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Spotlight on Foster

Employment

There were 728 people in the labour force in the week before the Census 2016 with 347 in full time employment.

Employment

 

 

Hours worked per week compared with Victoria

A larger proportion of people are employed 15 hours or less in Foster than Victoria.

 

Hours Per week Foster %  Victorian %
1 - 15 108 15.8 12
16 - 24 86 12.6 10.5
25 - 34 95 13.9 11.2
35 - 39 75 11 18.7
40 271 39.6 42.4

 

Top 5 Industries of employment

1. Dairy Cattle Farming

2. Supermarket and Grocery Stores

3. Secondary Education

4. Aged Care Residential Services

5. Beef Cattle Farming