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Item 8.2 - Attachment 1 |
Industrial Analysis |
Key Findings of the
research into the Rydalmere Study Area
1. 70% of workers in Rydalmere come from the surrounding LGA’s
Top 10 Originating
LGAs of Rydalmere workers
|
Originating LGA |
Percent |
|
Blacktown (C) |
14% |
|
Parramatta (C) |
14% |
|
Baulkham Hills (A) |
9% |
|
Penrith (C) |
6% |
|
Hornsby (A) |
5% |
|
Fairfield (C) |
5% |
|
Holroyd (C) |
5% |
|
Ryde (C) |
4% |
|
Bankstown (C) |
3% |
|
Liverpool (C) |
3% |
|
TOTAL |
69% |
2. Mapping the number of businesses by industry against the number employed by industry gives a rough indication of the size of companies operating in Rydalmere. The following have the largest number of employees per business:
o Health and community services (average 40 employees per business)
o Manufacturing ( average of 16 employees per business)
o Transport & Storage (average 14 employees per business)
3. Elementary Clerical, Sales And Service Workers saw the largest growth in employment. More specifically this growth was in Elementary Service Workers.
4. Growth in the number of professionals was mostly in educational professionals.
5. The growth in the university precinct reflects in the growth in the employment in education professionals and the Health Care and Social Assistance industry.
6. The industrial precinct (east of James Ruse Drive) shows the dominant industries are Manufacturing, Wholesale Trade and Construction.
7. The decline in the manufacturing sector employment in the study was less than the decline experienced in both Parramatta and Sydney.
8. The study area showed a growth in the Property and Business Services sector compared to the declined witnessed in Parramatta and Sydney.
Analysis of Rydalmere Study Project
A cross functional team lead by Place Managers was established to identify the need to encourage a rejuvenation of the industrial precinct in Rydalmere defined as the area from Parramatta River in the south to Subiaco Creek in the north, James Ruse Drive in the west (incorporating the University of Western Sydney campus from Pennant Street) to Park Road and along South Street to John Street.
Data sources provide information that loosely fit this geographic area. The main data sources used in this initial analysis and the geographical areas are:
· Transport Data Centre statistics based on the journey to work information gathered at the time of the population census of 2001 and 2006. The data used defines destination zones/travel zones. Further discussion of geographical definitions is undertaken in each section.
· The Australian Taxation Offices’ Australian Business Registrar has been interrogated using the post code 2116. The data provides the business address of organisations and therefore allows for the mapping of businesses in the area. The Australian & New Zealand Standard Industry Classification (ANZSIC) codes have been allocated to businesses in the register allowing the mapping of industry density in the project study area.
Industry Structure
The Journey to Work data was the basis of the analysis undertaken in this profile. The travel zones that define the study area in 2006 were:
1707 – Industrial
Precinct - From railway line east to
1701 – UWS Precinct – Encompassing
mostly UWS,
At the time of the 2006 Population Census there were 8,128 employed
in these travel zones which represented 9.1% of
The industry structure of the study area varies substantially to the LGA as a whole. In the study area the concentration of manufacturing, construction and wholesale trade is substantially greater than the LGA. The industry structure of the LGA is more services oriented with high representation of retail trade, accommodation and food services, financial services, public administration & safety and health care and social assistance.
Using the 2003 definitions of industries the table below
highlights the importance of manufacturing sector (30.9%) for employment. The
other significant employing sectors are Wholesale Trade (18.2%) and
Construction (10.7%). These sectors are the most significant employers in both
the East and Industrial parts of the suburb.
The western aspect of the suburbs employment is dominated by the
|
ANZSIC |
Industry |
No Employed |
Percent |
||
|
Code |
|
Industrial |
University |
Total |
of Total |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
A |
Agriculture,
Forestry and Fishing |
15 |
0 |
15 |
0.2% |
|
B |
Mining |
12 |
0 |
12 |
0.2% |
|
C |
Manufacturing |
2,149 |
13 |
2,162 |
31.3% |
|
D |
Electricity,
Gas, Water and Waste Services |
27 |
0 |
27 |
0.4% |
|
E |
Construction |
759 |
16 |
775 |
11.2% |
|
F |
Wholesale
Trade |
1,191 |
6 |
1,197 |
17.3% |
|
G |
Retail
Trade |
268 |
17 |
285 |
4.1% |
|
H |
Accommodation
and Food Services |
76 |
7 |
83 |
1.2% |
|
I |
Transport,
Postal and Warehousing |
286 |
0 |
286 |
4.1% |
|
J |
Information
Media and Telecommunications |
37 |
9 |
46 |
0.7% |
|
K |
Financial
& Insurance Services |
86 |
3 |
89 |
1.3% |
|
L |
Rental
Hiring and Real Estate Services |
106 |
0 |
106 |
1.5% |
|
M |
Professional,
Scientific and Technical Services |
209 |
3 |
212 |
3.1% |
|
N |
Administrative
and Support Services |
111 |
20 |
131 |
1.9% |
|
O |
Public
Administration & Safety |
364 |
21 |
385 |
5.6% |
|
P |
Education
& Training |
59 |
273 |
332 |
4.8% |
|
Q |
Health
Care and Social Assistance |
264 |
73 |
337 |
4.9% |
|
R |
Arts
and Recreation Services |
9 |
5 |
14 |
0.2% |
|
S |
Other
Services |
265 |
4 |
269 |
3.9% |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
9900 |
Non-Classifiable
Economic Units |
130 |
6 |
142 |
2.1% |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Total |
All
Industries |
6,429 |
476 |
6,905 |
100.0% |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Proportion
per Travel Zone |
93.1% |
6.9% |
|
100.0% |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
The most significant sector in Rydalmere is manufacturing representing almost a third of employment in the suburb compared with only 12% of the LGA. Slightly less than 22% of the LGA’s manufacturing employment is located in Rydalmere.
The wholesale trade is the second largest employer (17.3%) in Rydalmere but represents approximately a quarter of the LGA’s employment in this sector. Construction employment accounts for 18.5% of the LGA’s construction employment.
The other sectors that are significant LGA employers are Transport, Postal & Warehousing and Education and Training sectors.
Manufacturing
By far the most significant employing manufacturing industries are:
1. Machinery and equipment manufacturing (code 24),
2. Fabricated metal product manufacturing (code 22)
3. Food, Beverage & Tobacco (code 11).
Over a third of the machinery & equipment manufacturing
is in “Fixed space heating, cooling and ventilation equipment”. Rheem, located at the end of
The fabricated metal products manufacturing includes manufacturers of hand tools, general hardware except for wood, pneumatic or power operated tools.
Wholesale Trade
The Wholesale Trade sector was the second largest employer in Rydalmere. More specifically in Other Electrical & Electronic Goods, Professional & Scientific and Computer & Computer Peripheral Wholesaling.
|
Industry |
|
Rydalmere |
|||
|
Code |
Description |
Industrial |
West |
Total |
Percent |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
34 |
Machinery
and Equipment Wholesaling |
|
|
|
|
|
3400 |
Machinery
and Equipment Wholesaling, nfd |
6 |
0 |
6 |
0.9% |
|
3411 |
Agricultural
and Construction Machinery Wholesaling
|
4 |
0 |
4 |
0.6% |
|
3419 |
Other
Specialised Industrial Machinery and Equipment Wholesaling |
33 |
0 |
33 |
5.1% |
|
3490 |
Other
Machinery and Equipment Wholesaling, nfd
|
6 |
0 |
6 |
0.9% |
|
3491 |
Professional
and Scientific Goods Wholesaling |
138 |
3 |
138 |
21.3% |
|
3492 |
Computer
and Computer Peripheral Wholesaling |
115 |
3 |
115 |
17.8% |
|
3493 |
Telecommunication
Goods Wholesaling |
7 |
6 |
7 |
1.1% |
|
3494 |
Other
Electrical and Electronic Goods Wholesaling
|
225 |
0 |
225 |
34.8% |
|
3499 |
Other
Machinery and Equipment Wholesaling, nec
|
113 |
0 |
113 |
17.5% |
|
|
Total
Machinery and Equipment Wholesaling |
647 |
0 |
647 |
100.0% |
There appears to be a connection between the type of manufacturing undertaken and wholesalers located in Rydalmere.
The Rydalmere study has a higher concentration of employment than the LGA as a whole in the areas of Professional and Scientific Goods Wholesaling and Other Electrical and Electronic Goods Wholesaling.
Number of Businesses
According to the November 2009 Australian Business register there are 805 businesses registered against the postcode 2116, Rydalmere. The following graph highlights the importance of the different sectors to employment and business structure in Rydalmere.
The most significant sectors regarding the number of businesses in Rydalmere are Construction (15.8%), Wholesale Trade (14.3%) and Manufacturing (12.8%). In the construction sector the most prevalent type of businesses is construction services are building insulation services specifically fire and alarm services, electrical services and air conditioning & heating services.
Again there is a connection between the businesses in wholesale trading and manufacturing. Professional and Scientific Goods Wholesaling and Computer and Computer Peripheral Wholesaling are significant as are the equivalent manufacturing sectors. This reflects the employment trends noted above.
Mapping of the ABR data showed the co-location of a number
of Computer System Design & Related Services firms and Professional,
Scientific & Technical Services firms in the
Occupational Analysis
The 2006 Population Census showed a high proportion of professional and skilled employees working in the study area. The chart below shows the occupational structure in the Rydalmere study area.
The two precincts in the study area vary in relation to the types of employment offered in the locality. As would be expected just under half of the employment in the University precinct in is professional with a further 30% being either Advanced Clerical & Services Workers and Elementary Clerical, Sales & Service Workers. The above structure is more reflective of the industrial precinct as would be expected with accounting for 93% of employment in the study area.
The growth in employment in the occupations noted below reflects the growth in employment in the University in this period.
The occupational structure of the Rydalmere study area is significantly different to the structure for the whole LGA. It is interesting to note that while both the study area and the LGA have approximately 70% of employment in the professional and skilled occupations the distribution of the groups are quite dissimilar. The study group has a more even distribution between the 4 occupational groups while the LGA has concentrations in the Professional (25.7%) and Advanced Clerical, Sales & Service Workers (23.9%) groups.
Managers
Of the 1,073 Managers employed in the study area 68% area employed in the ‘Special Managers’ sub group. The chart below shows the distribution of specializations in this sub group. The number of managers employed did not change between 2001 and 2006 Censuses.
The large number of Construction, Distribution & Production Managers and Advertising, Public Relations & Sales Managers reflects the industries that have a higher concentration that is Construction and Wholesaling Trade.
Professionals
The largest group of professionals are the Business, Human Resources and Marketing Professionals representing 36%. Design, Engineering, Science and Transport Professionals is the second largest group representing 22% of professionals but they are also the group that had the largest fall over the 2001 to 2006 Census period. The growth in the ICT professionals could have been at the cost of the engineering professionals and would also indicate the growth in employment in the three main manufacturing sectors noted above.
As indicated above the fastest growing professional group
has been the Educational Professionals in line with the growth of the