Region. Jobs growth in the region

The new Metropolitan Transport Plan sees sustained job growth in the metropolitan area from the current 1.99 million in 2006 to 2.70 million by 2036, leading to an increase of 714,000 jobs in the Sydney basin. The jobs breakdown in the region is: South-West 105,150. North-West 166,160 and West Central 113,170.More than 384,480, or 54 per cent, of these jobs will be located in Western Sydney. To-date, around 40 per cent of jobs growth has occurred in Western Sydney.