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Sydney NSW 2000

44,059 addresses · 108 streets

Sydney Electorate › Sydney LGA › Sydney · 0 km from Sydney

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Living Here

Sydney's central business district pairs high-rise apartments with the harbour city's professional workforce. Households are small at 2.1 people and incomes are high — a median of $2,227 a week — while median rent is among the country's steepest at $600. The median age is 32.

Sydney is a suburb of New South Wales, home to about 16,667 people, with a median age of 32. The typical household earns around $2,227 a week, with median rent near $600 a week. Most homes are apartments. About 25% of households own their home and 73% rent. Most workers work from home. Common community backgrounds include Chinese, English, Ancestry NS. On the ABS socio-economic scale it sits in decile 10 of 10 nationally — a relatively advantaged area.

16,667Population
32Median age
$2,227Median household income / wk
$600Median rent / wk
2.1Avg household

Over time — Census 2001 → 2021

Dashed line: district figures for the Sydney - Haymarket - The Rocks statistical area (SA2), the smallest area the ABS published before 2011. Solid line: Sydney itself.

Getting Around & Local Services

Getting around. Train station: Town Hall, 350 m south · Metro station: Gadigal, 400 m south · Light rail stop: QVB, 150 m south · Bus interchange: King Street Coach Layover, 700 m north-west · Ferry wharf: Darling Harbour Wharf 9, 600 m west · Airport: Rose Bay Seaplane Base, 5.2 km east.

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Socio-economic Standing

😄Very advantaged · 10/10
Economic resources1/10
Education & jobs10/10

Deciles from 1 (lowest) to 10 (highest), against all Australian suburbs. The overall figure weighs advantage and disadvantage together; economic resources counts income and housing, and education & jobs counts qualifications and occupation. They often differ. Source: ABS SEIFA 2021.

Tree cover

🌳 Tree canopy: 12.7% share of land under canopy · satellite map, 2020

Where the trees are in Sydney

Green: 10 m cells where trees dominate, satellite 2021. Blue: water. The line is the suburb boundary.

Tree cover measures, Sydney NSW
Canopy share, 1 m canopy height map, 202012.7%
Land with trees, 10 m satellite map, 202127.6%

Demographics

Unemployment 6.8% · Labour-force participation 65.9%

Population by age in Sydney
Population by age, Sydney NSW (ABS Census 2021)
0-4414
5-14436
15-19304
20-241,832
25-346,555
35-443,433
45-541,487
55-641,035
65-74703
75-84363
85+115
Dwelling types in Sydney
Dwelling types, Sydney NSW (ABS Census 2021)
House9
Townhouse0
Apartment7,047
Other6
Households by weekly income in Sydney
Households by weekly income, Sydney NSW (ABS Census 2021)
<$650738
$650-1,4991,279
$1,500-2,9992,372
$3,000+2,351
Top ancestries in Sydney
Top ancestries, Sydney NSW (ABS Census 2021)
Other5,597
Chinese4,840
English2,205
Ancestry NS1,388
Australian1,218
Irish658
Housing tenure in Sydney
Housing tenure, Sydney NSW (ABS Census 2021)
Owned945
Mortgage778
Rented5,117
Other152
Cars per household in Sydney
Cars per household, Sydney NSW (ABS Census 2021)
04,161
12,315
2362
341
4+15
Commute to work in Sydney
Commute to work, Sydney NSW (ABS Census 2021)
Car781
Train750
Bus512
Tram/ferry127
Walked1,723
Bicycle121
Home3,816
Top countries of birth in Sydney
Top countries of birth, Sydney NSW (ABS Census 2021)
Indonesia2,151
Thailand2,063
China1,622
India591
South Korea511
England405
Languages used at home in Sydney
Languages used at home, Sydney NSW (ABS Census 2021)
Mandarin2,060
Thai1,952
Indonesian1,590
Cantonese726
Korean489
Spanish377

Birds & Wildlife Nearby

331,165 bird observations recorded near Sydney — most often seen:

Show all 30 birds recorded near Sydney

Sightings reported by observers, not a survey, so the counts show what people record rather than what lives here. Source: Atlas of Living Australia.

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