Greater Sydney

This article is about the greater metropolitan area. For the city itself, see Sydney.
Greater Sydney Region
New South Wales
Population
Time zoneAustraian Eastern Standard Time (AEST) (UTC+10:00)
LGA(s)Several
State electorate(s)Several
Federal division(s)Several

Greater Sydney is the most populous metropolitan area in Australia and Oceania. It is located in the state of New South Wales, and encompasses the Sydney city metropolis itself (the state capital of New South Wales) and her surrounding regions. It covers an area stretching from the Hawkesbury River to the Northern Beaches regions in the north, to the Blue Mountains in the west, and the Wollondilly, Campbelltown, and Sutherland regions in the south.[2][3]

Under the NSW Greater Cities Commission (formally the Greater Sydney Commission), the Greater Sydney Region along with Newcastle, the Central Coast, and Wollongong, will constitute a Sandstone Mega-region that will make-up 70% of the NSW population and 25% of the national population.[4]

Definitions

In its broadest definition, Greater Sydney covers the city of Sydney in addition to four neighbouring regions: the Blue Mountains, the Hawkesbury, Macarthur and Wollondilly.[2] During the COVID-19 pandemic, Greater Sydney was defined as the city of Sydney itself as well as the Blue Mountains, the Central Coast and Wollongong (including both the City of Wollongong in the north and the City of Shellharbour in the south).[2]

Greater Sydney Districts

The Greater Sydney Region Plan defines the five districts that form the Greater Sydney metropolitan area as follows[5] –

Greater Sydney Districts
Western City Central City Eastern City North District South District
Blue Mountains Blacktown Bayside Hornsby Georges River
Hawkesbury Cumberland Burwood Hunters Hill Canterbury–Bankstown
Penrith Parramatta Canada Bay Ku–ring–gai Sutherland
Camden The Hills Inner West Lane Cove
Campbelltown Randwick Northern Beaches
Fairfield Strathfield Mosman
Liverpool Woollahra Willoughby
Wollondilly Waverley Ryde
City of Sydney North Sydney

Sydney Greater Capital City Statistical Area

The Sydney Greater Capital City Statistical Area (GCCSA) is the definition of Greater Sydney used by the Australian Bureau of Statistics (ABS). It covers the following level-four statistical areas:[1]

  • Baulkham Hills and Hawkesbury
  • Blacktown
  • Central Coast
  • City and Inner South
  • Eastern Suburbs
  • Inner South West
  • Inner West
  • Northern Beaches
  • North Sydney and Hornsby
  • Outer South West
  • Outer West and Blue Mountains
  • Parramatta
  • Ryde
  • South West
  • Sutherland

Therefore, the Sydney GCCSA covers all of Sydney in addition to the Blue Mountains, the Central Coast, the Hawkesbury and Macarthur. However, it does not include the Illawarra.[1]

  • Greater Sydney Regions and Suburbs
    Greater Sydney Regions and Suburbs

References

  1. ^ a b c "Greater Capital City Statistical Area - Fact Sheet" (PDF). www.abs.gov.au. Retrieved 4 September 2024.
  2. ^ a b c "The difference between metro and Greater Sydney explained". Nine.com.au. 24 June 2021.
  3. ^ "So what is the difference between Greater Sydney, Metropolitan Sydney and Regional NSW?". Time Out Digital Limited. 9 September 2021.
  4. ^ The Sandstone Mega-region (PDF) (Report). The Committee for Sydney. 2018. ISBN 978-0-6480890-6-3.
  5. ^ Greater Sydney Region Plan — A Metropolis of Three Cities (PDF) (Report). Government of New South Wales. March 2018.
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