Yarra is the smallest local government area in Victoria by land size. Yet it accounts for about 10% of all jobs and economic output in Inner Metro Melbourne.

Key facts about the City of Yarra:

• over 98,000 jobs
• $33.6 billion economic output
• young, qualified and culturally diverse workforce
• health care and social services are the top employer
• other significant industries are professional services, retail, and hospitality

Sourced from Remplan's economic profiling.

Why we need a strategy for jobs and our economy

Yarra's economy is changing. Once it was a hub for industry and manufacturing. Now there are jobs in knowledge and services, as well as in the creative economy.

These changes alter the way our land is used.

In the future, we will need more space for commercial offices, retail shops and government services, but less space for industrial production. Faced with strong population growth, we will need to decide carefully how land should be used - for living, for business or both.

Read the Spatial Economic and Employment Strategy

The Yarra Spatial Economic and Employment Strategy, adopted in 2018, guides our decisions on land use. It helps us respond to the key trends and economic drivers over the next 10 to 15 years.