SYDNEY ST. VS MELBOURNE ST.

Sydney is larger...but Melbourne is growing 18% faster and will be Australia’s largest city by 2050

Population: 4,879,000 = 20,000 Population: 4,492,000 = 20,000

Growth: 80,965 - 1.73% Growth: 95,497 - 2.25%

Sydney is more culturally diverse...and gets nearly twice as many overseas visitors

Place of Birth Ancestry Tourism Place of Birth Ancestry Tourism

58.1% Australia 19.4% English International 62.6% Australia 20.8% English International
3.7% China 19.3% Australian Arrivals 3.3% England 20.4% Australian Arrivals
3.3% England 7.0% Chinese 12,753,000 2.8% India 6.8% Irish 7,000,000

More Melbournites drive to work...while more Sydneysiders walk

Iconic Landmark Commuting to work Iconic Landmark Commuting to work

Sydney Opera House Iconic Transport Flinders Street Station Iconic Transport
Opened 1973 Ferry Opened 1854 Tram
Commuters: 11,825 Commuters: 72,862

Drove a car Cycled Walked Drove a car Cycled Walked

1,050,069 18,225 81,581 1,155,094 29,658 54,982

Sydney gets more rain...but has more sunny days

Avg. Max Avg. Min Rainfall Cloudy Clear Avg. Max Avg. Min Rainfall Cloudy Clear
22.5ºC 14.5ºC 1223 mm 129 days 107 days 20.4ºC 11.4ºC 603 mm 180 days 46 days

Melbourne has larger stadiums...and more passionate club members!

Largest Stadium Sporting Teams Club with most Largest Stadium Sporting Teams Club with most
ANZ Stadium 9 NRL members MCG 9 AFL members
Capacity: 83,500 2 AFL Sydney Swans Capacity: 100,024 2 Soccer Collingwood
Largest Crowd: 83,833
2 Soccer over 40,000 members Largest Crowd: 130,000
1 NRL 80,793 members
NRL Grand Final 2014 Billy Graham 1959

Melbourne hosted Australia’s first Olympics...but Sydney’s was the “best Olympic games ever”!

2000 Summer Olympics - Australian Medals 1956 Summer Olympics - Australian Medals

16 25 17 13 8 14

Sydneysiders earn more on average...but pay 37% more for their houses (but less for coffee)

Household Income Avg. House Price Avg. Cost of Coffee Household Income Avg. House Price Avg. Cost of Coffee
$1,490 $843,994 $3.34 $1,337 $615,068 $3.43

And while the Sydney - Melbourne rivalry is strong...

all Australians agree that they are two of the greatest global cities!

Sources
Australian Bureau of Statistics (abs.gov.au)
cb McCrindle 2014
Australian Bureau of Meteorology (bom.gov.au) www.mccrindle.com.au
McCrindle www.researchvisualisation.com

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