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Sydney

Sydney

About Sydney

4,627,345 in city
0 in metro
12,144 km² (4,689 mi²)
1 m
Australia’s showcase city, Sydney has one of the world’s most recognizable skylines. Its famous harbour is commonly referred to as the most beautiful natural harbour in the world. A large harbour with many bays, inlets and secondary harbours, it is spanned by the monumental Harbour Bridge, and the Opera House decorates the shoreline like a white flower. The Sydney skyline is "world-class" with hundreds of skyscrapers in the central business district and many more high rise buildings in the outlying neighbourhoods. In fact The CBD has 10 times the working population over that of Sydney proper. The hub of Sydney Harbour is Circular Quay, a ferry terminus situated at the bottom end of the CBD. On a warm sunny day, the harbour is a vibrant blue and dotted with hundreds of sailing boats, cruise ships and ferries. The harbour is Sydney and citizens will argue there are few better places on earth.

Boroughs

Auburn (10), Bankstown (5), Botany Bay (25), Burwood (3), Canada Bay (27), City of Sydney (979), Hurstville (27), Lane Cove (6), Manly (21), Marrickville (2), North Sydney (146), Parramatta (88), Penrith (4), Randwick (27), Rockdale (43), Ryde (7), Strathfield (8), Sutherland (16), Waverley (22), Willoughby (61), Woollahra (18)

Metro Cities

Bankstown, Hurstville, Manly, Marrickville, North Sydney, Parramatta, Penrith, Rockdale, Strathfield, Sutherland Shire, Sydney

No. of Buildings

No. Current status
1,225 All Buildings
1,034
existing
14
under construction
54
planned
40
unbuilt
83
demolished

Tallest Buildings

# Building Height Year
1 Citigroup Centre 797 ft 2000
2 Chifley Tower 791 ft 1992
3 Deutsche Bank Place 787 ft 2005
4 World Tower 755 ft 2004
5 MLC Centre 748 ft 1977

Building types

No. Type
942 high-rise building
162 skyscraper
97 low-rise building
7 building with towers
4 church
3 mast (framework)
2 bridge
2 monumental hall
1 mast (wired)
1 synagogue
1 monument
1 telecommunications tower
1 observation tower
1 hall

Other buildings

No. Type
6 Famous buildings
119 Buildings with construction images