Major employers - Barwon region

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Industry	Employees (FTE)
Agriculture, Forestry and Fishing
Golden Farms (Turosi)	503
Boomaroo Nurseries	107
Boundary Bend Olives	*94
Midway Ltd	62
Manufacturing
Transport Equipment, Metals and Engineering
Ford Motor Company of Australia (design and testing)	695
Southern Star Aluminium Windows and Doors	330
Carbon Revolution	*292
Brockman Engineering	*165
Thornton Engineering	165
Air Radiators	124
Kempe Engineering	*120
IXL Group	*102
Onesteel - Geelong Wiremill	* 88
Infrastructure Products Australia	86
Viridian	62
Chemicals, Minerals and Wood Products
Viva Energy Australia (all refinery activities)	728
AKD Softwoods	380
Timbertruss Geelong	356
Chemring Australia	65
Rohm and Haas Australia	*60
Local Mix Concrete	*53
Incitec Pivot	*44
Food and Beverage
Australian Lamb	*798
Bulla Dairy Foods	701
MC Group	392
Meredith Dairy	130
Routleys	127
Farm Foods Retail Services	100
Idyll Wine Co.	95
Little Creatures Brewery	*70
Chef Fresh	*57
Textiles and Printing
Godfrey Hirst Australia	326
Rip Curl	228
Boardriders (Quiksilver International)	158
Andritz Fabrics and Rolls Pty Ltd	71
Electricity, Gas, Water and Waste Services
Powercor	375
Barwon Water	321
Tango Energy	98
Cleanaway	91
Retail and wholesale Trade Employees
Cotton On (office, retail and warehouse)	1,429
Rex Gorell Group	357
Blood Motor Group	154
Fagg’s Mitre 10/Belmont Timber	133
BigW Store	110
Bunnings Warehouse - North Geelong	108
Coles Supermarket - Waurn Ponds	104
Calco Trusses and Timber	*99
Barwon Timber and Bartruss	*80
Woolworths Supermarket - Pakington Strand	74
Coles Supermarkets - Gateway Leopold	63
Myer	*56
Harvey Norman - Waurn Ponds	48
Woolworths Supermarket - Drysdale	45
Woolworths Supermarket - Curlewis	43
Coles Supermarket - Torquay	39
Education and Training
Department of Education and Training	3,474
Deakin University	2,004
Catholic Education System - Barwon Region	1,301
The Gordon	534
Christian College Geelong	301
The Geelong College	*255
Geelong Grammar School	253
Kardinia International College	220
Covenant College	101
Geelong Lutheran College	*55
Financial and Insurance Services
WorkSafe	1,043
National Disability Insurance Agency	801
GMHBA (Head Office and Geelong Stores)	297
Bendigo and Adelaide Bank	165
Public Administration and Safety
City of Greater Geelong	1,712
Barwon Prison Precinct	915
Transport Accident Commission (TAC)	819
Australian Bureau of Statistics	480
Surf Coast Shire	333
Services Australia (call centre and customer service)	332
Colac Otway Shire	244
Department of Environment, Land, Water and Planning	243
Golden Plains Shire	171
Australian Taxation Office	*123
Department of Justice and Regulation (DJR)	116
Western Victoria Primary Health Network	48
Geelong Magistrates' Court	42
Borough of Queenscliffe	41
Country Fire Authority	35
HealthCare and Social Assistance
Barwon Health	4,944
GenU	1,848
Gateways Support Services	693
St John of God Hospital	568
Epworth Hospital	499
Colac Area Health	301
Australian Clinical Labs	*268
Barwon Child, Youth and Family	247
Goodstart Early Learning	193
TLC Aged Care	*184
Lake Imaging	158
Opal Aged care	*125
Diversitat	124
Encompass Community Services	120
Hesse Rural Health Service	96
Bellarine Community Health	95
Colanda Centre	*88
Sitka - The OC Group	83
Mercy Health Home and Community Care	80
Estia Health (Bannockburn)	*76
MacKillop Family Services	75
Bupa Bellarine	74
Information Media and Telecommunications
Geelong Regional Library	109
Tribal Group	*107
Geelong Advertiser	*70
Transport, Postal and Warehousing
Geelong Taxi Network	262
Australia Post and Star Track	248
McHarry’s Buslines	179
CDC Victoria	139
McColls Transport	132
Clearwater Logging and Transport	120
Wettenhalls	109
Avalon Airport all airport activities	107
Geelong Port	71
Peninsula Searoad Transport	70
AWH	67
Accommodation and Food Services
The Sands Torquay	75
The Grovedale Hotel	55
Novotel	32
The Pier Geelong	30
Mantra Lorne	29
Administration and Support Services
Programmed Skilled Workforce	448
gforce employment + recruitment (incl. labour hire)	411
Quest Personnel	115
Logical Property Services	85
Professional, Scientific and Tech. Services
CSIRO Australian Animal Health Laboratory	264
Findex	180
Worley Parsons	80
Coulter Roache	63
Harwood Andrews	63
West Carr and Harvey	56
LBW	56
SMEC Australia	50
Ivy Street	45
Davidsons	39
Rental, Hiring and Real Estate Services
Opteon	108
Arts and Recreation Services
Geelong Football Club	138
Geelong Performing Arts Centre	33

Full-time equivalent (FTE) employee numbers in the Barwon region 2021/22.
Source: City of Greater Geelong. This is a selection of the largest employers in the region based on survey responses.
*FTE as reported 2018/19

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