The industry attracts mainly part-time workers. Many of them prefer night work, and the rostering system requires part-time staff. The nature of the industry, with its fluctuating demand for service, makes it desirable to employ workers for short shifts. Over the next three to five years, it is expected that mainly part-time staff will be employed. The industry employs more females than males, but in certain areas such as bar and kitchen work there are more males employed.
Women predominate in the service part of the industry.
These patterns are not expected to change within the next five years.