COFFS HARBOUR NSW
BRISBANE SYDNEY
BUILT DIFFERENT, NATURALLY
Framed by the Great Dividing Range and the Pacific Ocean, Coffs Harbour is the vibrant thumping heart of the Coffs Coast – the first certified ECO Destination in New South Wales.
The peerless climate and natural beauty have forged a postcard-perfect canvas. Stunning beaches and a lush hinterland are a cradle for the city’s continued growth and evolution.
It is an unrivalled setting which sees the Coffs Harbour Local Government Area (LGA) overdeliver in every respect. As a desired place place to live, businesses and investors have more opportunity to attract skilled workers.
80KM OF COASTLINE WITH 30 BEACHES
*Source: CSIRO
1,174KM2 OF LAND
AUSTRALIA’S MOST LIVEABLE CLIMATE*
The City of Coffs Harbour acknowledges the traditional custodians of the land on which we meet, the Gumbaynggirr people, who have cared for this land since time immemorial. We pay our respects to their elders past, present and emerging, and commit ourselves to a future with reconciliation and renewal at its heart.
City Garlambirla junga-ngarraynggi yaanga gungangulam wajaarrgundi yilangandi ngiyaa gawbarri. yaam Gumbaynggirr
yaamangandi yaam wajaarr jalumbawnyarr ngarraynggang.
Guuyunga, Jurruya jalumbawnyarr,
waybunyjigam. Baya ngiyalagay yilaana minggiiya gunganbuwa ngayinggirra Girrwaanbiya; garra-buugili.
CONNECTED, SUSTAINABLE,
South Coffs
COFFS HARBOUR AIRPORT
COFFS HARBOUR HEALTH CAMPUS
C.EX COFFS INTERNATIONAL STADIUM
COFFS HARBOUR INTERNATIONAL MARINA & JETTY
THRIVING Welcome from the City
Coffs Harbour’s thriving economy, strategic location, and growing infrastructure make it an ideal destination for businesses to access the Australian market.
The City of Coffs Harbour has a clear vision for the future, aiming to build a high-value economy that promotes sustainable business, investment, and business opportunities.
The region has strong economic foundations, boasting capital assets such as health, education, aviation, recreation, and tourism industry infrastructure. The City’s culture of creativity and innovation has positioned it as a hotspot for ideas and entrepreneurism.
In this investment prospectus, the City showcases the diverse range of investment opportunities available in Coffs Harbour, ranging from tourism and hospitality to technology and innovative manufacturing. The City also spotlights its competitive advantages such as a talented workforce, supportive business environment and robust infrastructure.
The City invites you to explore investing in Coffs Harbour, a region that offers endless opportunities and great potential for growth and success.
COFFS HARBOUR EDUCATION CAMPUS
01 CONNECTED
Located halfway between Sydney and Brisbane, Coffs Harbour offers a healthy, safe, and active outdoor lifestyle, with uncrowded beaches, rainforests, and hinterlands to explore.
6,600 LOCAL BUSINESSES (ABS 2023) $5 BILLION GRP (NIEIR 2023)
80.5K POPULATION (ABS ERP 2023)
41,266 LOCAL JOBS (NIEIR 2023)
A diverse range of industries and places for work across the region facilitate opportunities for businesses to cluster and grow together to support both Coffs Harbour and beyond. Thriving local centres provide quality goods and services to meet the needs of the community and encourage social interaction with spaces to create, make and collaborate. Coffs Harbour is an enviable place to live, work, visit and do business!
BELLINGEN
NSW
BRISBANE
COFFS HARBOUR
SYDNEY
ORARA VALLEY & HINTERLAND
BRISBANE NORTHERN BEACHES
4.5HRS DRIVE
BARINGA PRIVATE HOSPITAL
COFFS HARBOUR BYPASS (UNDER CONSTRUCTION)
COFFS HARBOUR
SOUTHERN BEACHES
SYDNEY
5.5HRS DRIVE
COFFS HARBOUR HEALTH CAMPUS
BOAMBEE BEACH
AIRPORT
KORORA
MOONEE BEACH
SAWTELL
JETTY BEACH
WOOLGOOLGA
A GLOBAL, INNOVATIVE CITY
Significant, strategic infrastructure investment is delivering a more connected, sustainable and thriving Coffs Harbour across a multitude of activity precincts.
Agricultural Industry
Hinterland Villages and Ecotourism Opportunities
Coffs Harbour Airport Precinct
Health Precinct
Sport and Major Event Precinct
Education Precinct
Western Catchment
BRISBANE 330KM
P CIFICA YAWHGIH
Northern Catchment
PACIFICHIGHWAY
Central Catchment
Southern Catchment
Marina and Coastal Tourism Precinct
Retail Precinct
Cultural Precinct
Resort Precinct
CLEARED FOR
Coffs Harbour Airport is a key player as the region’s economy soars, while at the same time supporting the community to reach its potential as a vibrant regional hub.
Strategically positioned only four kilometres south of the city centre, Coffs Harbour Airport is one of the busiest regional airports in New South Wales, capable of welcoming international flights. Serving as the gateway to Coffs Harbour and the region, the airport offers convenient flights to Sydney, Melbourne, and Brisbane, playing a vital role and capable of driving the City’s economic growth. With a catchment area of 150,000 people, the airport welcomed 278,000 passengers in 2023, supporting local business, tourism and the community. It has the capacity for international freight exports to support the region’s agricultural production and growing agribusiness links.
COFFS HARBOUR
CITY OF COFFS HARBOUR
LIFT-OFF
MULTIPLE DAILY AND WEEKLY FLIGHTS TO SYDNEY, MELBOURNE AND BRISBANE.
CAPACITY FOR INTERNATIONAL FREIGHT EXPORTS.
AIRPORT ENTERPRISE PARK
23-HECTARE COMMERCIAL, INDUSTRIAL AND LOGISTICS PRECINCT.
COFFS HARBOUR AIRPORT ENTERPRISE PARK
Spanning 43 hectares, with 23 hectares of leasable land, the Enterprise Park, with its strategic location close to Coffs Harbour Airport, the CBD, Jetty Precinct, Coffs Harbour Education Campus and the Health Campus makes it the perfect development opportunity. Enterprise Park is designed to attract new business and aviation enterprises that will support the growth of both the local and state economies - diversifying property development and promoting employment. This proposition is further strengthened by the fact that Coffs Harbour Airport and the Enterprise Park are both strategically managed assets of Palisade Investment Partners.
FREIGHT AND TRANSPORT CORRIDORS
Coffs Harbour’s strategic location as a major transportation hub facilitates growth in logistics and distribution industries, with opportunities for investment in warehousing, transportation infrastructure and supply chain management.
Importantly, regional road and rail freight corridors will enable several of Coffs Harbour’s key assets and anchor precincts to be leveraged. These include Coffs Harbour Health Campus; Coffs Harbour Airport; Southern Cross University; Coffs Harbour International Marina and TAFE NSW.
to Brisbane
20 FREIGHT & TRANSPORT COMPANIES
114 HA BUSINESS CENTRES
411 HA INDUSTRIAL AREAS HOME TO LINDSAY TRANSPORT ESTABLISHED 1953
Co s Harbour LGA
Waterfall Way 190km to Armidale
Locality Regional Road Corridors North Coast Rail Line Proposed infrastructure
Toormina
Moonee Beach
Woolgoolga Sawtell
Corindi Beach
Nana Glen
Coramba
Dorrigo
Bellingen
COFFS HARBOUR PACIFIC HIGHWAY BYPASS (UNDER CONSTRUCTION UNTIL 2027)
The $2.2 billion Coffs Harbour Pacific Highway Bypass will transfer a large volume of light and heavy vehicle through-traffic from the City Centre.
One of only six international Customs Clearance Marinas in NSW and is also a tourism hotspot for the Coffs Coast.
COFFS HARBOUR INTERNATIONAL MARINA
FIRE UP WITH FAST FIBRE
Coffs Harbour boasts 6,600 registered businesses and is the place to start local and grow global.
The City’s fibre-to-the-premises communications infrastructure provides an advantage for business development – whether a sole operation, working remotely or in the cloud, scaling up an established business, or bringing a new enterprise to the region.
Coffs Harbour is also fortunate to be home to a Tier III data centre, providing services that rival those in metro areas, and supporting businesses across the region to compete and connect globally.
3,599 SOLO BUSINESSES
Sources: ABS 2023
2,050 1-4 EMPLOYEES
768 5-19 EMPLOYEES
183 20+ EMPLOYEES
LIVELY CITY CENTRE
Coffs City Centre is bustling with a people-first focus – a cultural livework-play destination offering an attractive urban lifestyle, green spaces, culture, and open doors for learning and collaborating.
The local planning framework provides for a wide range of land use including commercial, residential and tourist accommodation.
The increase in the number of City residents and workers in the Coffs City Centre, together with the stronger creative and entertainment presence, has extended the City Centre’s employment and service offering and has underpinned a richer night-time and weekend energy.
Recent investment in the Coffs City Centre:
• Gowings Coffs Central retail precinct
• Yarrila Place
• CODA - 95 new luxury apartments
• Quality Hotel and Apartments
• Brelsford Park upgrades
• Location for the City’s newest craft brew-pub
• Artist laneways and art trails.
02 SUSTAINABLE
As the Coffs Harbour economy thrives, the City is committed to supporting its unique communities, foundational industries and protecting the natural assets that attract many to the region, while embracing the benefits of growth and opportunities that come from being a thriving regional centre. POPULATION AGE
Coffs Harbour offers diverse employment opportunities across sectors such as health, construction, retail trade, tourism, education, public administration, agriculture, aviation and the film industry. The City’s culture of creativity and innovation has positioned it as one of the hotspots for ideas and entrepreneurism.
Source: ABS Census 2021
EMPLOYMENT TOTAL BY INDUSTRY 2022/23
8,426 HEALTH CARE & SOCIAL ASSISTANCE
5,178 CONSTRUCTION
5,123 RETAIL TRADE
3,772 ACCOMMODATION & FOOD SERVICES
Source: NIEIR 2023
3,454 EDUCATION & TRAINING
2,239 PUBLIC ADMINISTRATION & SAFETY
1.953 AGRICULTURE, FORESTRY AND FISHING
Giingan Yiiliwiyay Girrwaa Group, Gumbaynggirr Dancers, welcome Australian Children’s Content Summit conference delegates at Pacific Bay Resort.
A SMART CITY
Coffs Harbour is a class act – with multiple education providers supercharging a smarter community.
INDEPENDENT
Sources: City of Coffs Harbour
TAFE NSW CAMPUS
Coffs Harbour Education Campus (CHEC)
A unique co-location partnership between Southern Cross University, TAFE NSW, and the NSW Department of Education (Coffs Harbour Senior College).
Creative Industries
Students training in live performance and sound production at TAFE NSW Coffs Harbour campus.
A growing population and an increasing focus on continuous learning has ushered demand for diverse educational institutions, vocational training centres and skill development programs.
Coffs Harbour offers a strong mix of primary and secondary schools, public, Catholic and independent.
Tertiary education is facilitated locally through Southern Cross University, with courses across health, education, tourism and hospitality management, business, law, digital technologies, and marine sciences. All aligning with local industry demands and workforce needs.
TAFE NSW provides a wide range of vocational education and training programs to equip students with practical skills and knowledge across hospitality, tourism, food and hospitality, design and media, community services, construction, health, business and more.
All these facilities are critical for youth retention and the promotion of life-long learning that can drive productivity and innovation.
Bishop Druitt College - independent Anglican primary and secondary school
CLEVER WORKFORCE FROM NURSES TO NAIL GUNS
20% PROFESSIONALS LARGEST WORKER COHORT
MANAGEMENT & COMMERCE MOST POPULAR QUALIFICATION
15,400 EMPLOYEES WITHIN HOUR RADIUS OF COFFS HARBOUR LGA
11,972 TERTIARY QUALIFICATION HOLDERS
Source: Profile .id
GENDER DISTRIBUTION OF LOCAL WORKERS
Places for Work
There are several coworking spaces across the Coffs Coast used by remote workers, entrepreneurs, and visiting professionals.
Innovation and Growth
Coffs boasts a growing number of businesses developed locally that now service national and international networks.
3.2% COFFS HARBOUR UNEMPLOYMENT
3.3% NEW SOUTH WALES UNEMPLOYMENT VS December 2023
The vital signs of an agile and educated workforce are abundant in Coffs Harbour.
The broad health sector is the region’s number one employer, accounting for more than one-in-five jobs.
Hot on the heels of health is construction, and the cranes on the skyline are a telltale of a growing City.
Retail and hospitality are also major and important players for a destination coveted by travellers and sea- and tree-changers.
TOURISM WITH RESPONSIBILITY
Tourism has always been a pillar of the dynamic Coffs Harbour economy, but the mindset around this is evolving to an emphasis on quality rather than volume.
Testament of that shift was the honour of becoming NSW’s first certified ECO Destination. To even be considered for such an acknowledgement demands a resolute commitment to sustainable tourism where visitors and experiences tread lightly on the natural environment.
Coffs Harbour has shown it’s playing for keeps on this front, achieving ECO Destination re-certification after an exhaustive independent evaluation process.
Targeting domestic and international visitors who value Coffs Harbour’s natural beauty, the Coffs Coast Tourism Strategy aims to stoke a thriving visitor economy and provide local economic and employment opportunities in accommodation, hospitality, retail and tourism attractions and services.
1.44M VISITORS IN 2022-23 $694M ANNUAL VISITOR SPEND
Gumbaynggirr Giingana Freedom School
The first bilingual Aboriginal school in NSW opened in 2022 and is supported by local Indigenous tourism initiatives.
Forest Sky Pier
Bruxner Flora Reserve, home to Niigi Niigi (Sealy Lookout) in Orara East State Forest, is Coffs Harbour’s first eco-certified tourism attraction.
830 TOURISM BUSINESSES
Source: TRA, Profile .id
10 ECO CERTIFIED BUSINESSES & EXPERIENCES
North Coast Regional Botanic Garden
A green oasis located in the heart of the city with mobility support - the only eco-certified botanic garden in NSW.
YOUR BEST LIFE
Coffs Harbour’s coveted sweeping beaches and lush diverse forests are set in what is rated as Australia’s most livable climate.
The precious mountain-to-sea experience is a magnet for tourists and people relocating to the area as an enviable place to work and raise families.
It’s an exotic elixir which gold plates the City’s continued growth.
It’s at the heart of what makes Coffs Harbour a superior place to live, providing businesses and investors with more opportunities to attract skilled workers.
91% of residents
Are positive about the Coffs Harbour LGA as a place to live
90% of residents
93%
Are positive about the LGA’s sport and recreation facilities of residents
Are positive about the Coffs Coast as a place to visit
Sources: MARKYT® Community & Wellbeing Scorecard 2022
ENGAGED, THRIVING AND VIBRANT COMMUNITIES
The Coffs Harbour property market is diverse, with residential properties to suit most budgets. No matter what your preference, be it a beachside house, city apartment, suburban block, or secluded hinterland property – the choice is yours.
Coffs Harbour
Urban vibe, coastal amenity, regional hub for professional services and independent retailers
Explore the iconic Big Banana, delve into marine life in the Solitary Islands Marine Park, and experience amazing vistas and lush subtropical rainforests in Bruxner Park Flora Reserve. The Jetty Foreshores, Park Beach and Diggers Beach offer spaces and places to meet, relax or immerse in your natural surrounds. With a thriving arts scene, vibrant markets, and emerging city centre living and dining scene, Coffs Harbour offers a diverse tapestry of experiences.
Village, cosmopolitan feel, creative community and surfing culture
This picturesque area boasts pristine beaches, crystal-clear waters, and vibrant coastal communities. From the iconic shores of Sawtell and Boambee to the tranquil hideaways of Bonville and Toormina, visitors, and locals alike revel in the relaxed coastal lifestyle. Nature lovers can explore pristine estuary ecosystems, a sweeping coastline, and breathtaking national parks. The adventure enthusiasts can enjoy trail riding, kayaking, or surfing, while Sawtell village offers boutique shopping and delicious dining. With its blend of natural beauty and coastal charm, the Southern Beaches epitomises the allure of Coffs Harbour’s coastal living.
15 minutes to Coffs Harbour CBD
Northern Beaches
Southern Beaches Orara Valley & Hinterland
Cluster of coastal villages, relaxed safe setting for families, and professionals
A series of stunning beaches invites activities such as surfing, boating, snorkelling, and fishing. Offers a commanding vantage point to gaze upon the Solitary Islands and watch the annual migration of humpback whales along the coastline. The Guru Nanak Sikh Temple and Sikh heritage are embedded in the fabric of Woolgoolga. With Curryfest each September, the town celebrates its rich multicultural community, making the Northern Beaches a delightful destination for coastal adventures and cultural experiences.
20 minutes to Coffs Harbour CBD
Rural
lifestyle,
close-knit
community,
natural beauty and peaceful surroundings
A network of hinterland villages, Coramba, Nana Glen, Upper Orara and Karangi, Lowanna and Ulong, in the picturesque Orara Valley and hinterland. The Orara River meanders through the valley, offering opportunities for fishing, kayaking, and picnicking along its scenic banks. Visitors can explore the valley’s scenic drives, bushwalking trails, and heritage sites, immersing themselves in the tranquillity of the countryside. The Orara Valley and hinterland beckons travellers and residents seeking a serene escape in the heart of nature.
20 minutes to Coffs Harbour CBD
THRIVING
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STRENGTH IN DIVERSITY
Coffs Harbour boasts a diverse $5 billion economy fuelled by current, emerging, and specialised industries which offer outstanding investment opportunities.
Source: NIEIR 2023
The economic diversity underpins the City’s upward path – with agriculture, health care, construction, education and tourism at the forefront of the economic mix.
The shift towards a digitally connected economy is revolutionising many sectors and opening doors to new opportunities in national and international arenas.
THE DOCTOR’S IN
More than 7,500 local residents work in the health care and social assistance services in Coffs Harbour.
In 2021, a $194 million expansion of the Coffs Harbour Health Campus was completed. This state-of-the art facility now includes a new five-storey clinical services building with a rooftop helicopter landing site, Intensive Care Unit, and surgical, maternity, and paediatric inpatient units.
World class industry-standard health training facilities have been established at both Southern Cross University and TAFE NSW Coffs Harbour campuses, offering courses across occupational therapy, nursing and midwifery, aged care, dental technology, psychological science, and sport and exercise science.
$194M
HOSPITAL EXPANSION COMPLETED
Sources: NIEIR 2023
357 BED PUBLIC HOSPITAL
$3.2M
TAFE NSW & NURSING ALLIED HEALTH HUB
$693M LOCAL SALES GENERATED 2022/23
78 bed licensed Ramsay Health Care hospital, including allied practices and mental health units.
Coffs Day Hospital
Providing an operating theatre specifically designed for a range of day surgical procedures.
SCU Health Sciences Building
$12 million Southern Cross University facility accommodates teaching across allied health, sports science, midwifery and nursing.
Baringa Private Hospital
BUILDING DREAMS
Coffs Harbour is a growing city, buoyed by important construction projects, with strong plans to provide for residents and visitors now and into the future.
A mix of public and private domestic investment in Coffs Harbour underscores the opportunity for investors to enjoy the benefits of solid returns.
A range of major projects, including the $2.2 billion Coffs Harbour Bypass, the Coffs Harbour Health Campus expansion, and sporting and cultural infrastructure upgrades provide a pipeline of continued growth opportunities.
CONSTRUCTION IS THE LARGEST OUTPUT BY INDUSTRY
VALUE ADDED TO THE LOCAL ECONOMY BY CONSTRUCTION
LARGEST EMPLOYER IN THE REGION
$1.348M 3RD $228.3M $374M
VALUE OF TOTAL BUILDING APPROVALS
Sources: ABS and NIEIR 2022/23
Wiigulga Sports Complex
A state-of-the-art, inclusive and healthy space for locals and visitors to gather, play, compete, practice, learn, perform and celebrate. The Complex includes two grass fields, training nets, two indoor courts, three multipurpose rooms, a commercial kitchen and cafe, a pump track and a children’s playground.
Yarrila Place
The City’s outstanding cultural and civic building signals a positive and vibrant future for the region and community.
Sandy Beach Playground
A new community playground and recreational area for families on the Northern Beaches.
Coffs Harbour Boat Ramp
The upgraded boat ramp includes a substantially increased parking area, footpaths, landscaping, picnic shelters and eight boat rinse bays.
FOOD BOWL
OF THE NSW NORTH COAST AND BEYOND
The Coffs Harbour region is a subtropical/temperate zone with ample arable land and a mix of cool and warm ocean temperatures. The region is a productive and profitable ‘food bowl’, predominantly in horticulture and seafood.
Horticultural production in the Coffs Harbour region tops more than $441 million at the farm gate and is set to reach $522 million by 2030.
As well as being Australia’s largest blueberry producing region, Coffs Coast farmers and fishers also produce bananas, ginger, garlic, turmeric, milk, seafood, beef, cucumbers, tomatoes, micro-greens, avocados, macadamias and ‘bush foods’.
$240M
$441M
Sources: Economic contribution of Australian horticulture (MT21010), NIEIR 2023
50% OF AUSTRALIA’S BLUEBERRY PRODUCTION
600+
Coffs Coast Growers Market
Weekly in the city centre, this market offers a direct link between purchaser and the region’s producers.
Bursting with Blueberries
Regarded as a superfood, blueberries account for 80% of the region’s horticultural production and new varieties are extending the growing season.
Coffs Harbour Fishermen’s Co-op
The Co-op is a multi-year winner of Best Supplier at the Sydney Fishmarket Seafood Excellence Awards.
VISITOR ECONOMY
With a steady increase in population and tourist numbers, there’s a rising demand for retail outlets, dining and café experiences, and entertainment venues on the Coffs Coast - all vitally important to a robust and vibrant visitor economy.
The retail industry in the Coffs Harbour region offers a diverse shopping experience ranging from artisan markets, local produce and independent retailers, to major shopping centres including Moonee Market, Park Beach Plaza, Coffs Central and Toormina Gardens.
With a high-quality lifestyle, natural landscapes and strong tourism sector, there has never been a better time to invest in accommodation, and the tourism sector more generally, in the diverse Coffs region.
TRADE IS REGION’S 3RD LARGEST EMPLOYER
Sources: Profile .id
$508M OUTPUT IN ACCOMMODATION AND FOOD SERVICES IN 2022/23
$378M LOCAL RETAIL SALES 2022/23 1ST ECO CERTIFIED DESTINATION IN NSW
Australia’s original and most iconic Big Thing opened in 1964 and now includes rides and experiences for all ages.
Independent retailers are a feature of Coffs Coast villages and Coffs City Centre and play an important part in the visitor economy.
Held weekly on the Jetty Foreshores in a purpose built area, the market attracts locals, day trippers and visitors with its idyllic location and local-made focus.
Boutique Shopping
The Big Banana Fun Park
Harbourside Markets
Opal Cove Resort
ART AND CULTURE
Yarrila Place is architecturally striking and a statement of Coffs Harbour’s intent as a City to stand ahead of the rest.
It is home to the region’s new museum, art gallery, library, technology centre and events space. Yarrila Place also incorporates the City of Coffs Harbour’s administration offices, vital to the City’s delivery of community and essential services. The dynamic new library is set over three levels with dedicated areas for children, young adults, local history, and private study.
The state-of-the-art museum and gallery - collectively known as Yarrila Arts and Museum (YAM) - enables Coffs Harbour to play host to national touring exhibitions, usually only available to capital cities. Symbolic of a thriving region, Yarrila Place is essential to accommodate Coffs Harbour’s rapid cultural and economic growth, providing the stage to become a hub for lifelong learning, creativity, commerce and community.
Yarrila Place
5 EXHIBITION SPACES
2 BUSINESS TRAINING SPACES
3 ARTIST WORKSHOP SPACES
32K
VISITORS IN FIRST SIX MONTHS
Place
Powering a vibrant city centre since its opening by Prime Minister Anthony Albanese in September 2023.
Coffs Harbour’s cultural heart featuring touring and permanent exhibitions including Yaamanga Around Here.
Monsters Exhibition
The City can now host exhibitions normally only seen in metro spaces, with Sea Monsters attracting more than 7,000 visitors.
Yarrila Arts and Museum (YAM)
Yarrila
Sea
BUSINESS EVENTS AND CONFERENCES
Coffs Harbour is the perfect setting for business events and conferences with modern venues, often co-located with coastal resort facilities, just minutes away from the airport.
Corporates are particularly enchanted by the region’s stunning natural landscapes that provide easily accessible nature-based activities for relaxation and team-building.
The Coffs Coast’s wide-spanning event and tourism industry network connects and collaborates across the region to deliver innovative, stress-free, and collaborative events in one of the most beautiful places in the world.
When combined with a diverse range of quality venues Coffs delivers the ideal destination to connect with colleagues.
$19.5B
ECONOMIC IMPACT IN AUSTRALIA FROM BUSINESS EVENTS
Sources: Profile.id and TRA
$433 AVERAGE DELEGATE DAILY SPEND
30% BUSINESS EVENT SPEND IS ON ACCOMMODATION
Beachside dining for a variety of business and other events is an option that Coffs Coast resorts can readily accommodate.
Australian Children’s Content Summit
Developed in Coffs, this annual event attracts more than 250 screen executives from 10+ countries.
Creating space for leaders to stay, meet and create in boutique beachside luxury.
Bay Resort
Aanuka Beach House
Barefoot Conference
WHERE CHAMPIONS PLAY
The City of Coffs Harbour is a leader in regional sporting infrastructure with investment in major projects including the C.ex Coffs International Stadium and Wiigulga Sports Complex.
The Coffs Coast is an event friendly destination with an annual calendar of signature major events which attract more than 85,000 visitors annually and substantial media coverage.
The C.ex Coffs International Stadium is a home away from home for the AFLW and AFL Sydney Swans, the T20 Cricket Sydney Sixers, NRL Cronulla Sharks and the A-League Newcastle Jets.
Coffs Harbour has been a destination of choice for the World Rally Championship and Rally Australia, and hosted mega music events including two successful Elton John Farewell Yellow Brick Road concerts in 2020. Impressive event infrastructure and a strong major event calendar offer opportunities to grow hospitality, retail and transport businesses.
5x
five court multi-purpose sporting and recreation facility.
Multi-purpose large indoor and outdoor major sporting and event complex.
Australia’s Favourite Golf Course seven years in a row by Golf Australia magazine.
A
Voted
Wiigulga Sports Complex
Sportz Central
Bonville Golf Resort
C.ex Coffs International Stadium
THAT’S ENTERTAINMENT
Coffs Harbour offers a vibrant array of entertainment opportunities, supported by a diverse range of venues that host both touring and local live music acts, events and performances.
In 2020, the City hosted two spectacular Elton John concerts, drawing fans from far and wide. Annual music events at Park Beach Reserve showcase the coastline and scenic ocean views. Other performance spaces across the region include a range of outdoor reserves, hotels, small and rural halls, theatres and cafes. The historic Jetty Memorial Theatre attracts local and touring productions, enriching the City’s cultural scene. Coffs Harbour also celebrates unique annual events including the famous Woolgoolga Curryfest, highlighting diverse culinary delights, and Sawtell Chilli Festival, which brings together chilli enthusiasts for a spicy celebration.
These events, among many others, make the Coffs Harbour region a lively hub for entertainment and cultural experiences year-round, supported by an experienced local event production industry.
10+
LARGE-CAPACITY OUTDOOR EVENT SPACES
20
INDOOR VENUES WITH 150+ SEATING CAPACITY
12K
VISITORS TO CURRYFEST ANNUALLY, 55% FROM OUTSIDE THE LGA
The Elton John concerts injected $10m to the local economy
SummerSalt
Live concert events that exemplify the great Australian summer at Park Beach Reserve.
Live and Local
Folk and contemporary acoustic artists playing to local halls and spaces in regional communities.
Jetty Memorial Theatre
250 seat theatre in the heart of Coffs Harbour Jetty precinct.
Boutique
04 OPPORTUNITIES
RECIPE FOR SUCCESS
The Coffs Harbour Local Government Area has so much ‘going on’ that it is full of low hanging fruit for investors, businesses and workers.
Economic diversity underpins the City’s continued growth – with industries such as health care, retail trade, accommodation, food services, construction and education at the forefront of the mix.
Creative, green and clean enterprises, along with value-added horticultural production are sunrise sectors ripe with opportunity.
CURRENT INDUSTRIES
EMERGING REGIONAL INDUSTRIES
SPECIALISED INDUSTRIES
Agriculture and Fishing • Health, Aged and Residential Care
Construction • Tourism and Hospitality • Retail
Education and Training • Arts and Recreation Services
Rental, Hiring and Real Estate Services • Professional Services
Advanced Manufacturing • Allied Health
Digital Industries • Freight and Logistics • Medical Technology
Creative Industries (including Digital and Film)
Tourism Accommodation (Business, eco and accessible)
Agribusiness and Food Production • Business Events and Conferencing
Green and Circular Industries • Education including Early Childhood
The City of Coffs Harbour has a dedicated team offering handson support and making vital information easily accessible to investors and businesses.
A single, convenient dedicated contact provides:
• Local economic profiles and data
• Access to planning regulations and assistance
• Initial strategic planning consultation
• Introductions to business networks and professional services.
The team is committed, collaborative and approachable and will actively work to support your venture and investment in Coffs Harbour.
Further information about industrial and business land uses within the Coffs Harbour LGA can be found in the Employment Lands Chapter of the Coffs Harbour Local Growth Management Strategy 2020.
THRIVING CONNECTED OPPORTUNITIES SUSTAINABLE
Forest Sky Pier, Sealy Lookout, Orara East State Forest
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