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

Occupation of employment

Island Bay East

2018 2013
Occupation Number % Wellington City % Number % Wellington City % 2013 - 2018
Managers 402 19.6 16.6 318 18.2 17.5 +84
Professionals 813 39.7 39.8 678 38.9 38.0 +135
Technicians and trades workers 192 9.4 7.8 180 10.3 8.1 +12
Community and personal service workers 165 8.1 8.8 129 7.4 8.2 +36
Clerical and administrative workers 201 9.8 11.9 216 12.4 13.2 -15
Sales workers 126 6.2 7.9 123 7.1 8.3 +3
Machinery operators and drivers 57 2.8 2.2 36 2.1 2.1 +21
Labourers 87 4.3 4.8 63 3.6 4.6 +24
Residual categories operational codes only - - - 96 5.5 5.5 -96
Total 2,046 100.0 100.0 1,743 100.0 100.0 +303

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.