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Regional Profile - A snapshot
Westgate Bridge
14/04/2000
1,333 km2 covering the 6 municipalities
Brimbank, Hobsons Bay, Maribyrnong, Melton, Moonee Valley and Wyndham
Home to some 550,000 people with a predicted population growth rate of 18%
Wyndham’s population to increase by 63% by the year 2011
20,000 businesses in the region
equivalent to the number of businesses in the entire Adelaide metropolitan area
business growth in the region is 6.5% pa
Manufacturing sector the largest employer
2000 businesses employing 40,000 people
growth in employment in manufacturing is counter to national trends at 14.9%
48% increase in apprenticeships in 3 years
70% of people in the region hold formal qualifications, 32% of residents hold trade qualifications
Western Ring Road
First stage opened in September 1992, seventh and final stage opened in August 1999.
Total cost $603m
29km long providing 4-6 freeway lanes
90,000 vehicles use the road each day
Port of Melbourne
39% of the country's container trade, almost double the volume of Brisbane, Fremantle and Adelaide combined is handled by the Port of Melbourne
Trade through the port worth $5400 million each year to the Victorian economy
Trade through the port is 18.6 million mass tonnes per year
Melbourne Airport
154,130 aircraft movements each year
14,201,340 passengers each year
26% of Australia's airfreight exports handled through Melbourne Airport
33% of Australia's airfreight imports handled through Melbourne Airport
14 dedicated international airfreight services each week
National Rail
more than 300,000 container freight train movements each year from the Dynon Freight Terminal in Footscray
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