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    Here’s where USyd lives

    Mapping the student population.
    By Samuel GarrettOctober 14, 2021 Misc 2 Mins Read
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    Data provided to Honi by the University illustrates significant overrepresentation of the North Shore and Eastern Suburbs among the student body.

    There are 38,653 undergraduate students at the University of Sydney. 

    26,033 are spread across 96 New South Wales Local Government Areas (LGAs). 

    12,296 (32%) are not matched to an LGA, typically international students with overseas addresses listed in Sydney Student, or, more rarely, domestic students with PO boxes or misspelt addresses. A further 324 (0.8%) have interstate addresses.

    Many are unsurprisingly concentrated near campus, with the City of Sydney and Inner West LGAs home to almost a quarter of all students. Geographically, students are otherwise relatively evenly distributed around the city.

    However, comparing student numbers to the general population of each LGA tells a very different story. 

    Use the slider to view LGAs by total students (L) and adjusted for population (R)

    Compared to their populations, every Western Sydney LGA is underrepresented on campus. 

    Affluent LGAs on the North Shore such as Mosman, Lane Cove and Hunters Hill, as well as the Eastern Suburbs LGAs of Woollahra and Waverley, are heavily overrepresented as a proportion of their populations, indicative of significant class disparities within the student body.

    Mosman residents are five times more likely to be attending USyd compared to Blacktown residents.

    Adjusted for population, the ten most represented LGAs of students are the City of Sydney, Burwood, Hunters Hill, Mosman, Ku-ring-gai, Woollahra, Inner West, Willoughby, Lane Cove and Strathfield.

    Overall, the ten most common LGAs of students are the City of Sydney (4153), Inner West (1811), Canterbury-Bankstown (1505), Ku-ring-gai (1365), Northern Beaches (1276), Parramatta (1254), Hornsby (905), The Hills Shire (875), Georges River (873) and Blacktown (861).

    The distribution of the student body also largely reflects that of Honi readers.

    LGAStudents
    Sydney4153
    Inner West1811
    Canterbury-Bankstown1505
    Ku-ring-gai1365
    Northern Beaches1276
    Parramatta1254
    Hornsby905
    The Hills Shire875
    Georges River873
    Blacktown861
    Bayside853
    Cumberland783
    Fairfield744
    Sutherland Shire703
    Randwick691
    Willoughby678
    Ryde665
    Liverpool601
    Woollahra578
    Canada Bay552
    Waverley485
    Burwood476
    North Sydney435
    Mosman351
    Strathfield349
    Lane Cove319
    Campbelltown279
    Penrith271
    Central Coast256
    Wollongong182
    Blue Mountains171
    Hunters Hill171
    Camden123
    Hawkesbury64
    Newcastle49
    Wingecarribee36
    Wollondilly34
    Lake Macquarie28
    Shellharbour23
    Shoalhaven15
    Byron11
    Maitland11
    Port Macquarie-Hastings11
    Albury<10
    Armidale Regional<10
    Ballina<10
    Bega Valley<10
    Blayney<10
    Bourke<10
    Broken Hill<10
    Cabonne<10
    Cessnock<10
    Clarence Valley<10
    Cobar<10
    Coffs Harbour<10
    Coolamon<10
    Cowra<10
    Dubbo Regional<10
    Dungog<10
    Eurobodalla<10
    Goulburn Mulwaree<10
    Greater Hume Shire<10
    Griffith<10
    Gunnedah<10
    Hay<10
    Hilltops<10
    Inverell<10
    Kiama<10
    Leeton<10
    Lismore<10
    Lithgow<10
    Liverpool Plains<10
    Mid-Coast<10
    Mid-Western Regional<10
    Moree Plains<10
    Murrumbidgee<10
    Muswellbrook<10
    Narrandera<10
    Narromine<10
    Orange<10
    Parkes<10
    Port Stephens<10
    Queanbeyan-Palerang Regional<10
    Richmond Valley<10
    Singleton<10
    Snowy Monaro Regional<10
    Tamworth Regional<10
    Tweed<10
    Unincorporated NSW<10
    Upper Hunter Shire<10
    Upper Lachlan Shire<10
    Wagga Wagga<10
    Walcha<10
    Warrumbungle Shire<10
    Weddin<10
    Yass Valley<10
    (No match to valid Australian address)12296
    (Australian address outside NSW)324
    Total38653
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