NSW business environment

Sydney offers a low-cost business environment and well developed infrastructure to support business activity.

Located only eight kilometres from the central business district, Sydney Airport is Australia's busiest airport. It accounts for 40% of Australia's international aircraft movements, with over 35 international carriers. There are over 1,000 international aircraft movements from Sydney each week. Sydney airport accounts for almost half of Australia's air freight.

New South Wales boasts competitive, reliable and world class electricity networks. For the past 10 years the electricity supply in NSW has been more than 99.97% reliable.

It is cheaper to establish commercial offices in Sydney than in most other Asian cities. Prime commercial office space in Sydney is cheaper than Singapore, Hong Kong, Mumbai and Tokyo. Leasing prime bulk industrial space in Sydney is similarly affordable.

For more detailed information, facts and figures, visit Infrastructure and business costs.