
Sydney
is the largest city in Australia with a population of 22,000 in central
Sydney and 4 million people in greater Sydney. The working population in
central Sydney is around 10 times the residential population at 235,000. The
CBD is quite small in comparison to other cosmopolitan cities occupying an
area of less than 6.2 square kilometres, greater Sydney on the other hand,
comprises over 600 suburbs and localities and occupies an area of 2,500
square kilometres.
The city is located on the southern coast of New South Wales between the
smaller coastal cities of Woolongong and Newcastle. The CBD is situated on
the southern bank of Sydney Harbour, 10 kms west from the mouth of Port
Jackson.
The temperature averages a warm 23 ° C (72° F) in summer and
averages around 13° C (55° F) in winter. Sydney is bathed in
sunshine for around 342 days of the year and has an average annual rainfall
of approximately 1220 millimetres (48 inches).