Regions of Sydney

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Satellite photo of the Sydney (centre) area at night, facing west by northwest. Regional NSW areas can be seen on this map such as Wollongong in the Illawarra region can be seen at the bottom left, Bowral and Moss Vale in the Southern Highlands region can be seen in the far left, as well as Gosford in the Central Coast region is visible at the far right.

The metropolis of

Blue Mountains in the west, the Northern Beaches and the Hawkesbury in the north, the Royal National Park, the Wollondilly and Macarthur in the south, and Botany Bay in the east. These areas sometimes, but not always, roughly coincide with official boundaries of suburbs, local government authorities, or cadastral units (used for land title purposes), and some of the customary regions do not have well defined boundaries at all. Some commonly referred to regions overlap: for example, Canterbury-Bankstown is often referred to as a region, but it is also part of the South Western Sydney region. The regions themselves are not used as a formal jurisdiction, and generally do not have administrative or legislative bodies, although some regions are coterminous with a local government area, and in a number of regions that include multiple local government areas, Regional Organisations of Councils
have been established that represent the councils in the region.

For government planning purposes, the metropolis of Sydney is divided in other ways, including into "districts" or "cities".[1]

History

Described as the City of Suburbs, the "regions" of Sydney acquired their distinct social-geographical characteristics as a result of successive waves of development and suburbanisation, as well as geography.

Prior to European arrival, Sydney was inhabited by a number of

Burramattagal people, in Western Sydney.[4]

The "City" region is the site of the earliest urban settlement after European arrival in 1788. Until the building of the

Hunters Hill and Woolwich) in Northern Sydney and one (Strathfield) in the Inner West.[6]

At the same time, the arrival of the suburban railway around the end of the 19th century led to development of existing towns and villages into new urban centres outside the traditional metropolis, such as Parramatta, Bankstown and Liverpool. Increased urbanisation in the interwar years, and infill development after World War II, including projects built as part of the soldier settlement scheme,[7] eventually led to these centres becoming part of the metropolitan conurbation of Sydney. By the 1950s, previously rural areas such as the Sutherland Shire were becoming rapidly suburbanised.[8]

The 1951

Baulkham Hills, Blacktown, Seven Hills and Liverpool before ending on the banks of the Georges River opposite East Hills. A non-contiguous section would then have covered the western Sutherland Shire, roughly bordered by the Georges River in the north and the Woronora River in the east, connecting up existing national parks in the north and south.[9] The plan would have constrained suburbanised "Western Sydney" to a much smaller area than it is now, stretching from Lidcombe in the east to Westmead in the west, centred on the urban centre of Parramatta. However, the need to house an "explosion" in population after the war, together with continued demand for suburban housing, led to the "green belt" being whittled away starting from the 1960s. Although a version of the green belt survives, for example, in the form of the Western Sydney Parklands, today's Greater Western Sydney region is far larger than envisaged in the County of Cumberland plan, stretching contiguously west to Penrith and south beyond Campbelltown.[10]

City

The City is composed of the inner parts of the local government area of the City of Sydney.[11] The core of the region known as City is the Sydney CBD, and this is the City region in the narrow sense. However, City is often also used in a wider sense to include other inner suburbs within the City of Sydney local government area, such as Haymarket, The Rocks and Pyrmont.[11] In this wider sense, the City region roughly corresponds with the four cadastral parishes of St Andrews, St Philip, St James and St Lawrence.

The City of Sydney participates in the Southern Sydney Regional Organisation of Councils (SSROC) along with 11 other councils in the Inner West, Eastern Suburbs, St George and Canterbury-Bankstown regions.[12]

Eastern suburbs

Main article: Eastern Suburbs (Sydney)

The suburbs to the east and southeast of the city, bounded by Sydney Harbour to the north, the Pacific Ocean to the east, the Eastern Distributor to the west, and Botany Bay to the south, are often referred to as the Eastern Suburbs in the greater sense. This includes the entirety of the local government areas of Waverley, Woollahra and Randwick as well as the eastern parts of the City of Sydney and Bayside Council.[13]

These five councils participate in the Southern Sydney Regional Organisation of Councils (SSROC) along with seven other councils in the Inner West, St George and Canterbury-Bankstown regions.[12]

Eastern Suburbs - North

The northern end of the Eastern Suburbs is centred on

CBD. The post codes are 2021 to 2030 and this area roughly corresponds with the cadastral Parish of Alexandria as well as the Federal Division of Wentworth
.

Eastern Suburbs - South

The southern end of the Eastern Suburbs are the suburbs south-east of The

UNSW has the postcode 2052. The region roughly corresponds with the cadastral Parish of Botany as well as the Federal Division of Kingsford Smith
.

Inner East

The inner east refers to the suburbs directly surrounding the eastern and south-eastern borders of Sydney CBD within the City of Sydney. This is because they can be considered both inner city and Eastern Suburbs. These postcodes include 2010 and 2011.

Western suburbs

The Western suburbs of Sydney is a large region, starting from the western boundary of the city centre and stretching some 60 kilometres to the west to the foothills of the Blue Mountains. This large area is conventionally divided into a number of regions (some of which overlap).

Inner West

The

Burwood Council, Municipality of Strathfield, and the City of Canada Bay local government areas. It may also be regarded as including small parts of nearby local government areas such as the northeastern part of the City of Canterbury-Bankstown and the western part of the City of Sydney. The region is approximately bounded by the Parramatta River in the north, Cooks River in the south, and in the west by the A3 arterial road
(Centenary Drive / Homebush Bay Drive) and parklands adjacent to that road.

These six councils participate in the Southern Sydney Regional Organisation of Councils (SSROC) along with six other councils in the Eastern Suburbs and St George regions.[12]

Suburbs usually regarded as being in the Inner West region include

Strathfield and Summer Hill. The Inner West roughly corresponds to the two cadastral parishes of Petersham (in the east) and Concord
(in the west).

(Greater) Western Sydney

Hills Shire and Penrith
are no longer WSROC members, although these local government areas are still regarded as part of Greater Western Sydney.

The primary regional centre of Western Sydney is

Edmondson Park
.

Canterbury-Bankstown

The Canterbury-Bankstown region is centered on the City of Canterbury-Bankstown local government area but is not coextensive with it. It is generally regarded as the area bounded approximately by the Cooks River to the north and east, Wolli Creek to the south, and Salt Pan Creek and Duck River to the west. It covers the suburbs extending north-west from southern Canterbury, to the south of Lidcombe and north-east from Bankstown. The part of the City of Canterbury-Bankstown that lies north of the Cooks River is generally regarded as part of the Inner West region. The Canterbury-Bankstown region is a subset of South Western Sydney and Greater Western Sydney, and sometimes with some overlap with the Inner West region.

The primary centre of Canterbury-Bankstown is

Bankstown
.

The City of Canterbury-Bankstown participates in the Southern Sydney Regional Organisation of Councils (SSROC) along with ten other councils in the Inner West, City, Eastern Suburbs and St George regions.[12]

Inner South West

The "Inner South West" is a region name used mostly in administrative and statistical contexts. It is based on the Australian Bureau of Statistics statistical area of the same name.[14]. It covers both the Parish of St George (which covers the whole of this region except for the former City of Bankstown area), and the Parish of Bankstown. It therefore includes the local government area of Georges River Council (in the southeast), the western part of Bayside Council (formerly the City of Rockdale) in the northeast, and, in the north and west, the City of Canterbury-Bankstown excluding its northernmost parts.[15] It is therefore the combination of the Canterbury-Bankstown region and the St George region, and includes the former City of Canterbury, which (depending on context) may be included in either of those regions. The term is frequently used in media reporting about the real estate market.[16]

Hills District

Suburbs in the

Rouse Hill and Box Hill

Macarthur

The

Macarthur region is located to the south-west of Sydney that includes the City of Campbelltown, Camden Council and Wollondilly Shire
local government areas.

South Western Sydney

Fairfield and some parts of the Canterbury-Bankstown
local government areas.

The boundaries of this region are often imprecise, as it is sometimes also extended further south to include the Camden local government area, and sometimes even the Wollondilly Shire, in which usage the whole of the Macarthur region is included.

South Western Sydney, or "Sydney's southwest" as the media often calls it, is a subset of Greater Western Sydney.

Northern suburbs

Main article:
Northern Suburbs

The part of Sydney north of Sydney Harbour and the Parramatta River is generally referred to as the Northern suburbs or Northern Sydney.

The

City of Parramatta Council. Suburbs include Epping, Chatswood, Dee Why, Ryde and Manly
.

The Northern Sydney Regional Organisation of Councils represents the northern Sydney councils, other than Northern Beaches council.

Northern Beaches

The

Narrabeen
.

Forest district

Sydney's

Belrose
.

Lower North Shore

The

Municipality of Lane Cove and North Sydney Council. Suburbs include Neutral Bay, Northbridge, Lane Cove and Chatswood. The Hunter's Hill peninsula (mostly in the Municipality of Hunter's Hill, and some suburbs of City of Ryde
) lies west of the Lane Cove River, but is sometimes also counted as part of the Lower North Shore.

Upper North Shore

The

Pymble
, Thornleigh, Westleigh, Normanhurst, Wahroonga, Turramurra and Gordon.

Southern suburbs

The suburbs approximately to the south and south-west of

Sydney CBD and the Sydney Airport are generally referred to as the southern suburbs or Southern Sydney
.

Southern Sydney is composed of the City of Sydney (part), Bayside Council, Georges River Council and the Sutherland Shire local government areas.

These four councils participates in the Southern Sydney Regional Organisation of Councils (SSROC) along with eight other councils in the Inner West, City, Eastern Suburbs and Canterbury-Bankstown regions.[12]

Inner South

The

Eveleigh, Waterloo, Zetland, Alexandria, Beaconsfield, Rosebery, Eastlakes (West of ED) and ends in Mascot
.

The postcodes start at 2015 and end in 2020 with the suburbs of

Airport and on the other side of the Eastern Distributor deeming them South-East and not Inner South
.

The region consists of three train stations being Redfern, Green Square and Mascot as well as a future Metro station in Waterloo. Green Square is a locality situated at the meeting point of Alexandria, Zetland, Waterloo, and Beaconsfield. Green Square and Mascot station are on the Airport Link completed in 2000 which is part of the T8 Airport & South Line. Many of these suburbs were predominantly industrial and commercial but have now developed into new residential neighbourhoods of high rise apartments.

The Inner Southern Suburbs are often considered[

Sydney as it is sometimes considered Inner city or included as part of the Eastern Suburbs
or more specifically South-East however strictly speaking these suburbs geographically are neither east nor south-east of the Sydney CBD.

St George

Main article:
St George (Sydney)

The

St George area includes all the suburbs in the Georges River Council and part of the Bayside Council government areas. This area corresponds to the eastern part of the cadastral Parish of St George
, from which the region derives its name. The western part of the Parish of St George was formerly in the City of Canterbury and now within Canterbury-Bankstown council.

Sutherland Shire

The Shire generally correlates with the Sutherland Shire local government area.

Blue Mountains

The region is mainly composed of the City of Blue Mountains, which borders on Sydney's metropolitan area, its foothills starting about 50 kilometres (31 mi) west of the state capital. Major towns in this local government area include Katoomba, Blackheath and Springwood.[17]

Greater Sydney Commission subdivisions

The Greater Sydney Commission's regional plan for Sydney divide the metropolis into three "cities", with approximately defined boundaries. Alternatively, the metropolis is divided into more precisely defined "districts", each of which comprises multiple local government areas.[1] This scheme of division is also followed for metropolis-wide planning purposes by other New South Wales government bodies, such as in the government's "Future Transport Strategy".[18]

The three cities

The "metropolis of three cities" comprises:[19]

  • Eastern Harbour City: approximately including the City, the Inner West, the Eastern Suburbs, the North Shore, the Northern Beaches, St George and Sutherland. The NSW government sometimes, but does not always, place Canterbury-Bankstown in this City.[20] The Sydney CBD is the centre of this city.
  • Central River City: approximately including the Greater Western Sydney suburbs bounded by Hornsby, Rouse Hill, Blacktown, Fairfield, Bankstown and Sydney Olympic Park. The NSW government sometimes, but does not always, place Canterbury-Bankstown in this City.[21] Parramatta is the centre of this city.
  • Western Parkland City: approximately including the remainder of Greater Western Sydney, to the west of the Central River City. This expansive city has multiple centres, including Penrith, Liverpool, Campbelltown-Macarthur and the future Western Sydney Airport Aerotropolis.

The districts

The more precisely defined "districts" are the following:[22]

  • Central City District: including the northwestern local government areas of Blacktown, Cumberland, Parramatta and the Hills Shire.
  • Eastern City District: including the eastern, central and inner western local government areas of Bayside, Burwood, Canada Bay, City of Sydney, Inner West, Randwick, Strathfield, Waverley and Woollahra.
  • North District: including the northeastern local government areas of Hornsby, Hunter's Hill, Ku-ring-gai, Lane Cove, Mosman, North Sydney, Northern Beaches, Ryde and Willoughby
  • South District: including the southern local government areas of Canterbury-Bankstown, Georges River and Sutherland
  • Western City District: including the western local government areas of Blue Mountains, Camden, Campbelltown, Fairfield, Hawkesbury, Liverpool, Penrith and Wollondilly.

A district plan has been formulated for each district, and local government authorities are required to align their planning instruments to the priorities listed in the Metropolis of Three Cities (Regional Plan) and the relevant District Plan.

References

  1. ^ a b Greater Sydney Commission, Greater Sydney Region Plan, March 2018, p.25
  2. ^ "Aboriginal histories". City of Sydney. 20 October 2017. Retrieved 10 March 2021.
  3. ^ "Aboriginal History". City of Ryde. Retrieved 13 October 2021.
  4. ^ "Daraug Language". darug.org.au. Archived from the original on 2 May 2013.
  5. ^ P. Mar, Accommodating Places (2002), Chapter 7, quoting How to Know Sydney 1895
  6. ^ Sweeney, N., "Sydney dominates Melbourne for the 20 most expensive postcodes", The Australian Financial Review
  7. ^ Olling, Wayne (2005). "Grantham Heritage Park Memorial". War Memorials in Australia. Archived from the original on 24 July 2008. Retrieved 26 January 2009.
  8. ^ "A HISTORY OF HAZELHURST REGIONAL GALLERY AND ARTS CENTRE" (PDF). sutherlandshire.nsw.gov.au. Retrieved 11 January 2019.
  9. ^ Cumberland County Council (1948). "County of Cumberland planning scheme".
  10. ^ How a post-war population explosion put an end to Sydney's 'visionary' Green Belt plan ABC News 29 March 2018
  11. ^ a b website
  12. ^ a b c d e SSROC - Member Councils
  13. ^ National Regional Profile : Eastern Suburbs (Statistical Subdivision).
  14. ^ ABS QuickStats - 2021 - Sydney - Inner south West
  15. ^ Suburb Help - Sydney - Inner South West
  16. ^ AFR - The suburbs where prices jumped more than $240k in three months
  17. ^ Gregory's New South Wales State Road Map, Map 220, 11th Edition, Gregory's Publishing Company
  18. ^ NSW Government - Future Transport Strategy
  19. ^ "Greater Cities Commission Act 2022 No 8". legislation.nsw.gov.au. 4 November 2022. Retrieved 29 June 2023.
  20. ^ NSW Government - Urban Development Programs
  21. ^ NSW Government - Urban Development Programs
  22. ^ "Eastern City District Plan | Greater Sydney Commission". Greater.sydney. Retrieved 22 April 2018.

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