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

Occupation of employment

Whitby

2018 2013
Occupation Number % Porirua City % Number % Porirua City % 2013 - 2018
Managers 372 22.0 16.5 324 21.3 17.3 +48
Professionals 495 29.3 26.6 432 28.4 25.7 +63
Technicians and trades workers 177 10.5 10.3 159 10.5 10.3 +18
Community and personal service workers 141 8.3 10.4 123 8.1 10.4 +18
Clerical and administrative workers 249 14.7 12.4 219 14.4 14.0 +30
Sales workers 138 8.2 8.5 150 9.9 8.8 -12
Machinery operators and drivers 51 3.0 5.1 51 3.4 4.6 -
Labourers 72 4.3 10.1 66 4.3 8.8 +6
Residual categories operational codes only - - - 57 3.7 6.5 -57
Total 1,689 100.0 100.0 1,521 100.0 100.0 +168

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.