3.8% ▲ +47.3%
Higher than 53% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 2.6%
- 2016: 5.1%
- 2021: 3.8%
Unemployed people as a share of the labour force (aged 15+).
Foster · Suburb / Locality
Jobs & Industry in Foster
Work across the area — who is in the labour force, in which industries and jobs.
Health care and social assistance is the biggest employer in Foster, where 15% of the workforce is employed in this field. While unemployment is a little below the national figure, far fewer adults are working or looking for work compared to the rest of the country.
Labour force
Employment, participation and unemployment.
Only 42.6% of adults are working or looking for work, which is far below the Victorian figure of 62.4%. Full-time employment is also much lower than most areas, sitting at 46.9%.
42.6% ▼ -16.5%
Lower than 89% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 51.0%
- 2016: 44.8%
- 2021: 42.6%
Share of people aged 15+ who are in the labour force.
46.9% ▼ -5.1%
Lower than 89% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 49.4%
- 2016: 50.7%
- 2021: 46.9%
Share of employed people who worked full-time.
Industries
The industries that employ local workers.
After health care, the biggest industries are agriculture, forestry and fishing at 14%, followed by retail trade at 9% and education and training at 8%.
Occupations
The kinds of jobs people do.
Professional roles are the most common occupation at 19%, followed closely by managers at 18.7% and labourers at 13.1%.
Sources
- Census of Population and Housing — Australian Bureau of Statistics, 2021 (CC BY 4.0).
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Australian Bureau of Statistics. (2021). Jobs & Industry in Foster [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL20940/foster/topic/employment