Greater Western Sydney
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Greater Western Sydney and Western Sydney are general terms which are used to describe the western region of the metropolitan area of Sydney, Australia. By some of its larger definitions, Western Sydney includes the 14 local government areas covered by the New South Wales government's Office of the Minister for Western Sydney and the Greater Western Sydney Economic Development Board.[1] These are Auburn, Bankstown, Baulkham Hills, Blacktown, Blue Mountains, Camden, Campbelltown, Fairfield, Hawkesbury, Holroyd, Liverpool, Parramatta, Penrith and Wollondilly.[2] The term "Western Sydney" has also been applied to much smaller areas, such as that covered by the former Western Sydney Area Health Service.
Greater Western Sydney stretches over nearly 9,000 square kilometres of residential, industrial and rural land. At its most eastern point, the region is only 30 minutes away from Sydney's central business district (CBD) by car and is within easy reach of international freight and transport terminals.
The annual temperatures in Greater Western Sydney average a maximum of 23 degrees Celsius and a minimum of 12 degrees.
The 14 local government areas which comprise the Greater West together generate more than $54 billion in economic output a year, making its economy the third largest in Australia behind the Sydney CBD and Melbourne.
Its population - already at 1.7 million - is the 2nd fastest growing area in Australia, behind South East Queensland. More than 150 of Australia's top 500 companies are located within the Greater West, while industries including advanced manufacturing, tourism, information technology, business services and retail trade are growing at much faster rates than the national average.
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[edit] Government and economic development organisations
- NSW Department of State and Regional Development
- The Office of the Minister for Western Sydney
- Western Sydney IT Cluster
[edit] Major education facilities
- University of Sydney Cumberland Campus
- University of Western Sydney
- TAFE Western Sydney Institute of Technical and Further Education
[edit] See also
[edit] External links
[edit] References
- ^ Office of the Minister for Western Sydney.
- ^ Local Government Areas, Greater Western Sydney Economic Development Board site.
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