Sydney Districts

Understand

This page reflects the current consensus on districts.

What districts are defined for Sydney
What suburbs are contained within what districts
What suburbs and areas within districts are of sufficient interest to the traveller to have their own articles

If the consensus changes, please make the changes here, so everyone knows what goes where.

If a district is split, consolidated or changed, please remove any old district, add any new ones, and divide the suburbs areas between the two new districts.
If a suburb or area moves to another district. Update the suburb entry in the index, showing the new district. Update any redirect page that exists in the main guide.
If a suburb or area has sufficient attractions, or is of sufficient interest to the traveller to have its own article, make a link from the index to the article.

Please have any required discussion in Talk:Sydney (or in the district articles if appropriate).

Index

The first section is a general overview of all the Sydney districts. The second section has more details (but not a full list) of the suburbs belonging to each district. Some suburbs or areas within districts are of particular interest to travellers, and pass the wikivoyage test for being their own article. In that case the suburb or area is followed by an (*) and linked to the appropriate article as well as being listed within the district.

Districts

Sydney is a huge city, contains few or no listings, rather it contains information on which district articles contain the required traveller information.

The main tourist regions of Sydney are contained in five central districts:

Sydney/City Centre - Everything in the city, and downtown, from the botanical gardens, George St movies, Hyde Park, Australian Museum, and Art Gallery. Circular Quay and south. Sussex St and east. George St north from Liverpool St.
Sydney/Darling Harbour - Quite a separate area, from Tumbalong to Harbourside, to King St Wharf, Barangaroo and Cockle Bay Wharf, including the bits of Pyrmont that adjoin it, like the Casino, and Powerhouse Museum. West of Sussex.
Sydney/City South - Area from Central, Capitol Theatre, Haymarket, Paddys Markets, Entertainment centre, Dixon St. UTS.
Sydney/The Rocks - The observatory, Kent north of the bridge turn. George north of the Quay. Overseas Passenger Terminal.
Sydney/City East - Kings Cross, Darlinghurst, Woolloomooloo, Paddington and Surry Hills. Generally east of the Australian Museum, East of the Art Gallery.

The rest of the Sydney suburbs are grouped into 13 suburban districts, with an inner and outer radial:

Sydney/Eastern Suburbs - Potts Point to South Head, Moore Park to Bondi, Watsons Bay to La Perouse.
Sydney/Inner West - Glebe to Strathfield.
Sydney/Lower North Shore - North Sydney, Mosman, the Zoo, Neutral Bay.
Sydney/Botany Bay - South of the city, includes the airport & Botany Bay.
Sydney/Macquarie Park - Macquarie Park, Ryde and Eastwood.
Sydney Western: Sydney/Parramatta - A district between the Inner and Outer West. Includes east to Auburn, and west to Westmead. North to the river, south to Guildford.
Sydney Western: Sydney/Outer West - Wentworthville to Emu Plains, including Penrith and Blacktown. North to the river.
Sydney Northern: Sydney/Northern Beaches - includes Manly to Palm Beach, and inland to incorporate the Forest areas and Belrose.
Sydney Northern: Sydney/Upper North Shore - Berowra, Killara, St Ives and Hornsby.
Sydney Northern: Sydney/Hills - Includes the Hills, Dural and Galston up to Richmond and Windsor.
Sydney Southern: Sydney/Sutherland Shire - St George & Sutherland Shire. North of the Georges - Hurstville and Oatley etc. South of the Georges - same as LGA.
Sydney Southern: Sydney/South West - Liverpool, Bankstown, Lakemba, Cabramatta.
Sydney Southern: Sydney/Macarthur - Campbelltown and Camden.

Separate articles for areas with exceptional interest to the traveller. Some destinations which are of particular interest to the traveller, or for which there is a large amount of content available, are split into separate articles.

Currently they are Sydney/Bondi Beach, Sydney/Harbour Islands, Sydney/Manly, Sydney/Sydney Olympic Park and Sydney/Cronulla. Also Royal National Park.

Districts/Suburbs

District	Suburbs
The Rocks	Dawes Point, Millers Point, Observatory Hill, Overseas Passenger Terminal
City East	Darlinghurst, Kings Cross, Paddington, Surry Hills, Woolloomooloo
City South	Haymarket, Ultimo, UTS
Eastern Suburbs	Bondi Beach (*), Bondi Junction, Centennial Park, Coogee, Elizabeth Bay, Kingsford, Kensington, La Perouse, Little Bay, Maroubra, Potts Point, Randwick, Rushcutters Bay, South Head, University of New South Wales, Watsons Bay, Woollahra, Vaucluse
Inner West	Annandale, Ashfield, Balmain, Birchgrove, Birkenhead Point, Burwood, Camperdown, Canada Bay, Chippendale, Darlington, Drummoyne, Five Dock, Glebe, Leichhardt, Marrickville, Newtown, Petersham, Rozelle, Strathfield, University of Sydney
Lower North Shore	Artarmon, Balmoral, Chatswood, Crows Nest, Kirribili, Lane Cove, Milsons Point, Mosman, Neutral Bay, North Sydney (*), St Leonards, Taronga Zoo
Airport and Botany Bay	Alexandria, Botany, Brighton-Le-Sands, Mascot, Redfern, Ramsgate, Rockdale, San Souci, St Peters, Sydenham, Tempe, Wolli Creek, Zetlands
Macquarie Park-Ryde	East Ryde, Eastwood, Gladesville, Hunters Hill, Macquarie Park, Macquarie University, Marsfield, North Ryde, Putney, Ryde
Upper North Shore	Berowra, Hornsby, Killara, Lindfield, Pymble, St Ives, Wahroonga
Northern Beaches	Avalon, Beacon Hill, Curl Curl, Dee Why, Forestville, Frenchs Forest, Manly (), Mona Vale, Narrabeen, Newport, North Head, Palm Beach (), Whale Beach
Hills & Hawkesbury	Baulkham Hills, Carlingford, Castle Hill, Cherrybrook, Dural, Epping, Galston, Kellyville, Pennant Hills, West Pennant Hills
South West	Bankstown, Belmore, Cabramatta, Campsie, Canterbury, Chipping Norton, Fairfield, Greenacre, Lakemba, Liverpool, Padstow, Punchbowl
St George & Sutherland Shire	Caringbah, Cronulla (*), Hurstville, Kogarah, Kirrawee, Kurnell, Lucas Heights, Miranda, Peakhurst, Oatley, Sutherland, Taren Point
Macarthur	Camden, Campbelltown, Macquarie Fields, Mount Annan, Narellan
Parramatta	Auburn, Lidcombe, Guildford, Granville, Harris Park, Merrylands, Parramatta, Rosehill, Sydney Olympic Park (*)
Outer West	Blacktown, Emu Plains, Mt Druitt, Penrith, Prospect, Orchard Hills, St Marys

Retain separate Manly article

Strongly disagree with suggestion that Manly be merged with Northern Beaches. Manly is a destination in its own right, and it easily passes the "Can you sleep there?" test. Having Manly listings integrated with listings for the whole district would make it distinctly less useful for the many (majority?) of travellers who intend to visit only Manly itself. (WT-en) Ian Page 20:32, 19 October 2011 (EDT)

Join the central discussion at Talk:Sydney#Merging_major_tourist_destinations_.28Manly.2C_Bondi.2C_etc.29_into_districts... --(WT-en) globe-trotter 03:55, 20 October 2011 (EDT)