Industries growing faster than national average

Industries such as advanced manufacturing, information and communication and biotechnology are growing faster in Parramatta and surrounding local government areas (LGAs) than the national average, according to the Department of Planning in its West Central Draft Subregional Strategy.

Parramatta and Auburn, Bankstown, Fairfield and Holroyd LGAs comprise the West Central subregion, which is the central hub of manufacturing and industrial activity in the Greater Metropolitan Area, the largest manufacturing region in Australia.