Wollongong

Where business and lifestyle grow together

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Thousands of businesses have chosen Wollongong – it’s the perfect place for your business to thrive, with a vibrant coastal lifestyle.

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1. Vast talent pool

More than 700,000 workers live within a one-hour commute of Wollongong CBD, a talent pool complemented by graduates of the University of Wollongong.

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2. Real work-life balance

Making work-life balance easy, Wollongong is easy to get around, has great public and community infrastructure, a vibrant cultural scene and a beautiful natural environment.

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3. A supportive business environment

Be supported to build your networks in Wollongong via the city’s active business groups and communities in sectors including engineering and manufacturing, tech and startups.

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4. Go global

More than 10,000 businesses call Wollongong home including NEC and Mercer. Wollongong is also home to a strong global tech sector including businesses such as Easy Agile, Accelo, Hysata and Scalapay.

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5. Cost effective

Wollongong is a cost effective location for business, driven by a combination of lower staff turnover rates and as a more affordable business location.

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6. A global university

Home to the University of Wollongong, a world-class research and teaching university highly-regarded in disciplines including engineering, tech and business.

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7. One hour south of Sydney

Just one hour’s drive from Sydney airport – as well as the under construction second airport in Western Sydney, regular trips for business to Sydney is within easy reach.

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Wollongong: The alternative CBD location

Wollongong CBD has been transformed by a huge uplift in A-grade office developments, confirming our city’s credentials as a legitimate, alternative CBD location for business. Explore all of these new leasing opportunities in our prospectus.

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Join leading businesses in Wollongong

Wollongong is home to both well-established national and international businesses as well as new and scaling tech companies such as Scalapay, FinoComp, Accelo and Easy Agile. Hear more from business leaders about why they love the city: for business and for life.

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Tech talent time: Scalapay in Wollongong

From Milan to Wollongong, there’s no boundaries to where you can operate a business and service customers, if buy now, pay later start-up ‘unicorn’ Scalapay’s experience is any measure. Why would a company like Scalapay establish its tech operation here? There’s two key reasons: world-class talent and connection with the University of Wollongong.

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Case study: Mercer

Mercer is a global financial services organisation with over 500 employees on the Wollongong site that support the administration of its clients. Work-life balance has been a huge benefit to the staff at Mercer, and the business.

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Case study: Accelo

Wollongong is home to new ground-breaking technology that is leading the charge to a cleaner, greener energy future for the world. One core ingredient needed to reach this goal is the ability to create cost-competitive renewable hydrogen, and Hysata is revolutionising the economics of green hydrogen by commercialising a high-efficiency electrolyser developed at the University of Wollongong that will deliver the world’s lowest cost green hydrogen.

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Case study: Green Gravity

Green Gravity, a Wollongong-based innovator and developer of gravitational energy storage technology, aims to lead the world in creating the future of energy from the legacy of mining. Founded in 2021, Green Gravity has developed a technology that utilises heavy objects moving vertically through legacy mineshafts to exchange electrical and gravitational potential energy.

With its proven manufacturing capability and industry research collaboration, Wollongong was an obvious choice for Green Gravity.

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Workers

700K working adults
an hour's drive away

City Buildings

75% uplift in
A-Grade office space

Bars Drinks

183 CBD small
bars & cafes

Crane

16 cranes
in the skyline

Workers

Staff turnover of half
the national average.

Graduate Hat

5,387 UOW
graduates in 2022

Car Road

60 minutes
from Sydney

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One to 180: CBD cafes and small bars

Wollongong CBD offers some great options for casual catch-ups or formal dining. Our recent survey counted 183 small bars and cafes, over double the number of a decade ago.

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