Figure 8
The grouped bar chart shows gender distribution across occupations at manufacturing sub sectors in percent. The vertical axis ranges from 0 percent to 35 percent in increments of 5 percent. The horizontal axis is grouped from left to right as “Male Technicians and Trades Workers”, “Female Technicians and Trades Workers”, “Male Clerical and Administrative Workers”, “Female Clerical and Administrative Workers”, “Male Machinery Operators and Drivers”, “Female Machinery Operators and Drivers”, “Male Labourers”, and “Female Labourers”. Five patterned bars appear within each gender and occupation group, representing the sectors in this order: “Food Product Manufacturing”, “Textile, Leather, Clothing and Footwear Manufacturing”, “Printing (including the Reproduction of Recorded Media)”, “Wood Product Manufacturing”, and “Primary Metal and Metal Product Manufacturing”. The bar values from left to right for each horizontal category are as follows: Male Technicians and Trades Workers: Food Product Manufacturing: 11.3 percent; Textile, Leather, Clothing and Footwear Manufacturing: 7.5 percent; Printing (including the Reproduction of Recorded Media): 26.8 percent; Wood Product Manufacturing: 32.5 percent; Primary Metal and Metal Product Manufacturing: 33.2 percent. Female Technicians and Trades Workers: Food Product Manufacturing: 3.8 percent; Textile, Leather, Clothing and Footwear Manufacturing: 11.5 percent; Printing (including the Reproduction of Recorded Media): 5.1 percent; Wood Product Manufacturing: 1.8 percent; Primary Metal and Metal Product Manufacturing: 1.3 percent. Male Clerical and Administrative Workers: Food Product Manufacturing: 1.7 percent; Textile, Leather, Clothing and Footwear Manufacturing: 1.6 percent; Printing (including the Reproduction of Recorded Media): 3.5 percent; Wood Product Manufacturing: 2.7 percent; Primary Metal and Metal Product Manufacturing: 3.1 percent. Female Clerical and Administrative Workers: Food Product Manufacturing: 3.9 percent; Textile, Leather, Clothing and Footwear Manufacturing: 6.8 percent; Printing (including the Reproduction of Recorded Media): 8.9 percent; Wood Product Manufacturing: 7.6 percent; Primary Metal and Metal Product Manufacturing: 6.6 percent. Male Machinery Operators and Drivers: Food Product Manufacturing: 6.9 percent; Textile, Leather, Clothing and Footwear Manufacturing: 8.8 percent; Printing (including the Reproduction of Recorded Media): 4.1 percent; Wood Product Manufacturing: 18.5 percent; Primary Metal and Metal Product Manufacturing: 20.9 percent. Female Machinery Operators and Drivers: Food Product Manufacturing: 1.0 percent; Textile, Leather, Clothing and Footwear Manufacturing: 16.5 percent; Printing (including the Reproduction of Recorded Media): 1.8 percent; Wood Product Manufacturing: 0.7 percent; Primary Metal and Metal Product Manufacturing: 2.1 percent. Male Labourers: Food Product Manufacturing: 23.0 percent; Textile, Leather, Clothing and Footwear Manufacturing: 4.4 percent; Printing (including the Reproduction of Recorded Media): 4.8 percent; Wood Product Manufacturing: 12.8 percent; Primary Metal and Metal Product Manufacturing: 6.9 percent. Female Labourers: Food Product Manufacturing: 15.1 percent; Textile, Leather, Clothing and Footwear Manufacturing: 4.1 percent; Printing (including the Reproduction of Recorded Media): 4.8 percent; Wood Product Manufacturing: 1.3 percent; Primary Metal and Metal Product Manufacturing: 1.0 percent. The legend below the chart identifies the five sectors in the same order as the bars. Note: All numerical values are approximated.Gender distribution across occupations in key manufacturing sub sectors (ABS, 2021)