The data below is in a format known as tab-delimited values. You can open this file with any spreadsheet application and the data will be distributed into the appropriate rows and columns. 					

	1896	1936	1956	1986	2006	2018
Professional and technical	14	15.8	15.7	18.1	27.1	31.9
Administration and managerial	0.5	0.1	1.6	2.3	13	14
Sales	7.2	12.4	13.2	11.3	12	11.7
Service workers	45.5	34.7	17.7	13.1	11.7	13.9
Agricultural, animal, and forestry 	6.1	4.5	4.4	7.4		
Clerical	0.6	14.4	27.1	34.2	20.2	17.8	
Transport, production and labourers	26.1	18.1	20.3	13.7	10.9	10.5
Not elsewhere included					5.3


Source: 2018 Census, 2006 Census, New Zealand Official Yearbook 1990				


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