Understanding the economic role of Blue Mountains City Council provides a framework for understanding what policy responses and investment may be appropriate to support the growth of businesses and maintenance of a vibrant economy in the future.
The charts and table below give a broad overview of the role and function of your economy. It helps answer questions such as:
- How much of Blue Mountains City's economy is driven by meeting the local population needs?
- What proportion of jobs in the area are in goods production or selling of products?
- In which broad sectors are the key strengths of the local economy?
- What contribution do business services make in your area and is it growing?
- Is there a presence of local, state and federal government workers in in the area?
Once you have developed a broad picture of your economy, you can then drill down further with all the detail here.
| Employment composition | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Blue Mountains City | 2024 | 2019 | 2014 | |||
| Industry | number | % | number | % | number | % |
| Agriculture, forestry and fishing | 198 | 0.9 | 242 | 1.1 | 205 | 1.0 |
| Mining | 14 | 0.1 | 32 | 0.1 | 10 | 0.0 |
| Goods related | 6,210 | 26.9 | 5,835 | 26.6 | 5,937 | 29.5 |
| Household services | 11,313 | 49.0 | 11,058 | 50.4 | 9,837 | 48.9 |
| Business services | 3,648 | 15.8 | 3,365 | 15.3 | 2,966 | 14.7 |
| Public administration and safety | 1,682 | 7.3 | 1,402 | 6.4 | 1,174 | 5.8 |
| Total Industries | 23,065 | 100.0 | 21,933 | 100.0 | 20,129 | 100.0 |
Source: National Institute of Economic and Industry Research (NIEIR) ©2025. Compiled and presented in economy.id by .id (informed decisions). Data are based on a 2020-21 price base for all years. NIEIR-ID data are inflation adjusted each year to allow direct comparison, and annual data releases adjust previous years’ figures to a new base year.Learn more. Please refer to specific data notes for more information | ||||||