Hundreds of thousands of residents leave Western Sydney every day for jobs closer to Sydney’s CBD.

Assistant Minister Taylor said the Commonwealth was working closely with state and local governments to create new, high growth industries in outer suburbs and regional cities, as well as specialised job precincts, to incentivise people to work locally.

Touring Nepean Engineering on Tuesday, a manufacturing operation at Narellan near Camden which employs 200 staff, Assistant Minister Taylor said high growth, small to medium sized businesses, were central to creating rewarding, competitive industries.

“Advanced manufacturing in southwestern Sydney is already booming. The new Western Sydney Airport will be the catalyst for a larger logistics and advanced manufacturing precinct, to drive more local employment opportunities.  

“Companies such as Nepean Engineering are well positioned to take advantage of the economic activity that will develop around the new airport. The Camden area is set to grow from 80,000 residents (2016) to 224,000 (2036) in coming years and that huge population growth will require new locally based employment.”

Assistant Minister Taylor said job precincts based on like-minded industries, for example health (Westmead precinct), or education (University of Western Sydney), offered great potential for jobs closer to homes.

In NSW, ‘industry hotspots’ represent only 1.2% of the geographic area in the state, but account for 12% of all jobs (312,500 jobs) and deliver more than 26% of new jobs. *NSW Jobs for the Future

Western Sydney Airport is expected to create more than 60,000 direct jobs and a further 27,000 in surrounding business parks in coming decades. More than 430 people are currently employed on road upgrades around the airport site.