NEW SOUTH WALES

In 2017-18:

• The number of people living in Greater Sydney increased by 93,400 (1.8%), while the number living outside the capital city increased by 26,900 people (1.0%).

• Greater Sydney's growth rate fell from 2.2% in 2016-17.

Largest growth areas: The Statistical Area Level 2 (SA2) of Riverstone - Marsden Park, in Sydney's north-west (up by 5,000 people), followed by Cobbitty - Leppington (4,500) in the city's outer south-west.

Fastest growth areas: Riverstone - Marsden Park (23%), followed by Cobbitty - Leppington (20%), and Chullora (16%) in Sydney's inner south-west.

Regional growth areas: Outside of Greater Sydney, the SA2 of Queanbeyan Region had the largest population increase (970 people), while Thornton - Millers Forest in the Hunter Valley grew the fastest (7.7%).

SA2s WITH LARGEST AND FASTEST POPULATION GROWTH, New South Wales
		ERP AT 30 JUNE	POPULATION CHANGE
		2018	2017-2018
SA2	SA4	no.	no.	%
LARGEST GROWTH
Riverstone - Marsden Park	Sydney - Blacktown	26 630	5 008	23.2
Cobbitty - Leppington	Sydney - South West	26 918	4 463	19.9
Rouse Hill - Beaumont Hills	Sydney - Baulkham Hills and Hawkesbury	27 828	2 672	10.6
Waterloo - Beaconsfield	Sydney - City and Inner South	40 251	2 286	6.0
Homebush Bay - Silverwater	Sydney - Parramatta	23 028	1 827	8.6
Castlereagh - Cranebrook	Sydney - Outer West and Blue Mountains	27 189	1 568	6.1
Epping - North Epping	Sydney - Ryde	30 487	1 397	4.8
Mount Annan - Currans Hill	Sydney - Outer South West	31 895	1 395	4.6
Prestons - Edmondson Park	Sydney - South West	20 551	1 329	6.9
Arncliffe - Bardwell Valley	Sydney - Inner South West	26 191	1 309	5.3
FASTEST GROWTH
Riverstone - Marsden Park	Sydney - Blacktown	26 630	5 008	23.2
Cobbitty - Leppington	Sydney - South West	26 918	4 463	19.9
Chullora	Sydney - Inner South West	1 454	200	15.9
Rouse Hill - Beaumont Hills	Sydney - Baulkham Hills and Hawkesbury	27 828	2 672	10.6
Homebush Bay - Silverwater	Sydney - Parramatta	23 028	1 827	8.6
Thornton - Millers Forest	Hunter Valley exc Newcastle	11 616	833	7.7
Prestons - Edmondson Park	Sydney - South West	20 551	1 329	6.9
Mulgoa - Luddenham - Orchard Hills	Sydney - Outer West and Blue Mountains	11 031	699	6.8
Botany	Sydney - City and Inner South	12 439	732	6.3
Castlereagh - Cranebrook	Sydney - Outer West and Blue Mountains	27 189	1 568	6.1