North Sydney Council

ranks

for green cover compared to similar places across Australia

North Sydney Council is

Urban, compact and average-high rainfall

50-100^% urban

High density

Ave to high rainfall

vital statistics

75,021

population

LOW

HIGH

1.4^%

population growth (ave annual % change over past 20 years)

LOW

HIGH

7,155

population density
(people per sq km)

LOW

HIGH

100^%

proportion of LGA that is urban

LOW

HIGH

65.8^%

proportion apartments

LOW

HIGH

1,159

measure of advantage and disadvantage
(SEIFA-IRSAD)

LOW

HIGH

40.1^%

parents born overseas

LOW

HIGH

1,175.2

rainfall
(annual ave mm)

LOW

HIGH

0^%

bushfire affected
(% of LGA area burnt last 5 years)

LOW

HIGH

North Sydney has

30.6^%

canopy
(typically over 3m)

Up 3.3^% since 2016

3.8^%

shrub
(typically below 3m)

Down -1.4^% since 2016

7.8^%

grass
and bare ground

Down -1.2^% since 2016

Your green cover

Your green space

57.8^%

grey
(hard surface, e.g. pavement, roads and roofs)

Down -0.7^% since 2016

30.6^%

canopy
(over 3m)

Up 3.3^% since 2016

3.8^%

shrub
(over 3m)

Down -1.4^% since 2016

7.8^%

grass
(over 3m)

Down -1.2^% since 2016

57.8^%

grey
(hard surface, e.g. pavement, roads and roofs)

Down -0.7^% since 2016

Your green cover

Your green space

Disclaimer: While the i-Tree Tool is great for providing an overall assessment of canopy, it does not always tell an accurate account of urban canopy. North Sydney Council (NSW) has been regularly monitoring canopy cover as a key performance indicator since 1997. North Sydney’s results differ from this report, particularly in relation to the canopy cover trend, where canopy cover is in fact declining, having decreased from 33.9% in 2008 to just 27% in March 2020.

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AESTHETICS & VALUE

green cover is important

While grass is great for recreation, green cover is what creates many of the other big benefits, like keeping suburbs and homes cool and giving shade for walking, running and active transport.

It also brings wildlife into suburbs and makes them more appealing to the eye which, in turn, can make them more valuable.

When it comes to green cover

North Sydney

ranks

6

29

for green cover compared to similar places across Australia

with

34.4^%

green cover

North Sydney
is here

75^%+

50-75^%

25-50^%

0-25^%

1. Lane Cove Council (NSW): 45^%

2. Mosman Council (NSW): 42.7^%

3. Willoughby City Council (NSW): 41^%

4. Hunter's Hill Council (NSW): 39.2^%

5. Woollahra Municipal Council (NSW): 34.9^%

6. North Sydney Council (NSW): 34.4^%

7. City of Perth (WA): 33.1^%

8. City of Ryde (NSW): 32.9^%

9. Whitehorse City Council (VIC): 28.2^%

10. Georges River Council (NSW): 28^%

11. City of Subiaco (WA): 26.8^%

12. Randwick City Council (NSW): 25.5^%

13. Waverley Council (NSW): 25.2^%

14. City of Parramatta Council (NSW): 24.9^%

15. City of Monash (VIC): 23.4^%

16. Inner West Council (NSW): 22.2^%

17. Strathfield Council (NSW): 21.6^%

18. City of South Perth (WA): 20.9^%

19. City of Canada Bay (NSW): 20.8^%

20. City of Sydney (NSW): 20.7^%

21. City of Canterbury Bankstown (NSW): 20.3^%

22. The City of Vincent (WA): 20.3^%

23. Burwood Council (NSW): 20.1^%

24. Town of Victoria Park (WA): 19.8^%

25. Fairfield City Council (NSW): 19.1^%

26. Cumberland City Council (NSW): 18^%

27. Bayside Council (NSW): 17.2^%

28. City of Stirling (WA): 17.2^%

29. City of Bayswater (WA): 14.4^%

75^%+

North Sydney
is here

50-75^%

North Sydney
is here

25-50^%

North Sydney
is here

1. Lane Cove Council (NSW): 45^%

2. Mosman Council (NSW): 42.7^%

3. Willoughby City Council (NSW): 41^%

4. Hunter's Hill Council (NSW): 39.2^%

5. Woollahra Municipal Council (NSW): 34.9^%

6. North Sydney Council (NSW): 34.4^%

7. City of Perth (WA): 33.1^%

8. City of Ryde (NSW): 32.9^%

9. Whitehorse City Council (VIC): 28.2^%

10. Georges River Council (NSW): 28^%

11. City of Subiaco (WA): 26.8^%

12. Randwick City Council (NSW): 25.5^%

13. Waverley Council (NSW): 25.2^%

0-25^%

North Sydney
is here

14. City of Parramatta Council (NSW): 24.9^%

15. City of Monash (VIC): 23.4^%

16. Inner West Council (NSW): 22.2^%

17. Strathfield Council (NSW): 21.6^%

18. City of South Perth (WA): 20.9^%

19. City of Canada Bay (NSW): 20.8^%

20. City of Sydney (NSW): 20.7^%

21. City of Canterbury Bankstown (NSW): 20.3^%

22. The City of Vincent (WA): 20.3^%

23. Burwood Council (NSW): 20.1^%

24. Town of Victoria Park (WA): 19.8^%

25. Fairfield City Council (NSW): 19.1^%

26. Cumberland City Council (NSW): 18^%

27. Bayside Council (NSW): 17.2^%

28. City of Stirling (WA): 17.2^%

29. City of Bayswater (WA): 14.4^%

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North Sydney's

GREEN COVER

has

INCREASED

1.9^%

since 2016

moderately above

comparable places

This means there is a

Lower

challenge rating for North Sydney in maintaining and growing future green cover

This information is based in its entirety on: Hurley, J., Amati, M., Deilami, K., Caffin, M., Stanford, H., Azizmohammad, S. (2020) Where will all the trees be? - an assessment of urban forest cover and management for Australian cities, prepared for Hort Innovation by the Centre for Urban Research, RMIT University, Melbourne and Greener Spaces Better Places.

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