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Business View Australia - November-December 2015

AT A GLANCE

WHO:

Campbelltown City Council

WHAT:

Campbelltown offers a unique

combination of city opportunities

in a natural setting to its 150,000

residents.

WHERE:

Campbell Town,

NSW 2560

WEBSITE:

campbelltown.nsw.gov.au

CampbelltownCity is locatedat thehub

of one of the most significant current

and future growth areas in south-west

Sydney, the Macarthur region.

Campbelltown has been a focus

for metropolitan scale urban growth

before, and the NSW Government has

recognised the potential for a new

phase of growth and development that

has already started just recently, and

which builds on the momentum that

has been sustained over the last two

to three years.

In themid to late1970s, Campbelltown

was declared by the Government as a

metropolitangrowtharea.Bythe1980s,

it had expanded considerably due to a

numberofmajordevelopersrecognising

the potential of the city. Campbelltown

became a booming western Sydney

housing area, characterised by a lot

of detached dwellings on quarter acre

blocks. Companies like Lendlease and

Landcom did extensive construction

work and contributed significantly to

the growth that was taking place.

Today, Campbelltown/Macarthur is the

premier Regional City Centre in south-

western Sydney, with an unbridled

capacity to grow. From a population of

25,000 in 1966, more than 155,000

people now call Campbelltown home.

Campbelltown is spread across 38

suburbs, making it one of the 10

largest local government areas in

NSW. Campbelltown City Council has

a forward-thinking approach and runs

the city in an efficient manner with its

900 staff.

Jeff Lawrence, Council’s Director of

Strategy, speaks about the reasons for

the city’s expansion.

“Campbelltown, in a historic sense,

is no stranger to growth. In the last

two to three years, the city has been

recognised as not just a destination for

housing because it is close to Sydney,

but as a place that has a number of

attributes which make it really liveable.

“Those attributes strongly relate to

accessibility – for example, we can

get to the city within 48 minutes by

train from here and the airport is 35

minutes away. You can also get to the

CBD within 45 minutes on the M5.”