ABOUT COUNCIL - Parramatta City Council - NSW Government

PARRAMATTA AT A GLANCEPARRAMATTA’S ASSETSAND OPPORTUNITIES• 65 kilometres of natural waterways intersect the 61 squarekilometre local government area (LGA)• 759 hectares of open space, including 215 ha bushlandand 156 ha of watercourse• located 24-25 kilometres west of the Sydney GPO, MartinPlace, at the head of the Parramatta River, Parramatta isaccessible by road, rail, ferry and bicycle• Sydney’s second CBD is serviced by key roads (M4Motorway, Great Western Highway, Parramatta andVictoria roads, the Cumberland Highway), rail publictransport (Western, South, Carlingford, Blue Mountains raillines and Country Link trains to Central West NSW), andbus public transport (nine strategic bus corridors includingthe South West and North West T-ways) and by theRiverCat ferry to Sydney• Parramatta has been designated as NSW’s premier regionalcity, second only to the global city of Sydney/North Sydney,with Penrith and Liverpool classed as regional cities• the regional hub of Western Sydney, Parramatta hasthe 11th largest population of any city in NSW, with aresidential density of 28.25 people per hectare and apopulation of 172,333 (2010)• Parramatta’s key industries in descending order are healthcare/social assistance (10.83%), manufacturing (10.65%),retail trade (10.35%), professional scientific and technicalservices (7.66%) and construction (7.11%) (ABS figures) *38 PARRAMATTA CITY COUNCIL - ANNUAL REPORT 2010/11In 2009/10 Parramatta’s $13.864 billion per annum grossregional product was underpinned by:−−the largest concentration of financial and business servicesinstitutions outside the Sydney CBD−−a healthy manufacturing sector that makes up almost 11%of the City’s economy−−the multi-hospital campus at Westmead, Sydney’s largesthealth facility and the largest biomedical precinct in thesouthern hemisphere−−one of the largest legal precincts in Australia−−over 7,000 Parramatta City centre businesses, and morethan 1,100 retail businesses located close to publictransport networks−−the educational campuses of Granville TAFE; the Universityof Western Sydney, Parramatta Campus (Rydalmere);and Westmead Precinct, and a number of private tertiaryinstitutions−−major cultural, conference, entertainment, sporting andtourist facilities including the Rosehill Gardens Racecourseand Exhibition Centre, the Parramatta Stadium, RiversideTheatres, and a significant heritage and cultural tourismsector−−home to around 360 cafes, bars, bistros and restaurants(2007 survey) and acknowledged in 2009 as Sydney’s newfine-dining capital.For more information on Parramatta’s statistics, visit Council’swebsite and go to Business for a detailed statistical overviewof Parramatta .* Please note that Australian Bureau of Statistics (ABS) figuresvary from the Bureau of Transport Statistics (BTS) figures, but forconsistency in its Annual Report, Council continues to use ABSfigures.The NSW Department of Attorney General and Justice sits next to the convictbuilt‘Brislington’