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South-west Sydney, 2006 to 2026 Microburbs research. Look up your own suburb on Microburbs.

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In 2011, the busiest cluster of China-born Sydneysiders was around Hurstville. By 2021 it was around Eastwood, about 18 km north. Greater Sydney's China-born population went from 148,556 (2011) to 224,685 (2016) and 238,316 (2021). Census night 2021 fell while the borders were closed, and the number aged 15 to 24 halved between 2016 and 2021 (39,915 to 18,190). The growth went north. 55% of the rise from 2011 to 2021 was in eight northern and north-western council areas (Parramatta, Ryde, Hornsby, Ku-ring-gai, The Hills, Hunters Hill, Willoughby, Lane Cove), home to 19% of Sydneysiders. Epping went from 2,351 to 5,822 people born in China, Carlingford from 2,888 to 5,503, and Castle Hill from 1,314 to 3,808. In Wentworth Point, a new apartment suburb that got 5,594 new home addresses from 2013 to Census night 2021, the count went from 181 to 2,668. Hurstville didn't empty out (8,890 to 8,985), and it still has more China-born residents than any other suburb in Australia (8,925 in the published 2021 count). In Melbourne the busiest spot moved from Box Hill into the CBD in 2016 and back to Box Hill by 2021. Our Census 2026 estimates for every suburb: microburbs.com.au/research/census-2026 Sources: ABS Census 2011, 2016 and 2021, country of birth (China excludes Hong Kong, Macau and Taiwan) by neighbourhood, with 2011 mapped onto 2016 neighbourhoods using the ABS correspondence, and each year counted on 2021 suburb and council boundaries; city totals and the 2021 Hurstville figure as published by the ABS. Via Microburbs. New home addresses: G-NAF (c) Geoscape Australia, May 2026 release, new-supply filter by Microburbs. Imagery: Esri, Maxar. Music: "Daybreak in a new town", TRG Banks (CC0).

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Surry Hills has 139 men for every 100 women. But don't get excited, girls. In Surry Hills and Darlinghurst, about one in six couples living together are two men (ABS, 2016 Census: 17.5% of couples in Darlinghurst, 16.3% in Surry Hills). Across Australia, fewer than 1 in 100 couples are same-sex. Good for them. The most male suburbs and towns in Australia (5,000+ people, Census 2021, men per 100 women): Newman, WA: 150 (a BHP iron ore town, Mount Whaleback) Junee, NSW: 144 (Junee Correctional Centre, a men's prison) Surry Hills, NSW: 139 Darlinghurst, NSW: 137 Campbell, ACT: 127 (RMC Duntroon and the Defence Force Academy) And where are all the girls? Erina, NSW: 79 (46.5% of locals are 65 or older) Bethania, QLD: 81 Woollahra, NSW: 81, and 76 among 25 to 34 year olds Women live longer: across Australia, at 85 and over, there are 63 men for every 100 women. Overall, Australia has 97. Send this to the friend who's thinking of moving to Newman. 2026 Census estimates for every suburb at Microburbs: microburbs.com.au/research/census-2026 Sources: ABS Census 2021 (G01, place of usual residence) by suburb and locality, via Microburbs; ABS 2071.0 Reflecting Australia, same-sex couples (2016 Census). Photos (Wikimedia Commons): Bourke St, Surry Hills, Xyxyzyz, CC0; Taylor Square, Darlinghurst, Raul Reinhardt, CC0; Mount Whaleback mine, Newman, Bahnfrend, CC BY-SA 4.0; Junee railway station, Bidgee, CC BY-SA 2.5 AU; Duntroon House, Campbell, Stuart Lindenmayer, CC BY-SA 4.0; Cooper St, Woollahra, -wuppertaler, CC BY 4.0. Erina aerial: Esri, Maxar, Earthstar Geographics. Music: "Bossa Nova Lounge Music", andriih (Pixabay). #Australia #Census #Dating #Sydney #SingleLife