SYDNEY

REASONS FOR DEVELOPMENT

• Freshwater stream
• Waters for safe anchorage
 GEOGRAPHY

• Blue Mountains, Pacific Ocean, Lake Macquarie, Botany Bay

• Human urbanisation:
• Suburban sprawl
• CBD
 DEMOGRAPHICS

• Sydney’s (SUA) population roughly 4.5 million

• Median age: 36
 LOCAL GOVERNMENT
AREAS

• Administrative areas
• 30 local government areas

Aucitypops. (2007). Map showing the local government areas in Sydney. Retrieved 22 October 2021
from https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Sydney_councils.png
 PUSH AND PULL FACTORS

• Push: • Pull
• Congestion • Job opportunities
• High housing costs • Community centres
• Expensive costs • Education facilities
• Business
• Stable economy
• Stable weather
• Scenery
COVID-19
 BACKGROUND

• First case emerged in January 2020

• Cases concentrated in the Inner City
 SOCIAL IMPACTS

• Positive:
• Workplace flexibility
• Less commuting time

• Negative:
• Unemployment
• Mental health declination
 ECONOMIC IMPACTS

• Positive:
• More activity within local centres

• Negative:
• GRP loss
• Local job loss
 ENVIRONMENTAL
IMPACTS

• Positive:
• Decrease in greenhouse gas
levels

• Negative:
• Increase in plastic waste

Brimblecombe, P. & Lai. Y. (2021). Subtle Changes or Dramatic Perceptions of Air Pollution in Sydney during
COVID-19. Retrieved 24 October from https://mdpi-res.com/d_attachment/environments/environments-08-
00002/article_deploy/environments-08-00002-v2.pdf
MENTAL HEALTH
 PRIMARY HEALTH NETWORKS (PHN)

• Independent organisations funded by the government

 PRE-COVID-19

Mental Health Commission of New South Wales. (2021). Regional Profiles on Central and Eastern Sydney; Northern Sydney; Western Sydney;
Nepean Blue Mountains; and South Wester Sydney.
 PRE-COVID-19

Mental Health Commission of New South Wales. (2021). Regional Profiles on Central and Eastern Sydney; Northern Sydney; Western Sydney;
Nepean Blue Mountains; and South Wester Sydney.
 PRE-COVID-19

Mental Health Commission of New South Wales. (2021). Regional Profiles on Central and Eastern Sydney; Northern Sydney; Western Sydney;
Nepean Blue Mountains; and South Wester Sydney.
 COVID-19 AND MENTAL HEALTH

• Unemployment:
• 17% increase in mental health conditions
• Large increases in:
• Young women
• Those within Inner City
 COVID-19 AND MENTAL HEALTH

• Person experience:
• Lost job due to pandemic
• Counsellor “saved her life from the uncertainty caused by the pandemic”
 COVID-19 AND MENTAL HEALTH

• Employment: Conclusions
• Causes declines in mental health
• Counsellor visits more essential in recovery
 COVID-19 AND
MENTAL HEALTH

• Age:
• Peak within ages 15 and 39
• Especially impactful within
Sydney due to low median
age

Australian National University. (2021). The impact of COVID-19 on child mental health and service barriers: The
perspective elf parents — August 2021. Retrieved 27 October from
https://csrm.cass.anu.edu.au/sites/default/files/docs/2021/9/Child_wellbeing_-_August_2021.pdf

Penrith City Council. (2021). Social and Economic Impacts of COVID-19. Retrieved 24 October from
https://www.penrithcity.nsw.gov.au/images/documents/social_and_economic_impacts_of_covid-19_report.pdf
 GOVERNMENT RESPONSE

Australian Government | Department of the Prime Minister and Cabinet. (2021). Mental health clinics to support
Australians in lockdown in NSW and VIC. Retrieved 28 October from https://ministers.pmc.gov.au/coleman/2021/mental-
health-clinics-support-australians-lockdown-nsw-and-vic
 GOVERNMENT RESPONSE

New South Wales Mental Health Branch. (2021). Mental Health Funding. Retrieved 28 October from
https://www.health.nsw.gov.au/mentalhealth/Pages/funding.aspx
 GOVERNMENT RESPONSE

Being - Mental Health Consumers. (2021). Mental Health Support package for NSW - July 2021. Retrieved 29 October from
https://being.org.au/mental-health-support-package-for-nsw-july-2021/
 GOVERNMENT RESPONSE

• Lacks:
• Support for children; and
• Those within regional areas
 PROPOSAL

• Support for children

• Education of adults
• Funding for child-targeted programs
• Support for regional areas
• More mental health clinics
 PROPOSAL

• Outcomes:
• Allows early intervention
• Supplements lack of clinics within regional areas
 CONCLUSIONS

• Significant mental health impact within Sydney

• Government response somewhat effective
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