Tech Central – representing Surry Hills, Haymarket, Camperdown, Ultimo, South Eveleigh and Darlington North Eveleigh – has always been about creativity and invention. A hive of colour, commerce, and community with enduring links to fashion, design, and creative industries.
Like many industries, creative industries are facing disruption through technology and the need for a skilled workforce to sustain it.
Led by UTS, with Powerhouse Museum, Australian Fashion Council (AFC) and TAFE NSW, we developed a scoping study and recommendations to embed creative industries in Tech Central.
Through a mixed-method approach using qualitative engagement with local stakeholders and analysis of quantitative data, Astrolabe identified the existing businesses to understand how they currently operate, and to help us understand industry needs and aspirations. Understanding the creative economy and potential opportunities for the precinct allowed us to create a narrative for creative industries as part of Tech Central in delivering economic benefit to NSW.
Our data collection and analysis focused on identifying current state as well as trends relating to creative industries. We explored business types, floor space capacity of businesses, workforce, skills and travel of the workforce, investment, and access to technology by industry types, as well as a spatial analysis of adjacent areas and their economic activity as it relates to creative industries.
Working with the collaborative steering committee, our baseline report has identified the key enablers of skills, space, sustainability, and technology critical to support the diverse creative industries that are operating within Tech Central.
Our baseline report is available here – https://www.uts.edu.au/globalassets/sites/default/files/2023-05/Creative-Industries-Precinct-Baseline-long-report.pdf
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