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www.oakvillebeaver.com The Oakville Beaver Weekend, Saturday August 30, 2008 - 25 OAKVILLE OUTLOOK Oakville's Labour force Oakville companies have access to a high quality local work force, as 58 per cent of residents have a post secondary education. This level of education is 38 per cent greater than the provincial average. While manufacturing industries account for 15 pre cent of employment, managerial/business/administrative categories make up 36 per cent of occupations. Being situated within the GTA, businesses in Oakville also draw on a larger increasingly mobile work force of 1.2 million within a 30 kilometre radius of Oakville. Within a one-hour drive, Oakville workers/employers have access to eight universities and eight technical colleges for formal or continuing education. Local elementary and secondary schools are supplemented by nine independent schools. Sheridan Institute of Technology and Advanced Learning main campus is located in Oakville, and provides a variety of education and training opportunities in business, animation, engineering, arts, social sciences and technical fields. Sheridan provides education to 13,000 full time post secondary students and 37,000 continuing education students. OAKVILLE QUICK FACTS Number of Households: Population Density per square kilometre: Land Area (square km): Median Age of Population: Average Earnings (full-time): Median Family Income: Participation Rate: Employment Rate: Unemployment Rate: 58,828 (2006) 1,044.9 138.51 37.1 $70,742 $90,920 72 per cent 68.7 per cent 4.5 per cent Source: Statistics Canada, Census, 2001 OAKVILLE'S PRIMARY COMMUTER SHED LABUOR POOL WITHIN 30KM RADIUS Oakville companies have access to a high quality local work force. Nearly 40 per cent of Oakville residents have a university education and 58 per cent of Oakville's population over the age of 20 have post-secondary schooling.