| Table 12 - Employed by Occupation and Sex, 1974 - 2001 Censuses | ||||||||||||||
| 1974 | 1984 | 1992 | 2001 | |||||||||||
| Codes | Occupation | Male | Female | Total | Male | Female | Total | Male | Female | Total | Male | Female | Total | |
| 211 - 348 | Professional and Technical | 65 | 89 | 154 | 121 | 119 | 240 | 269 | 248 | 517 | 563 | 557 | 1,120 | |
| 111 - 131 | Administrative & Managerial | 16 | 1 | 17 | 37 | 11 | 48 | 79 | 44 | 123 | 177 | 192 | 369 | |
| 411 -422 | Clerical and Sales | 76 | 101 | 177 | 133 | 277 | 410 | 220 | 630 | 850 | 194 | 648 | 842 | |
| 511 - 523 | Service | 52 | 100 | 152 | 99 | 286 | 385 | 337 | 699 | 1,036 | 412 | 901 | 1,313 | |
| 611 - 621 | Agricultural | 95 | 3 | 98 | 182 | 1 | 183 | 227 | 4 | 231 | 245 | 25 | 270 | |
| 711 - 933 | Production, Construction & Transport | 529 | 53 | 582 | 711 | 49 | 760 | 1,244 | 86 | 1,330 | 1,377 | 263 | 1,640 | |
| Sub-total | 833 | 347 | 1,180 | 1,283 | 743 | 2,026 | 2,376 | 1,711 | 4,087 | 2,968 | 2,586 | 5,554 | ||
| Not stated | 10 | 9 | 19 | 21 | 13 | 34 | 46 | 44 | 90 | |||||
| Total | 833 | 347 | 1,180 | 1,293 | 752 | 2,045 | 2,397 | 1,724 | 4,121 | 3,014 | 2,630 | 5,644 | ||
| Percentage Distribution of Occupations | ||||||||||||||
| 1974 | 1984 | 1992 | 2001 | |||||||||||
| Codes | Occupation | Male | Female | Total | Male | Female | Total | Male | Female | Total | Male | Female | Total | |
| 211 - 348 | Professional and Technical | 7.8% | 25.6% | 13.1% | 9.4% | 16.0% | 11.8% | 11.3% | 14.5% | 12.6% | 19.0% | 21.5% | 20.2% | |
| 111 - 131 | Administrative & Managerial | 1.9% | 0.3% | 1.4% | 2.9% | 1.5% | 2.4% | 3.3% | 2.6% | 3.0% | 6.0% | 7.4% | 6.6% | |
| 411 -422 | Clerical and Sales | 9.1% | 29.1% | 15.0% | 10.4% | 37.3% | 20.2% | 9.3% | 36.8% | 20.8% | 6.5% | 25.1% | 15.2% | |
| 511 - 523 | Service | 6.2% | 28.8% | 12.9% | 7.7% | 38.5% | 19.0% | 14.2% | 40.9% | 25.3% | 13.9% | 34.8% | 23.6% | |
| 611 - 621 | Agricultural | 11.4% | 0.9% | 8.3% | 14.2% | 0.1% | 9.0% | 9.6% | 0.2% | 5.7% | 8.3% | 1.0% | 4.9% | |
| 711 - 933 | Production, Construction & Transport | 63.5% | 15.3% | 49.3% | 55.4% | 6.6% | 37.5% | 52.4% | 5.0% | 32.5% | 46.4% | 10.2% | 29.5% | |
| Sub-total | 100.0% | 100.0% | 100.0% | 100.0% | 100.0% | 100.0% | 100.0% | 100.0% | 100.0% | 100.0% | 100.0% | 100.0% | ||
| Average percentage change in Occupations from one census to the next | ||||||||||||||
| 1974-1984 | 1984-1992 | 1992-2001 | ||||||||||||
| Codes | Occupation | Male | Female | Total | Male | Female | Total | Male | Female | Total | ||||
| 211 - 348 | Professional and Technical | 7.2% | 2.8% | 4.7% | 15.3% | 13.6% | 14.4% | 12.1% | 13.8% | 13.0% | ||||
| 111 - 131 | Administrative & Managerial | 10.9% | 83.3% | 15.2% | 14.2% | 37.5% | 19.5% | 13.8% | 37.4% | 22.2% | ||||
| 411 -422 | Clerical and Sales | 6.3% | 14.5% | 11.0% | 8.2% | 15.9% | 13.4% | -1.3% | 0.3% | -0.1% | ||||
| 511 - 523 | Service | 7.5% | 15.5% | 12.8% | 30.1% | 18.1% | 21.1% | 2.5% | 3.2% | 3.0% | ||||
| 611 - 621 | Agricultural | 7.6% | -5.6% | 7.2% | 3.1% | 37.5% | 3.3% | 0.9% | 58.3% | 1.9% | ||||
| 711 - 933 | Production, Construction & Transport | 2.9% | -0.6% | 2.5% | 9.4% | 9.4% | 9.4% | 1.2% | 22.9% | 2.6% | ||||
| Sub-total | 4.5% | 9.5% | 6.0% | 10.6% | 16.3% | 12.7% | 2.8% | 5.7% | 4.0% | |||||