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Glebe Point Road Village Summary Report 2012

City of SydneyTown Hall House456 Kent StreetSydney NSW 2000

Glebe Point Road

Introduction

The City of Sydney undertakes its comprehensive Floor Space and Employment Survey (FES) every five years to coincide with the Australian Bureau of Statistics’ Census of Population and Housing. The latest FES is the second to encompass those areas amalgamated into the City of Sydney from the former South Sydney and Leichhardt Councils in 2004, and allows the City of Sydney to investigate and report on changes in workforce, businesses and floor space across Surveys.

The FES collects data on all businesses, floor space uses and employment numbers for every building or property within the City of Sydney local government area (LGA). It provides a snapshot of the built form, land uses and economic activity of the City of Sydney every five years. The field data captured for the current Survey was undertaken during 2012.

The data collection phase of the FES involves field surveyors visiting every business in the City of Sydney to determine what industry the business is in, how many workers are in each business, and the floor space use of each business through visual inspection and the use of existing floor space. Information for various capacity measures such as quantity of seating, parking, rooms and units are also collected. Residential uses are only surveyed from the street and validated by checking existing floor plans. The data is entered into a Geographic Information System (GIS) database to allow 2- and 3-dimensional mapping, analysis and reporting.

The data is used by both internal and external stakeholders as a basis for strategic planning, policy formulation, business development and forecasting.

The Glebe Point Road Village encompasses the area from Blackwattle Bay in the north to Parramatta Road in the south, and from Wattle Street, Ultimo in the east to Forest Lodge in the west (see Figure 1).

The Glebe Point Road Village is predominantly historic terraces and apartments. The area is close to the CBD and surrounded by extensive foreshore parklands. Neighbouring universities and educational institutions shape the area’s daily life.

The 2012 FES collected data from 3,962 sites in the Village, including 903 business premises. The total internal floor space surveyed was 2,126,424m², an increase of 6.5% from the previous Survey. Data on a further 1,155,644m² of external area (including parks, backyards, balconies, pools etc.) was also collected.

Figure 2 shows the extent of the Glebe Point Road Village, looking north. Residential uses are shown in dark red, and are predominantly multi-storey apartment blocks and terrace housing located throughout the Village, whilst business uses are shown in light brown and are largely located in the south-eastern and southern sections of the Village. The eastern half of the Village is dominated by Wentworth Park.

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Figure 1: Glebe Point Road Village Location Map

Figure 2. The Glebe Point Road Village looking north.

In 2006, the Australian Bureau of Statistics’ (ABS) Estimated Resident population (ERP) stated that there were 18,294 residents living in Glebe Point Road Village. By 2011, the ERP for Glebe Point Road Village had risen to 20,127, an increase of 10.0% over five years. The proportion of the City of Sydney’s residents in Glebe Point Road Village fell from 11.7% in 2006 to 11.0% in 2011. As of 2011, the Glebe Point Road Village remains the third most populous of the City of Sydney’s ten villages It is estimated that Glebe Point Road Village will accommodate approximately 10.9% of the City of Sydney’s residents by 2016 with 23,150 residents, and 9.5% by 2031 with 25,655 residents.1 The proportion of City of Sydney residents living in the Glebe Point Road Village is forecast to diminish in the future as the City of Sydney experiences relatively higher population growth in other areas.

The Glebe Point Road Village resident population was housed in 9,922 dwellings at the time of the Survey. The dwelling stock of the Village is dominated by multi-storey apartment blocks (with 55.5% of dwellings) and terrace houses (26.6%). There was a 4.2% increase in the number of dwellings between the two Surveys. Over the next few years, the redevelopment of Harold Park will see the number of dwellings grow by more than 10%, whilst further residential growth will predominantly occur from small infill developments, with a few medium density projects.2

Employment in the Glebe Point Road Village increased by 37.8% between the Surveys, from 7,295 in 2007 to 10,052 in 2012. The proportion of full-time employment decreased slightly from 68.0% in 2007 to 66.5% in 2012. There were an additional 175 businesses counted in 2012 compared to

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2007, an increase of 24.0%. Over the same period, the average number of workers per business decreased from 10.0% to 9.0%.

The number of parking spaces in the Village increased by 5.6% overall between 2007 and 2012, largely associated with multi-storey apartment construction.

When looking at Visitor Accommodation in the Village, there had been a marginal increase in the number of rooms between the Surveys. There was a 1.5% increase in the number of hotel rooms, and a 3.6% increase in the number of backpacker beds. However, Serviced Apartments experienced strong growth of 360% bringing the total of Serviced Apartments from 10 in 2007 to 46 in 2012.

The key totals for the 2007 and 2012 Surveys are shown in Table 1 below.

Table 1. Key Totals for Glebe Point Road Village, 2007-2012Category 2007 2012 Chang

e%

ChangeGeneral

Sites Surveyed 3,960 3,962 2 0.1%Buildings Surveyed 3,893 3,879 -14 -0.4%Businesses Surveyed 728 903 175 24.0%

Areas

Internal Floor Area (m²) 1,996,513

2,126,424

129,912 6.5%

External Area (m²) 1,155,148

1,155,644 496 0.0%

Total Surveyed Area (m²) 3,151,660

3,282,069

130,408 4.1%

EmploymentFull-time Employment 4,959 6,681 1,722 34.7%Part-time Employment 2,336 3,371 1,035 44.3%Total Employment 7,295 10,052 2,757 37.8%

ResidentialNumber of Dwellings 9,525 9,922 397 4.2%Buildings with Dwellings 3,530 3,523 -7 -0.2%Population 18,294 20,127 1,833 10.0%Occupancy Rate 1.92 2.03 - -

Tenant ParkingInternal Parking Spaces 5,367 5,901 534 9.9%External Parking Spaces 2,307 2,202 -105 -4.6%Total Parking Spaces 7,674 8,103 429 5.6%

Visitor AccommodationHotel Accommodation (Rooms) 137 139 2 1.5%Serviced Apartments (Units) 10 46 36 360.0%Backpacker Accommodation (Beds) 112 116 4 3.6%


Industry Classification

The FES codes each business establishment based on a modified Australian and New Zealand Standard Industrial Classification (ANZSIC) – 2006. ANZSIC classifies the primary activity of a business into 16 ‘Divisions’ and then into 506 4-digit ‘Industries’. The Survey has further subdivided these into 644 unique business uses. This allows for more detailed analysis of business, employment and floor space uses.

The 644 business uses have been re-categorised into a ‘City-Based Industry Sector’ Classification based on the method used by the City of Greater London. This classification better reflects the mix of uses within the business community of city centres such as the City of Sydney. There are nineteen ‘business’ related industry divisions, and a further five ‘non-business’ related industry divisions within the City-Based Industry Sector Classification. This allows the analysis of industry groups such as Creative Industries, Information and Communication Technologies (ICT) and Tourist, Cultural and Leisure.

Table 2 following shows the breakdown by City-Based Industry of employment, businesses and (business) floor space for the Glebe Point Road Village in 2012. During the Survey, data was collected on 903 businesses; there were 10,052 workers counted; and businesses occupied 521,327m² of internal floor space.

The predominant Industry Sector in the Glebe Point Road Village is Food and Drink, with the highest proportions of businesses and employment, however, floor area is highest in the Tourist, Cultural and Leisure industry sector. Three Industry Sectors employ more than 1,000 workers within the Glebe Point Road Village, including Creative industries, Food and Drink and Retail and Personal Services. The Village has a diversified industry mix interspersed with the third highest residential population in the City of Sydney LGA. Tables 3, 5 and 6 (following) show the changes in the number of businesses, employment and business floor space use by each of the City-Based Industry Sectors between 2007 and 2012.

Business Establishments

Between 2007 and 2012 the number of businesses in the Glebe Point Road Village increased by 24.0%, from 728 to 903 businesses. The largest sectoral increase occurred in the Food and Drink Industry, with an additional 47 business establishments compared to 2007. There were an additional 30 Creative Industries businesses compared to 2007. There was an increase in the number of business establishments in fourteen of the nineteen sectors.

Of the 728 business located in the Village in 2007, 617 were still operating in the same location in 2012. There were a large number of new businesses commencements in the Creative Industries, Food and Drink, Health, Retail and Personal Services, Professional and Business Services industry sectors. The area’s predominant industry, Food and Drink, had the largest business turnover number (30 ceasing or moving operation, with 77 commencing), whilst at the same time showing the greatest growth in absolute numbers (47 establishments).


Table 2. Overview of City-Based Industry Sectors, Glebe Point Road Village, 2012

City-Based Industry Sector Businesses

% of Total Businesses

Employment

% of Total Employment

Business Floor Area

% Business

Floor AreaCommunity 26 2.9% 521 5.2% 56,144 10.8%Creative Industries 76 8.4% 1,348 13.4% 36,758 7.1%Finance and Financial Services 20 2.2% 379 3.8% 6,668 1.3%Food and Drink 227 25.1% 1,980 19.7% 42,551 8.2%Government 18 2.0% 292 2.9% 36,620 7.0%Health 50 5.5% 341 3.4% 13,141 2.5%Higher Education and Research 14 1.6% 546 5.4% 33,186 6.4%ICT 34 3.8% 622 6.2% 17,334 3.3%Life Science (Bio-tech) 16 1.8% 154 1.5% 4,062 0.8%Manufacturing 10 1.1% 58 0.6% 6,064 1.2%Motor Vehicle 17 1.9% 244 2.4% 17,213 3.3%Natural Resource-Based Industries 0 0.0% 0 0.0% 0 0.0%Other* 2 0.2% 32 0.3% 0 0.0%Professional and Business Services 63 7.0% 975 9.7% 27,318 5.2%Property Development and Operation 33 3.7% 312 3.1% 12,672 2.4%Retail and Personal Services 173 19.2% 1,056 10.5% 60,239 11.6%Social Capital 39 4.3% 697 6.9% 33,164 6.4%Tourist, Cultural and Leisure 68 7.5% 393 3.9% 99,702 19.1%Transport and Logistics 17 1.9% 94 0.9% 16,833 3.2%Utilities** 0 0.0% 8 0.1% 1,658 0.3%Total 903 100.0% 10,052 100.0% 521,327 100.0%


*’Other’ industry sector data may include nil businesses, nil employment and/or nil business floor area. This is explained by: the inclusion of non-private households which employ staff, such as student accommodation and aged care facilities; and, workers counted in common areas of multi-tenanted buildings who are not directly linked to a business establishment.

**‘Utilities’ industry sector data may include nil businesses, nil employment and /or nil business floor area. This is explained by the presence of

Table 3. Business Mix By City-Based Industry Sectors, Glebe Point Road Village, 2007-2012

City-Based Industry Sector 2007

% of 2007 Businesses

2012

% of 2012 Businesses

Change2007-2012

% Change 2007-2012

Community 26 3.6% 26 2.9% 0 0.0%Creative Industries 46 6.3% 76 8.4% 30 65.2%Finance and Financial Services 12 1.6% 20 2.2% 8 66.7%Food and Drink 180 24.7% 227 25.1% 47 26.1%Government 18 2.5% 18 2.0% 0 0.0%Health 30 4.1% 50 5.5% 20 66.7%Higher Education and Research 9 1.2% 14 1.6% 5 55.6%ICT 23 3.2% 34 3.8% 11 47.8%Life Science (Bio-tech) 12 1.6% 16 1.8% 4 33.3%Manufacturing 9 1.2% 10 1.1% 1 11.1%Motor Vehicle 14 1.9% 17 1.9% 3 21.4%Natural Resource-Based Industries 0 0.0% 0 0.0% 0 NAOther 2 0.3% 2 0.2% 0 0.0%Professional and Business Services 45 6.2% 63 7.0% 18 40.0%Property Development and Operation 23 3.2% 33 3.7% 10 43.5%Retail and Personal Services 169 23.2% 173 19.2% 4 2.4%Social Capital 29 4.0% 39 4.3% 10 34.5%Tourist, Cultural and Leisure 59 8.1% 68 7.5% 9 15.3%Transport and Logistics 22 3.0% 17 1.9% -5 -22.7%Utilities 0 0.0% 0 0.0% 0 NATotal 728 100.0% 903 100.0% 175 24.0%


Table 4. Recent and Established Businesses By City-Based Industry Sectors, Glebe Point Road Village, 2012

City-Based Industry Sector Established(Pre-2008)

Commenced2008-2012

% Established

Community 22 4 84.6%Creative Industries 34 42 44.7%Finance and Financial Services 11 9 55.0%Food and Drink 150 77 66.1%Government 16 2 88.9%Health 26 24 52.0%Higher Education and Research 11 3 78.6%ICT 19 15 55.9%Life Science (Bio-tech) 11 5 68.8%Manufacturing 7 3 70.0%Motor Vehicle 12 5 70.6%Natural Resource-Based Industries 0 0 NAOther 2 0 100.0%Professional and Business Services 33 30 52.4%Property Development and Operation 21 12 63.6%Retail and Personal Services 142 31 82.1%Social Capital 28 11 71.8%Tourist, Cultural and Leisure 58 10 85.3%Transport and Logistics 14 3 82.4%Utilities 0 0 NATotal 617 286 68.3%

Figures 3a and 3b show the percentage share of the top six City-Based Industry Sectors in 2007 and 2012. Food and Drink has increased its share of the total businesses from 24.7% to 25.1%. Retail and Personal Services experienced the largest change with a 4% decrease in its share of total businesses (from 23.2% to 19.2%); although the sector managed to remain in second place as the remaining four sectors have significantly smaller shares of the total business than the top two. Three of these four have increased their share, however, Tourist, Cultural and Leisure fell by 0.6% to fall from third to fourth of the top six industry sectors. The Creative Industries overtook the Tourist, Cultural and Leisure sector to take third place following a 2.1% increase in its share of businesses, the largest increase of all the top six industry sectors.


Overall, the top six industry sectors have increased their combined share by only 0.1%. The top two dominant industry sectors decreased their combined share by 3.6% while the remaining four increased by 3.7%. This relatively unchanged business mix suggests stability in the Glebe Point Road Village. However, Food and Drink has increased its share since 2007 and therefore labels Glebe Point Road Village as a village dominated by restaurants, cafes and bakeries etc.


Figure 3a. Percentage Share of Top Six Industry Sectors, 2007

Figure 3b. Percentage Share of Top Six Industry Sectors, 2012

Employment

In the period between the Surveys, employment in the Glebe Point Road Village increased by 37.8%. There were 10,052 workers counted in 2012 across nineteen different industry sectors. Fourteen of the nineteen sectors experienced employment growth, with Food and Drink, Creative Industries and Professional and Business Services recording the highest increases, with 816, 522 and 398 additional workers respectively. All three industry sectors had complementary growth in the net number of businesses. Over the period between the Surveys, the average number of workers per business in the Food and Drink sector rose from 6.47 to 8.72, adding over two workers per establishment. This sector remains the predominant employer in the area with almost one fifth of workers employed.

Table 5 (following) shows the breakdown of employment by City-Based industry Sector for 2007 and 2012, with the percentage share of each sector and the change between Surveys. The ICT sector had the highest percentage employment growth in the Village at 110.8%, with Creative Industries, Food and Drink, Professional and Business Services, Property Development and Operation and Social Capital also adding at least half their worker numbers again over a five year period.

Five sectors in the Glebe Point Road Village experienced a decline in employment. Only Transport and Logistics experienced a commensurate decline in establishments: eight firms ceased operations in the Village, while only being replaced by three new ones. A quarter of the employment in this sector was lost with workforce numbers dropping from 126 to 94 from 2007 to 2012.

In 2012, businesses in Glebe Point Road Village employed 11.13 workers on average across all sectors. The number of workers per business ranged from a high of 39.0 in the Higher Education and Research sector, down to a low of 5.52 for businesses in the Transport and Logistics sector. The average number of workers per establishment in 2007 was 10.02. The rise in average number of workers across all establishments is due primarily to the employment growth in Food and Drink, ICT, Professional and Business Services and Retail and Personal Services being much greater than their growth in business numbers, leading to much higher workforce densities. Overall, the employment growth rate of 37.8% outpaced the business establishment growth rate of 24.0%.

The following figures (4a and 4b) illustrate the proportion of employment across the top six industry sectors in 2007 and 2012 respectively. The Food and Drink sector had the highest proportion of employment in both 2007 and 2012, increasing its percentage share over the period from 16.0 % in 2007 up to 19.7% in 2012.

The Retail and Personal Services sector was the second highest employer in 2007; however, after a relative loss in percentage share of 3.2% it was replaced by the Creative Industries sector, which increased its share by 2.1%.

The Food and Drink industry sector had the highest growth in percentage share, up 3.7% to 19.7% in 2012. The Retail and Personal Services sector had the greatest decline in percentage share, down 3.2% to 10.5%. In the top six industry sectors, the Community sector was replaced by ICT between 2007 and 2012.

Total employment in the Village was less evenly distributed across the industry sectors in 2012 than in 2007. The top six industries became more dominant in terms of employment share compared to the remaining industries, accounting for 4.1% more of total employment in 2012 than in 2007. This has been driven almost solely by the increase in the Food and Drink workforce.


Table 5. Employment By City-Based Industry Sectors, Glebe Point Road Village, 2007-2012

City-Based Industry Sector 2007 % of 2007 Employment 2012 % of 2012

EmploymentChange

2007-2012% Change 2007-2012

Community 545 7.5% 521 5.2% -24 -4.4%Creative Industries 826 11.3% 1,348 13.4% 522 63.2%Finance and Financial Services 342 4.7% 379 3.8% 37 10.8%

Food and Drink 1,164 16.0% 1,980 19.7% 816 70.1%

Government 346 4.7% 292 2.9% -54 -15.6%Health 245 3.4% 341 3.4% 96 39.2%Higher Education and Research 414 5.7% 546 5.4% 132 31.9%ICT 295 4.0% 622 6.2% 327 110.8%Life Science (Bio-tech) 189 2.6% 154 1.5% -35 -18.5%Manufacturing 89 1.2% 58 0.6% -31 -34.8%Motor Vehicle 176 2.4% 244 2.4% 68 38.6%Natural Resource-Based Industries 0 0.0% 0 0.0% 0 NAOther 16 0.2% 32 0.3% 16 100.0%Professional and Business Services 577 7.9% 975 9.7% 398 69.0%Property Development and Operation 198 2.7% 312 3.1% 114 57.6%

Retail and Personal Services 1,002 13.7% 1,056 10.5% 54 5.4%

Social Capital 429 5.9% 697 6.9% 268 62.5%Tourist, Cultural and Leisure 316 4.3% 393 3.9% 77 24.4%Transport and Logistics 126 1.7% 94 0.9% -32 -25.4%Utilities 0 0.0% 8 0.1% 8 NA

Total 7,295 100.0% 10,05

2 100.0% 2,757 37.8%



Figure 4a. Percentage Share of Top Six Industry Sectors, 2007

Figure 4b. Percentage Share of Top Six Industry Sectors, 2012

The following figures (5 and 6) show the distribution of employment by block in 2012 and the change in employment numbers by block between 2007 and 2012 respectively. As can be seen in the Figure 5, the majority of employment occurs in the southern portion of the Village, with small pockets of employment in various blocks in the northern half.


Figure 5. Total Employment by Block, 2012

Figure 6 above shows that high levels of employment growth have occurred in the south east and south west of the Village. There have been low levels of employment growth across most of the Village, with a few pockets of employment loss. The predominant employment loss has occurred in the area around the former Harold Park Paceway site (due mainly to the Harold Park urban renewal project that has resulted in the cessation of harness racing at the paceway) and along Parramatta Road in the south.


Floor Area

The 2012 FES measured over two million square metres of internal floor space in the Glebe Point Road Village. Additionally, data was collected on 1.16 million square metres of external space, including parks, car parks, terraces and balconies. The measurements for the floor space uses were collected by creating spatial entities for each non-contiguous space, and attributing relevant attribute data such as employment numbers, capacity and vacancy to each. Every individual space is held in a Geographic Information System (GIS) database, and is related to the business that uses it. The GIS calculates the areas automatically, and allows 2-D and 3-D rendering of the data.

In terms of internal business floor area, the Tourist, Cultural and Leisure sector occupies the largest amount of floor space in the Village, with nearly 100,000m². This is approximately 40,000m² more than the next largest floor area user, Retail and Personal Services, which uses just over 60,000m².

The Community sector had the highest increase in floor area used, with an additional 13,555m² (an increase of 31.8%), whilst the Tourist, Cultural and Leisure sector had the greatest decline in floor area, with -19.628m² (16.4% decline).

Between the two Surveys, there was 40,066m² of net additional business floor space across all sectors, compared to an additional 2,757 workers. The other industry sectors that experienced significant floor area loss were Life Science (Bio Tech) (down 39.3%) and Manufacturing (down 26.6%), although in absolute terms this only equates to a loss of 2,630m² and 2,196m² respectively.

Private Households accounted for almost two-thirds (63.2%) of internal floor area in the Glebe Point Road Village in 2012, using a total of 1,344,229 m². There was a net increase of 58,818m² between 2007 and 2012 with 397 additional dwellings constructed during this time. Glebe Point Road Village has the highest percentage share of Private Household internal floor use of any of the Villages within the LGA.


Table 6. Internal Floor Area By City-Based Industry Sectors, Glebe Point Road Village, 2007-2012

City-Based Industry Sector 2007m²

% of 2007 Floor Space

2012m²

% of 2012 Floor Space

Change2007-2012

% Change 2007-2012

Community 42,588 8.8% 56,144 10.8% 13,555 31.8%Creative Industries 31,544 6.6% 36,758 7.1% 5,214 16.5%Finance and Financial Services 7,270 1.5% 6,668 1.3% -602 -8.3%Food and Drink 35,210 7.3% 42,551 8.2% 7,341 20.8%Government 30,593 6.4% 36,620 7.0% 6,027 19.7%Health 6,841 1.4% 13,141 2.5% 6,300 92.1%Higher Education and Research 25,870 5.4% 33,186 6.4% 7,316 28.3%ICT 17,077 3.5% 17,334 3.3% 257 1.5%Life Science (Bio-tech) 6,692 1.4% 4,062 0.8% -2,630 -39.3%Manufacturing 8,260 1.7% 6,064 1.2% -2,196 -26.6%Motor Vehicle 15,436 3.2% 17,213 3.3% 1,777 11.5%Natural Resource-Based Industries 0 0.0% 0 0.0% 0 NAProfessional and Business Services 21,382 4.4% 27,318 5.2% 5,936 27.8%Property Development and Operation 7,000 1.5% 12,672 2.4% 5,672 81.0%Retail and Personal Services 59,399 12.3% 60,239 11.6% 840 1.4%Social Capital 25,261 5.2% 33,164 6.4% 7,903 31.3%Tourist, Cultural and Leisure 119,330 24.8% 99,702 19.1% -19,628 -16.4%Transport and Logistics 20,191 4.2% 16,833 3.2% -3,359 -16.6%Utilities 1,315 0.3% 1,658 0.3% 343 26.0%Total Business Floor Area 481,260 100.0% 521,327 100.0% 40,066 8.3%

Private Households 1,285,411 64.4% 1,344,229 63.2% 58,818 4.6%Non-Private Households 15,429 0.8% 15,099 0.7% -329 -2.1%Other 142,679 7.1% 173,941 8.2% 31,263 21.9%Redevelopment 27,491 1.4% 32,004 1.5% 4,513 16.4%Vacant 44,243 2.2% 39,824 1.9% -4,419 -10.0%Total Businesses Floor Area 481,260 24.1% 521,327 24.5% 40,066 8.3%Total Floor Area 1,996,513 100.0% 2,126,424 100.0% 129,912 6.5%



Figure 7a. Percentage Share of Top Six Industry Sectors by Floor Area, 2007

Figure 7b. Percentage Share of Top Six Industry Sectors by Floor Area, 2012

Figures 7a and 7b show the percentage share of business floor area for the top six industries in 2007 and 2012 respectively. Tourist, Cultural and Leisure had the highest share of floor space usage, although it decreased from 24.8% in 2007 to 19.1% in 2012. Over the same period, Retail and Personal Services decreased its percentage share of floor space from 12.3% to 11.6%, whilst Community increased its floor space from 8.8% to 10.8%.

Over the five years between the Surveys the share of the top six industry sectors decreased by 2.5%. This shift was driven by the decline in floor space used by the top two industries, particularly the Tourist, Cultural and Leisure sector. However, the decline of the top six as a whole was considerably countered by the positive growth in the remaining four top industry sectors.

The average business is approximately 577m² in size (for all space uses) across all sectors. This ranges from an average low space use of 187m² per establishment for Food and Drink, up to an average of 2,370m² of floor space use per establishment for the Higher Education and Research sector. The average floor area per business has decreased by approximately 84m² per establishment since 2007.

Figure 8 below maps the distribution of internal floor area by block for the Glebe Point Road Village in 2012. The village is predominantly medium density development with a number of pockets of higher density development (including commercial, private housing and public housing).


Figure 8. Total Internal Floor Space by Block, 2012

The amount of residential floor area increased by 4.6% between 2007 and 2012. There was a net increase of 397 dwellings during this period. As of 2012, there is approximately 1.344 million square metres of floor area in the Residential sector.

At the time of the Survey, approximately 72,000m² of internal floor area was vacant or under redevelopment, comprising 3.4% of all internal floor space. This is down from 3.6% of floor space in the same category in 2007.

Space Use

The City of Sydney Floor Space and Employment Survey collects data in three levels, from individual ‘Space Units’ (space uses), which belong to ‘Establishments’, which are located in ‘Buildings’. The FES data classifies all floor area within the LGA according to the way in which the space is used. Each space use is assigned a code, which is categorised according to fourteen different space use divisions. Space use codes are also used to record employment, seating capacities, dwelling and room numbers and parking spaces. These space uses can then be related to the industry use of each establishment, and the location of each building. For the Glebe Point Road Village, there were 25,226 internal and 10,661 external individual space units recorded in 2012. This represents a 9.5% increase in the number of records collected compared to the 2007 Survey.

Table 7 (following) indicates the internal floor area by Space Use Division within the Glebe Point Road Village in 2007 and 2012. Glebe Point Road Village has the highest percentage of total floor area for Residential space uses of any Village and the second highest percentage of Parking space uses behind Harris Street Village (Parking includes parking spaces, driveways, loading zones and bicycle parking). Looking at residential construction currently approved and underway, the percentage share of Residential space is set to increase in the short term. Glebe Point Road Village also has the lowest percentage of Office floor area of any Village. However, the percentage of Office floor area had the largest increase of all the space uses by a significant amount, suggesting a shifting trend towards higher office based employment, especially around Broadway and along Parramatta Road.

The Shop/Showroom Space Use Division had the greatest decline in space use between 2007 and 2012, with 5,601m² lost. Interestingly, the amount of employment in these spaces increased over the same period (Table 8), with a greater intensification of use of this space in 2012.

Table 8 (following) shows the total employment by Space Use Division for the Glebe Point Road Village in both 2007 and 2012. Those Space Uses with no employment (or minor employment) have been aggregated into the Other category.

The majority of employment in Glebe Point Road Village is located in Office space uses, comprising 64% of all employment. The Shop/Showroom Space Use Division holds the second highest number of workers with 1,485, or 14.8% of the total employment. There were no significant decreases in employment within different space use categories except for minor losses in Storage and Transport.

The FES collects a number of capacity measures that are related to different types of space uses. The capacities are recorded for each individual space record. Table 9 (following) shows the capacity of restaurant seating, café seating, and meeting room / boardroom seating aggregated across the Village for 2007 and 2012.

In the five year period from 2007 to 2012, there was a 38.3% increase in the number of restaurant seats, with the number of restaurant establishments rising from 48 to 63. There was a 71.6% increase in café seating, with the number of café establishments rising from 42 in 2007 to 66 in 2012. The café and restaurant culture is an important aspect of the economic activity in the Glebe Point Road Village. In terms of the number of seats in meeting rooms (or boardrooms), this rose by 42.5% in the same period.


Table 7. Internal Floor Area by Space Use Division, Glebe Point Road Village, 2007-2012

Space Use Division 2007m²

% Floor Area 2007

2012m²

% Floor Area 2012

Change 2007-2012

% Change 2007-2012

Office 140,162 7.0% 178,969 8.4% 38,807 27.7%Shop/Showroom 74,404 3.7% 68,804 3.2% -5,601 -7.5%Residential 1,091,423 54.7% 1,119,920 52.7% 28,497 2.6%Storage 59,085 3.0% 64,246 3.0% 5,161 8.7%Industrial 16,845 0.8% 17,756 0.8% 911 5.4%Visitor Accommodation 46,274 2.3% 47,862 2.3% 1,588 3.4%Entertainment/Leisure 40,008 2.0% 41,984 2.0% 1,976 4.9%Restaurant/Eating 28,907 1.4% 32,881 1.5% 3,974 13.7%Community 20,199 1.0% 28,106 1.3% 7,907 39.1%Utilities 7,742 0.4% 9,706 0.5% 1,964 25.4%Parking 269,716 13.5% 298,703 14.0% 28,986 10.7%Transport 6,177 0.3% 12,745 0.6% 6,568 106.3%Common Area 129,914 6.5% 141,950 6.7% 12,036 9.3%Other 65,658 3.3% 62,794 3.0% -2,863 -4.4%Total 1,996,513 100.0% 2,126,424 100.0% 129,912 6.5%


Table 8. Employment Mix by Space Use Division, Glebe Point Road Village, 2007-2012

Space Use Division 2007 % Employment 2007 2012 % Employment

2012Change

2007-2012% Change 2007-2012

Office 4,136 56.7% 6,430 64.0% 2,294 55.5%Shop/Showroom 1,443 19.8% 1,485 14.8% 42 2.9%Storage 60 0.8% 46 0.5% -14 -23.3%Industrial 235 3.2% 243 2.4% 8 3.4%Entertainment/Leisure 100 1.4% 211 2.1% 111 111.0%Restaurant/Eating 1,020 14.0% 1,268 12.6% 248 24.3%Community 289 4.0% 337 3.4% 48 16.6%Utilities 1 0.0% 1 0.0% 0 0.0%Transport 11 0.2% 9 0.1% -2 -18.2%Other 0 0.0% 22 0.2% 22 NATotal 7,295 100.0% 10,052 100.0% 2,757 37.8%

Table 9. Selected Capacity Measures, Glebe Point Road Village, 2007-2012

Capacity Measure 2007 2012 Change 2007-2012

% Change 2007-2012

Restaurant Seating 2,321 3,210 889 38.3%Cafe/Coffee Lounge Seating 965 1,656 691 71.6%Meeting Room/Board Room Seating 1,960 2,793 833 42.5%


Work Space Ratios

Work space ratios (WSR) are an indication of the average number of square metres within which employees work for a particular industry. The ratio is determined by dividing the internal floor area (in square metres) of a categorised space grouping by the total number of employees recorded for that grouping. Ratios can be determined using the Industry Divisions, Space Use Divisions, Office space uses and Occupied Office space uses, where the floor area is divided by total employees. The ratios for each category can be used for projecting the anticipated population of new developments, and to determine how space uses are managed over time.

Table 10 (following) shows the industry-wide WSRs for Glebe Point Road Village in 2007 and 2012. In any given industry division, where the WSR for 2012 is less than that of 2007, there has been an intensification of employment to space use for that industry. This means that a percentage of the growth of employment of any given area or industry may come from more intensive use of space, rather than solely from the take-up of new development space. This has been the case in eleven of the nineteen industries present in the Village.

Overall, the average WSR for the Village fell from 66.1 in 2007 to 52.0 in 2012. By comparison, the overall WSR for the LGA was 41.5 in 2007 and 37.9 in 2012. The most intensive use of work space occurs in the Finance and Financial Services, with 17.6m² for every worker. This is a slight decrease in space per employee when compared to 2007, where there was 21.3m² per worker. The industries with the lower WSRs tend to have higher concentrations of office spaces, as in the case of the Health sector, characterised by doctor’s surgeries or waiting rooms. Those industries with higher WSRs tend to have very large areas with little or no employment, such as showrooms (Retail and Personal Services or Motor Vehicle) or public spaces (Community or Tourist, Culture and Leisure). The average WSR across all industry sectors for Glebe Point Road Village was 25m² greater than the LGA average in 2007 (66.1 compared to 41.5), falling to less than 14m² greater than the LGA average in 2012 (52.0 compared to 37.9).

The following table (Table 11) shows the WSRs for the nine main employment generating Space Use Divisions. Space Use Divisions with minor employment levels have not been included; hence the totals for the table do not match the corresponding Village totals (for floor space and employment in Tables 7 and 8).

Interestingly, the Restaurant/Eating Space Use Division has the lowest WSR (25.9), closely followed by the Office division (27.8). This is the same as the 2007 results, and is due to the small average floor space size of the new restaurants and cafes within the Village. All of the other Space Use Divisions are far less intensive in their use of floor area for employment, generally using space for ancillary business purposes. There has been a dramatic fall in the WSR for Entertainment/Leisure spaces, as the internal area has roughly remained the same while the employment has more than doubled. The WSR for the Transport spaces has almost trebled given that the extremely low employment figure now has more than double the internal area it works in.

In general, the Office Space Use Division is the most intensive of the space uses, and is usually a good indicator of future employment projections for a known quantum of floor space. The two main types of Office space defined are partitioned offices (predominantly walled offices with single occupants) and open plan offices (with workstations and multiple workers). Table 12 shows that the average WSR for partitioned and open plan office spaces is 14.3 square metres per worker (as compared to 27.8 for all Office space uses combined, which also includes other spaces such as meeting rooms, reception areas, photocopy areas and breakout spaces). The 2012 Survey also collected the capacity of partitioned and open-plan offices and vacant office space to determine the maximum intensity of uses for these office types. If all Office space was fully occupied at the current average work space ratio, there is scope for an additional 882 workers in Glebe Point Road Village (Table 13).


Table 10. Work Space Ratios by City-Based Industry Division, Glebe Point Road Village, 2007-20122007 2012

City Based Industry Sector Internal Area Employment WSR Internal

Area Employment WSR

Community 42,588 545 78.1 56,144 521 107.8Creative Industries 31,544 826 38.2 36,758 1,348 27.3Finance and Financial Services 7,270 342 21.3 6,668 379 17.6Food and Drink 35,210 1,164 30.2 42,551 1,980 21.5Government 30,593 346 88.4 36,620 292 125.4Health 6,841 245 27.9 13,141 341 38.5Higher Education and Research 25,870 414 62.5 33,186 546 60.8ICT 17,077 295 57.9 17,334 622 27.9Life Science (Bio-tech) 6,692 189 35.4 4,062 154 26.4Manufacturing 8,260 89 92.8 6,064 58 104.6Motor Vehicle 15,436 176 87.7 17,213 244 70.5Natural Resource-Based Industries 0 0 NA 0 0 NAProfessional and Business Services 21,382 577 37.1 27,318 975 28.0Property Development and Operation 7,000 198 35.4 12,672 312 40.6Retail and Personal Services 59,399 1,002 59.3 60,239 1,056 57.0Social Capital 25,261 429 58.9 33,164 697 47.6Tourist, Cultural and Leisure 119,330 316 377.6 99,702 393 253.7Transport and Logistics 20,191 126 160.2 16,833 94 179.1Utilities* 1,315 0 NA 1,658 8 207.2Total 481,260 7,279 66.1 521,327 10,020 52.0

Table 11. Work Space Ratios by Space Use Division, Glebe Point Road Village, 2007-2012


*‘Utilities’ industry sector data may include nil businesses, nil employment and /or nil business floor area. This is explained by the presence of substations or pumping stations (business floor area data that has not been directly linked to a business establishment).

2007 2012

Space Use Division Internal Area Employment WSR Internal

Area Employment WSR

Office 140,162 4,136 33.9 178,969 6,430 27.8Shop/Showroom 74,404 1,443 51.6 68,804 1,485 46.3Storage 59,085 60 984.7 64,246 46 1,396.6Industrial 16,845 235 71.7 17,756 243 73.1Entertainment/Leisure 40,008 100 400.1 41,984 211 199.0Restaurant/Eating 28,907 1,020 28.3 32,881 1,268 25.9Community 20,199 289 69.9 28,106 337 83.4Utilities 7,742 1 7,742.3 9,706 1 9,705.8Transport 6,177 11 561.5 12,745 9 1,416.1Total 393,528 7,295 53.9 455,196 10,030 45.4

Table 12. Work Space Ratios by Office Space Use, Glebe Point Road Village, 2007-20122007 2012

Office Type Internal Area Employment WSR Internal

Area Employment WSR

Partitioned Office 17,178 1,082 15.9 23,766 1,216 19.5Open Plan Office 55,425 2,624 21.1 60,141 4,635 13.0Total 72,603 3,706 19.6 83,907 5,851 14.3


Table 13. Potential Maximum Capacity Work Space Ratios by Office Space Use, Glebe Point Road Village, 2012

2012

Office Type Internal Area Employment Capacity WSR

Partitioned Office 23,766 1,277 18.6Open Plan Office 60,141 4,680 12.9Vacant Office 26,362 776 34.0Total 110,269 6,733 16.4

Occupied Office Employment (Actual) 5,851Additional Office Employment Capacity 882

Conclusion

In the Glebe Point Road Village the traditionally dominant industry sector of Food and Drink continues to grow, accounting for a quarter of businesses within the Village and employing one in five workers. Thirteen of the industry sectors experienced positive growth in employment, creating an increase in the local workforce of 2,757 workers since 2007, bringing the total workforce to over 10,000 in 2012. Retail and Personal Services continued to grow in absolute numbers but its relative share diminished in terms of business numbers, employment and floor space, as the sector became marginally less dominant. In other industries, Creative Industries is expanding in the Village. Overall the business mix in Glebe Point Road Village remains relatively unchanged since the previous Survey in 2007, demonstrating the stability of the local economy.

The Glebe Point Road Village is undergoing significant employment growth (up 37.8%) without the commensurate growth in floor area (only 8.3%) therefore workspaces in the Village are becoming more intensively used, as seen by the drop in the WSR since 2007.

There has been a marginal increase in the Residential sector in recent years, which will continue to grow in the next couple of years as approved projects are completed. Allied with the expected residential growth from the Harold Park urban regeneration project, the Residential sector is expected to maintain its highest share percentage of all the Villages. If current trends continue, there will be continued expansion of the Food and Drink and Creative Industries sectors, whilst the Retail and Personal Services industry will likely maintain a relatively stable number of businesses as new or existing vacant spaces are taken up by competing industry sectors.


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