Employment

Businesses in GWS boast access to a highly skilled and multilingual workforce. More than 100 overseas nations are represented in GWS, more than one in three residents speaks a second language other than English and just under half of the working population has a post-school qualification. This knowledge intensive workforce is supported by major educational institutions including the University of Western Sydney and the South Western & Western Institutes of TAFE. The availability and take up of technology, and the availability of highly skilled professional staff, is evidenced by the high end industries thriving in GWS.