How much your Sydney suburb grew (or shrank) last year

April 7, 2026 — 5:00am

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More than 30,000 people deserted the eastern part of Sydney for other regions last year while western Sydney’s population remained relatively stable, as sharp differences in population growth become entrenched across the city.

Some neighbourhoods in Sydney’s north-west and south-west registered double-digit population growth rates in 2024-25, but the number of residents shrank in more than 50 other suburbs, many of them in the city’s most affluent areas.

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The north-western neighbourhood of Box Hill-Nelson added 3911 people in the year, one of the largest increases for any suburb in Australia. The nearby suburb of Marsden Park-Shanes Park was not far behind, with a population growth of 3172.

But in dozens of neighbourhoods across Sydney’s north shore and eastern suburbs numbers declined or were stagnant, including Coogee-Clovelly (-131), Turramurra (-114) and Hunters Hill-Woolwich (-111). The population of Hunters Hill-Woolwich is now 7 per........

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