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The Smithfield-Wetherill Park Business Hub (SWP Business Hub) is the hub of manufacturing and distribution in greater Western Sydney. It is at the geographic centre of Sydney’s major industrial zones and sits strategically between the major population and urban growth zones in the North West and South West of Sydney. The estate boasts over 1,400 manufacturing, wholesale, transport and service firms, and employs more than 15,000 people.

Smithfield-Wetherill Park is one of the best places in Sydney for firms employing skilled trades, machine and plant operators, drivers, process workers and labourers. Almost half of Sydney’s manufacturing workers live less than 30 minutes away.
These factors make Smithfield-Wetherill Park a strategic location for industrial, manufacturing, and distribution services of a wide range of industrial equipment, food, building and consumer products.

The diversity of industries and businesses brings advantages such as a wide range of industry services, including an extensive engineering capability. Also, complementary supply, skills, and technology links generate synergy between firms unmatched by smaller industrial areas.
The SWP Business Hub offers businesses competitively priced and centrally located sites close to customers and their workforce with a variety of production and warehousing sites for lease.

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	Food Galore You will find a wide range of high-quality restaurants and cafes to enjoy with work colleagues, friends or family. Choose your "eating out places" here
	Recreation and Lesiure The Smithfield-Wetherill Park Business Hub provides various recreational and leisure activities. You can use Prairiewood Leisure Centre with its comfortable and modern venue offering a wide range of health and fitness facilities and services, or there are numrous yoga facilties to help you unwind. You can also visit Western Sydney Parklands, which is an excelllent place for family picnic, BBQ, walking or cycling. More information can be found on our Recreation and Leisure Map
	Hospital, Medical and Dental Centres, and Pharmacies You have convenience and peace of mind in the Smithfield-Wetherill Park Business Hub because you're just a 10-minute drive from a principal hospital and numerous medical, dental and pharmacy services.
	Facilities, Major Shopping Centres and Special Attractions Did you know there is a quaint Dutch shop where you can buy Dutch groceries and try traditional Dutch cuisine? This is just one of the many attractions hidden in the Smithfield-Wetherill Park area.
	State Roads and B-Double Routes As an import and export centre, Smithfield-Wetherill Park is easily accessible via motorways, rail links and airports. With the Cumberland Highway as the major road link, the estate connects with the M4, M5, Pacific and Hume Highways and has convenient access to the M7 and M2 Motorway. A container rail terminal is also at Yennora.

In Fairfield City 43% of households are made up of couples with children compared with 35% in greater Sydney.

Fairfield City's household and family structure of is one of the most important demographic indicators. It reveals the area's residential role and function, era of settlement, and provides key insights into the level of demand for services and facilities as most are related to age and household types.

Household types

Households with children

There are 10,319 couples with young children in Fairfield City in 2011, comprising 18% of households.

Households with Children require different services and facilities than other household types, and their needs change as both adults and children age. When many families in an area are at the same stage in their individual lifecycles, it creates a suburb lifecycle. Knowing where a suburb is in a cycle of change helps planners make evidence-based decisions about the demand for services both now and in the future.

For Households with Children in Fairfield City, life stage is based on the age of children in the household. The age of the parent(s) is not taken into account.

• Young children: Children aged under 15 only
• Mixed age children: One or more children under 15 and one or more children over 15 (must have 2 or more children)
• Older children: Children aged 15 and over only

To continue building the story, Fairfield City's Household data should be viewed in conjunction with Household Size, Age Structure and Dwelling Type.

Households with children by life stage

Household income

In Fairfield City, 11% of households earned $2,500 or more per week.

Households form the common 'economic unit' in our society. Fairfield City's Household Income is one of the most important indicators of socio-economic status. With other data sources, such as Educational Qualifications and Occupation, it helps to reveal the economic opportunities and socio-economic status of Fairfield City. It is important to note that income data is not necessarily a measure of wealth. For example, if an area has a large number of retirees this will produce a higher proportion of households with low income but the retirees may have large capital wealth. For this reason, household income should be viewed in conjunction with Age and Household Composition.

Weekly household income

Welcome to Fairfield City, a city which is continuing to develop, prosper and rise to its full potential. A city, which is rich as a tapestry in colour, vibrancy and cultural mix. A city with many advantages for business.

Fairfield City is approximately 100 square km in size, incorporates 27 suburbs, and is home to more than 180,000 people. Our people have come from 133 countries and speak more than 70 languages.

Whilst mainly residential, our City contains the large scale regional industrial estate of Smithfield-Wetherill Park, as well as a number of smaller industrial centres.

With two major business and retail centres at Fairfield and Cabramatta, growing centres in Prairiewood and Bonnyrigg and many neighbourhood retail centres, our City offers excellent shopping and dining opportunities.

In addition, Fairfield City has beautiful parklands and large expanses of rural land in the suburbs of Horsley Park and Cecil Park, providing people with a close at hand retreat from city life.

Fairfield City Council has given a lot of consideration to the future of Fairfield City and its people. As a result, Council and our partners are working towards our Vision for a city that is a thriving, safe, friendly place where people who support and respect each other are proud to live, invest and prosper.

We invite you to invest in Fairfield City and to start, to grow and to conduct your business here, and to become part of our City’s community. We are here to support you.

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In Fairfield City, manufacturing is the largest employer, generating 12,013 local jobs in 2018/19.
Employment (total) is the most accurate and up to date measure of the total number of people employed in Fairfield City. The statistics are modelled by NIEIR to correct for the known undercount of jobs recorded in the Census. They estimate the total number of persons employed in an industry sector (full-time and part-time) in Fairfield City regardless of where they live. They are updated annually.

By comparing the number of jobs in each industry sector to a regional benchmark, you can clearly see the structure of Fairfield City's economy. This can be done by directly comparing the area to its benchmark, or by using a location quotient to look at the relative size of industries.

More granular sub-categories for each industry sector are available in the Employment by industry (Census) counts. While Census figures undercount employment they do provide a more detailed picture of the specific industries operating in the area.

By comparing the number of jobs in each industry sector to a regional benchmark, you can clearly see the structure of Fairfield City's economy. This can be done by directly comparing the area to its benchmark, or by using a location quotient to look at the relative size of industries.

Estimated total employment by industry should not be considered as a "Full-Time Equivalent" measure as different industries will have different ratios of part-time and full time employees. Full-time employment by industry statistics are also available.

To see how employment is distributed across the area, see the Employment locations section and to see where people come from to work in these industries, these data should be viewed in conjunction with Workers place of residence by industry data.

More granular sub-categories for each industry sector are available in the Employment by industry (Census) counts. While Census figures undercount employment they do provide a more detailed picture of the specific industries operating in the area.

Employment (Total) by Industry

More Fairfield City residents work in

Dominant Groups

An analysis of the jobs held by the local workers in Fairfield City in 2017/18 shows the three largest industries were:

• Manufacturing (11,581 people or 15.3%)
• Construction (9,361 people or 12.4%)
• Retail Trade (7,757 people or 10.3%)

In combination these three industries accounted for 28,698 people in total or 37.9% of the local workers.

In comparison, New South Wales employed 6.5% in Manufacturing; 9.3% in Construction; and 10.0% in Retail Trade.

The major differences between the jobs held by local workers of Fairfield City and New South Wales were:

• A larger percentage of local workers employed in Manufacturing (15.3% compared to 6.5%)
• A larger percentage of local workers employed in Transport, Postal and Warehousing (8.8% compared to 4.8%)
• A smaller percentage of local workers employed in Professional, Scientific and Technical Services (3.1% compared to 8.7%)
• A smaller percentage of local workers employed in Health Care and Social Assistance (9.5% compared to 13.3%)

Emerging Groups

The number of local workers in Fairfield City increased by 12,551 between 2012/13 and 2017/18.

The largest changes in the jobs held by local workers between 2012/13 and 2017/18 in Fairfield City were for those employed in:

• Construction (+3,620 local workers)
• Transport, Postal and Warehousing (+2,276 local workers)
• Education and Training (+1,435 local workers)
• Health Care and Social Assistance (+1,214 local workers)

Source: Australian Bureau of Statistics, Census of Population and Housing 2006 and 2011. Compiled and presented by .id, the population experts.