Creating local jobs to support the ever growing Geelong community

The precinct will support local jobs in four ways.

• The first is through the development of the retail and commercial precinct. A range of jobs will be created across the retail and commercial sectors as development progresses. Importantly, the initial stages, which are most likely to be retail in nature, will provide local opportunities for younger people in a range of casual and part-time roles. As the precinct grows, a range of professional services and other commercially based jobs will also be located locally. These are likely to include positions in medical and allied health services, accounting, real estate, law and other local services.
• The second relates to jobs within the precinct relating to schools, cultural and community centres and early childhood development, where teaching staff, community welfare and other workers, along with childcare and maternal health and welfare workers will all be required.
• The third relates to the 117 hectares of employment land identified on the western edge of the precinct. Although the commercial and industrial sub-precinct is expected to develop over the medium to long term, its development will provide a significant presence in terms of local jobs (expected to be between 2,500 and 3,000 jobs at full development).
• The fourth relates to the growing number of local jobs that are supported at home either through home-based businesses or working-from-home arrangements.