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Sydney is the capital city of the state of New South Wales and the most populous city in Australia.Located on Australia's east coast, the metropolis surrounds Sydney Harbour and extends about 80 km (50 mi) from the Pacific Ocean in the east to the Blue Mountains in the west, and about 80 km (50 mi) from the Ku-ring-gai Chase National Park and the Hawkesbury River in the north and north-west ...
Parramatta River drains a large area of Sydney's western suburbs. [7] With 5,005,400 inhabitants (as of 2016) and an urban population density of 2037 people per square kilometre, Sydney's urban area covers 1,788 km 2 (690 sq mi), [8] comprising 35% of Sydney and is constantly growing. [9]
This is a list of population demographics of New South Wales by local government area as at the 2016 census. a. The local government area with the largest population was City of Canterbury-Bankstown with 346,302 people resident on census night; and the area with the smallest population was Lord Howe Island with 698. a As at census night, the local government area with the largest population ...
The current City of Sydney Local Government Area (LGA) covers about 26.15 square kilometres (281,500,000 sq ft). [8] City of Sydney provides an official map of the LGA. [9] Alternatively the Geographical Names Board of New South Wales provides an interactive map of the Sydney LGA.
With a population density of 2037 people per square kilometre, the urban core has population density five times that of the greater region. [2] [3] Sydney is the most densely populated city in Australia and is also the busiest city in Australia. The median age of Sydney residents was 37 years, and households comprised an average of 2.7 members ...
A map showing Sydney's city centre and adjacent areas. The Geographical Names Board defines the area covering the central business district as the suburb named "Sydney". [30] The formal boundaries of the suburb "Sydney" covers most of the peninsula formed by Cockle Bay in the west and Woolloomooloo Bay in the east.
Urban area Country Built-up land area (km 2) Population Urban population density (per km 2) Greater Los Angeles United States: 87,940 18,316,743 541.1 San Francisco-Oakland-San Jose (Bay Area) United States: 26,390 9,710,000 953 New York City (New York City Metropolitan Area) United States: 12,093 20,902,000 1,728 Boston–Providence United ...
Almost two-thirds of the state's population, 5.3 million, live in the Greater Sydney area. [7] The Colony of New South Wales was founded as a British penal colony in 1788. It originally comprised more than half of the Australian mainland with its western boundary set at 129th meridian east in 1825.