greater Sydney

{{Infobox Australian place

| name = Greater Sydney Region

| state = nsw

| type = region

| image = Sydney statistical areas.png

| image2 = Map of Greater Sydney Regions and Suburbs with Description, Terrain and Colour.png

| caption =

| pop = {{ubt|5,231,147 (GCCSA)|5,521,887 (broadest definition)
(2021; 1st)}}

| lga = Several

| stategov = Several

| fedgov = Several

| timezone = Australian Eastern Standard Time (AEST)

| utc = +10:00

}}

Greater Sydney is the most populous metropolitan area in Australia and Oceania. Located in the state of New South Wales, it encompasses the City of Sydney (the state capital) and surrounding built-up areas. It covers an area stretching from the Hawkesbury River to the Northern Beaches in the north, to the Blue Mountains in the west, and to the Wollondilly, Campbelltown and Sutherland regions in the south.{{cite news |date=2021-06-24 |title=The difference between metro and Greater Sydney explained |url=https://www.9news.com.au/national/coronavirus-nsw-restrictions-update-what-is-greater-sydney-explainer/426bc899-7398-49d3-a78a-b83a0ecccc22 |work=Nine.com.au}}{{cite web|url=https://www.timeout.com/sydney/news/so-what-is-the-difference-between-greater-sydney-metropolitan-sydney-and-regional-nsw-062821|title=So what is the difference between Greater Sydney, Metropolitan Sydney and Regional NSW?|date=9 September 2021|publisher=Time Out Digital Limited}}

Under the New South Wales Greater Cities Commission (formerly 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 New South Wales population and 25% of the national population.{{cite report|url=https://sydney.org.au/wp-content/uploads/2018/06/Committee-for-Sydney-The-Sandstone-Mega-Region-Uniting-Newcastle-The-Central-Coast-June-2018.pdf|title=The Sandstone Mega-region|date=2018|isbn=978-0-6480890-6-3|publisher=The Committee for Sydney}}

History

A Greater Sydney had been proposed several times prior to its eventual formation, usually curtailed by some form of national crisis.{{sfn|Larcombe|1978|p=208}}

There had been a Labor Party Greater Sydney Bill before the NSW legislature, defeated because of the controversy over conscription during the Boer War.{{sfn|Larcombe|1978|p=208}}

A Bill proposed by William McKell that had stalled in committee failed outright when the Lang government fell.{{sfn|Larcombe|1978|p=208}}

Labor Party proposals of the 1940s fell by the wayside because of World War 2.{{sfn|Larcombe|1978|p=208}}

An early 1960s proposal was opposed by moves to instead create a City of North Sydney, and was quashed outright by the Liberal Party government of Robert Askin in 1965.{{sfn|Larcombe|1978|p=208}}

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. 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).

=Greater Sydney Districts=

The Greater Sydney Region Plan defines the five districts that form the Greater Sydney metropolitan area as follows:{{cite report|url=https://www.planning.nsw.gov.au/sites/default/files/2024-04/greater-sydney-region-plan.pdf|title=Greater Sydney Region Plan — A Metropolis of Three Cities|date=March 2018|publisher=Government of New South Wales}}

scope="col" \| Western City ! scope="col" \| Central City ! scope="col" \| Eastern City ! scope="col" \| North District ! scope="col" \| South District
class="wikitable" border="1" \|+ Greater Sydney Districts
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:{{Cite web |title=Greater Capital City Statistical Area - Fact Sheet |url=https://www.abs.gov.au/websitedbs/censushome.nsf/home/factsheetsgeography/$file/Greater%20Capital%20City%20Statistical%20Area%20-%20Fact%20Sheet.pdf |access-date=September 4, 2024 |website=www.abs.gov.au}}

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.

Gallery

Map of Greater Sydney Regions and Suburbs.jpg|Greater Sydney Regions and Suburbs

Greater Sydney 2.png

Greater Sydney wards, 2024.svg

References

= Bibliography =

{{cite book|title=A History of Local Government in New South Wales: The advancement of Local Government in New South Wales, 1906 to the present|volume=3|author1-first=Frederick A.|author1-last=Larcombe|publisher=Sydney University Press|year=1978|isbn=9780424000374}}

External Links

{{wikivoyage inline|Greater Sydney}}
[https://www.planning.nsw.gov.au/plans-for-your-area/a-metropolis-of-three-cities A Metropolis of Three Cities – State of New South Wales]

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Category:New South Wales