4.1% ▼ -48.8%
Lower than 59% of urban centre areas.
- 2011: 8.1%
- 2016: 6.2%
- 2021: 4.1%
Unemployed people as a share of the labour force (aged 15+).
Foster · Urban Centre
Jobs & Industry in Foster
Work across the area — who is in the labour force, in which industries and jobs.
Far fewer people are working or looking for work in Foster than in most similar areas. Only 37.2% of adults are in the labour force, a figure that has dropped 13 points since 2011. This shift is mirrored by a sharp fall in full-time employment, which now sits at 46.5%.
Labour force
Employment, participation and unemployment.
The number of adults working or looking for work is much lower than most areas, sitting 25 points below the Victorian figure. While full-time work has fallen significantly since 2011, the unemployment rate has also dropped to 4.1%, which is about the same as the national figure.
37.2% ▼ -25.5%
Lower than 88% of urban centre areas.
- 2011: 50.0%
- 2016: 38.6%
- 2021: 37.2%
Share of people aged 15+ who are in the labour force.
46.5% ▼ -20.7%
Lower than 89% of urban centre areas.
- 2011: 58.7%
- 2016: 47.7%
- 2021: 46.5%
Share of employed people who worked full-time.
Industries
The industries that employ local workers.
Health care and social assistance is the biggest employer in the area at 20%, followed by retail trade at 11.1% and accommodation and food services at 9.4%.
Occupations
The kinds of jobs people do.
Professionals make up 17.6% of the local workforce, with community and personal service workers (15.7%) and labourers (15.4%) also making up large shares of the jobs here.
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/ucl/UCL215034/foster/topic/employment