South Vancouver Industrial Area Study Area Factsheet
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Study Area Factsheet South Vancouver Industrial Area Highlights Area Overview • 11,070 people work in the South Vancouver Location: The South Vancouver Industrial Area (SVIA) Industrial Area (SVIA), which is an increase of is bounded by Angus Drive, South West Marine Drive, 8% since 2001. Argyle Street and the Fraser River. It is strategically • The SVIA plays an important role in located near road, airport, transit, water and rail Vancouver’s manufacturing, transportation & connections. There are two separate sub-areas within warehousing and wholesale trade sectors. the SVIA: Fraser Riverside and Marine Drive. Each sub- • There are two main employment sub-areas area provides distinct uses and functions within the within the SVIA: Fraser Riverside, which city of Vancouver (see Figure 1). contains mainly industrial uses; and Marine Land Use Characteristics: The SVIA contains the Drive, which contains a variety of light largest share of industrial land in the city. The area industrial, limited retail, and office centralized hosts a mix of city-serving industrial uses that require around the Marine Gateway Station. both large and small format industrial spaces. The • The largest employment sector in the Fraser Fraser Riverside sub-area tends to contain heavier Riverside sub-area is transportation and industrial uses (i.e. a cement plant, wood product warehousing, with 1,010 jobs or 26% of all jobs processing, etc.) while the Marine Drive sub-area tends in this sub-area. to contain light industrial and service commercial uses • The largest employment sector in the Marine (i.e. car repair, warehousing, distribution services), with Drive sub-area is retail trade, with 2,075 jobs some office uses being introduced near Marine Drive or 29% of all jobs in this sub-area. station more recently. • There are approximately 1,100 Businesses in the SVIA Policy Snapshot: The SVIA is mostly designated as Industrial or Mixed Employment land under the Metro Vancouver Regional Growth Strategy, which reserves FIGURE 1. SOUTH VANCOUVER INDUSTRIAL AREA most of this land for employment uses. City policies in the area outline certain rezoning guidelines for large format uses, such as “big box” retail. Additionally, the Cambie Corridor Plan and Marpole Community Plan contain policies to guide development in certain areas in the SVIA, including direction for higher intensity uses such as office and institutional uses near the Marine Drive Canada Line Station. Table of Contents » For Marine Drive sub-area go to page 5 » For Fraser Riverview sub-area go to page 10 1 vancouver.ca/employment-lands Phone: 3-1-1 TTY: 7-1-1 Employment Lands & Economy Review 2020 South Vancouver Industrial Area Study Area Factsheet Total Number of Jobs in the South Vancouver Industrial Area There were 11,070 jobs located in the South Vancouver Industrial area in 2016, which is an increase of 8% since 2001. This equates to approximately 36 jobs per hectare and roughly 3% of all jobs in the city of Vancouver. The two districts within the SVIA experienced contrasting growth trajectories over the past 15 years. The Marine Drive sub-area contained 7,170 jobs in 2016, which is a decrease of 6% since 2001. Conversely, the Fraser Riverside sub-area had 3,950 jobs in 2016, which is an increase of 49% since 2001. FIGURE 2. ESTIMATED NUMBER OF JOBS PER HECTARE IN THE SOUTH VANCOUVER INDUSTRIAL AREA Data Source: Figures estimated from 2016 Census Role of the South Vancouver Industrial Area in the city of Vancouver About 3% of jobs in the city of Vancouver are in the SVIA. This area contains an above average share of jobs in manufacturing, transportation & warehousing and wholesale trade (See Figure 3). FIGURE 3. SHARE OF CITY JOBS IN THE SOUTH VANCOUVER INDUSTRIAL AREA, 2016 Manufacturing 18.0% Transportation and warehousing 14.0% Agriculture, forestry, fishing and hunting 13.7% Please note that although Wholesale trade 12.1% the SVIA has a relatively high percentage of city jobs in Construction 7.7% agriculture, forestry, fishing and Retail trade 6.1% hunting, these jobs constitute a relatively small number of jobs Total - All Industry 2.9% across the City (SVIA has 120 of Public administration 2.6% only 875 jobs across the City that Other services (except public… 2.3% are in this sector). Management of companies and… 2.1% Information and cultural industries 2.0% Mining, quarrying, and oil and gas… 1.9% Administrative and support, waste… 1.7% Utilities 1.7% Real estate and rental and leasing 1.6% Professional, scientific and technical… 1.6% Accommodation and food services 1.5% Arts, entertainment and recreation 1.4% Educational services 0.9% Source: Statistics Canada 2016 Health care and social assistance Census, Jobs by NAICS (2 digit), City 0.4% of Vancouver Employment Areas. Finance and insurance 0.3% Includes jobs data for usual place of work only. 0% 2% 4% 6% 8% 10% 12% 14% 16% 18% 20% 2 vancouver.ca/employment-lands Phone: 3-1-1 TTY: 7-1-1 Employment Lands & Economy Review 2020 South Vancouver Industrial Area Study Area Factsheet What Sectors do People Work In? Employment Trends in the South Overall, the SVIA has a high percentage of Vancouver Industrial Area industrial, retail, and service industrial (i.e. The employment characteristics of the SVIA automotive repair) jobs. Retail trade is the have shifted considerably over time. Each of top sector with 21% of all jobs. Manufacturing, the employment districts within the SVIA have transportation and warehousing, and wholesale experienced a decline in manufacturing jobs and trade account for 40% of all jobs in the study area. an increase in retail trade jobs. These trends in the SVIA align with similar trends seen across the city (See Employment Characteristics Fact Sheet). The highest growth 192% (805 jobs) can be mostly attributed to the new transit facility that opened in 2017. TABLE 1. SVIA JOBS BY SECTOR TABLE 2. SVIA JOBS TREND BY SECTOR (2001-2016) % of trend trend # of Jobs 2001- 2001- Sector Sector Jobs in 2016 2016 SVIA (#) (%) Retail trade 2,310 21% Transportation and warehousing 805 192% Manufacturing 2,080 19% Retail trade 415 22% Transportation and warehousing 1,225 11% Construction 345 106% Wholesale trade 1,085 10% Prof., scientific and tech. services 300 63% Prof., scientific and tech. services 780 7% Accommodation and food services 235 65% Construction 670 6% Public administration 170 58% Accommodation and food services 595 5% Information and cultural industries 160 78% Public administration 465 4% Real estate and rental and leasing 140 560% Other services (except public admin.) 385 3% Agri., forestry, fishing and hunting 120 0% Information and cultural industries 365 3% Health care and social assistance 90 129% Admin. & support, waste mgt. 200 2% Arts, entertainment and recreation 75 214% Educational services 185 2% Educational services 45 32% Real estate and rental and leasing 165 1% Mining, quarrying, & oil/gas extraction 35 0% Health care and social assistance 160 1% Management of companies 20 200% Arts, entertainment and recreation 120 1% Admin. & support, waste mgt. -40 -17% Agri., forestry, fishing and hunting 110 1% Finance and insurance -40 -33% Finance and insurance 80 1% Utilities -95 -79% Management of companies 35 <1% Other services (except public admin.) -105 -21% Utilities 30 <1% Wholesale trade -895 -45% Mining, quarrying, & oil/gas extraction 25 <1% Manufacturing -925 -31% Total 11,070 100% Total 855 8.4% Source: Statistics Canada 2016 Census, Jobs by NAICS (2 Source: Statistics Canada 2016 Census, Jobs by NAICS (2 digit), City of Vancouver Employment Areas. Includes jobs data digit), City of Vancouver Employment Areas. Includes jobs data for usual place of work only. for usual place of work only. 2020 vancouver.ca/employment-lands Phone: 3-1-1 TTY: 7-1-1 Employment Lands & Economy Review 3 South Vancouver Industrial Area Study Area Factsheet Business Characteristics in the SVIA There were 1,122 businesses in the SVIA in 2018. The largest share of these businesses is operating in the wholesale trade sector (188 businesses or 16% of all businesses in the SVIA). The next largest sectors are retail trade (165 businesses or 14% of all businesses in the SVIA), manufacturing (158; 14%), and professional, scientific and technical services (130; 11%). TABLE 3. SVIA BUSINESSES BY SECTOR # of % of Sector businessses businesses in SVIA in SVIA Wholesale trade 188 16% Retail trade 165 14% Manufacturing 158 14% Prof., scientific and tech. services 130 11% Construction 107 9% Other services (except public admin.) 101 9% Admin. & support, waste mgt. 75 6% Accommodation and food services 42 4% Real estate and rental and leasing 34 3% Transportation and warehousing 33 3% Information and cultural industries 31 3% Management of companies 25 2% Health care and social assistance 21 2% Arts, entertainment and recreation 17 1% Finance and insurance 10 1% Educational services 10 1% Public administration 9 1% Mining, quarrying, & oil/gas extraction 4 <1% Agri., forestry, fishing and hunting 2 <1% Utilities 1 <1% Total 1,163 100% Source: Dun & Bradstreet, Business Establishment Data, 2018. 4 vancouver.ca/employment-lands Phone: 3-1-1 TTY: 7-1-1 Employment Lands & Economy Review 2020 South Vancouver Industrial Area Study Area Factsheet FIGURE 4. MARINE DRIVE SUB-AREA Sub-area: Marine Drive Number of Jobs The Marine Drive sub-area has 7,125 jobs, which is a 6% decrease from 7,570 jobs in 2001. The decline in number of jobs is mostly due to large job decreases in manufacturing (-835 jobs), wholesale trade (-740 jobs), and transportation and warehousing (-185 jobs). What Sectors do People Work In? In terms of the specific sub-sectors, the largest employment sub-sectors in the sub-area are: The largest employment sectors in the Marine Drive sub-area are: • Automobile dealers (525 jobs) • Grocery stores (510) • Retail trade (2,075 jobs) • Full-service restaurants and limited service • Manufacturing (1,085) eating place (465 jobs).