupation of employment

Petone East

2018 2013
Occupation Number % Lower Hutt City % Number % Lower Hutt City % 2013 - 2018
Managers 366 17.4 15.6 261 15.9 16.3 +105
Professionals 666 31.6 26.9 486 29.7 25.5 +180
Technicians and trades workers 228 10.8 11.9 168 10.3 11.9 +60
Community and personal service workers 159 7.5 9.0 132 8.1 8.5 +27
Clerical and administrative workers 264 12.5 13.5 240 14.7 15.1 +24
Sales workers 207 9.8 9.3 165 10.1 9.5 +42
Machinery operators and drivers 78 3.7 5.3 63 3.8 5.3 +15
Labourers 135 6.4 8.4 123 7.5 7.9 +12
Residual categories operational codes only - - - 96 5.9 5.9 -96
Total 2,106 100.0 100.0 1,638 100.0 100.0 +468

Source: Statistics New Zealand, Census of Population and Dwellings 2013 and 2018.
Stats NZ data quality rating: Moderate

Please note that in the 2018 Census, where data are not provided, responses are sourced from administrative datasets, in line with the procedures developed by Statistics New Zealand to supplement the 2018 dataset. Due to this, there is no "Not Stated / included" category in 2018, and users should use caution when comparing to earlier Census years.