Category Archives: Population

Sydney, population growth – and the rise of “mega-councils”

Posted on 20 July, 2010 by Alex

If you were told that by 2036 the number of councils in Sydney with populations of more than 200,000 would be seven times the number today, you might be forgiven for thinking that these forecasts were based on some fairly … Continue reading →

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Western Sydney a winner in Transport Inquiry interim report

Posted on 16 February, 2010 by Alex

In my last post I outlined the governance arrangements outlined in the interim report of the Independent Public Inquiry into Sydney’s public transport which I had a small role in developing. Now I’d like to summarise the Inquiry’s proposals for … Continue reading →

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How is NSW growing? Part 3: Sydney’s employment growth 1996 to 2006

Posted on 21 July, 2009 by Alex

In my last post I looked at the snapshot of Sydney’s 33 largest employment centres provided by the NSW Transport Data Centre (TDC) in its Employment and Commuting in Sydney’s Centres, 1996 – 2006, based on the Metropolitan Strategy centres … Continue reading →

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How is NSW growing? Part 2: Sydney’s employment centres in 2006

Posted on 20 July, 2009 by Alex

In part 1, I discussed population growth in the Sydney metropolitan area. I’ll continue by looking at some interesting employment data.   In December 2008 the NSW Transport Data Centre (TDC) released Employment and Commuting in Sydney’s Centres, 1996 – … Continue reading →

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How is NSW growing? – part 1: Sydney metropolitan area

Posted on 3 June, 2009 by Alex

Recently the Australian Bureau of Statistics released the estimated resident population figures for states, local government areas (LGAs) and statistical local areas (SLAs) as at 30 June 2008 (see ABS publication 3218.0). These figures have major implications for governments, councils … Continue reading →

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