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Best places to live in Greater Sydney

43 places with 5,885,220 residents within about 50 km of Sydney, ranked for 29 household profiles. Regional data: official figures on affordability and jobs and economy, population and geography, with the other criteria modelled from population and location.

A greater area here means every municipality whose nearest big-city core is Sydney, within a radius that grows with the size of the city (20 to 60 km). It is a practical commuting belt, not an official region.

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For young families

  1. 1Ettalong
    New South Wales, 4,205 residents    35
  2. 2Campbelltown (New South Wales)
    New South Wales, 13,193 residents    34
  3. 3Pittwater
    New South Wales, 63,482 residents    32
  4. 4Toongabbie West
    New South Wales, 11,578 residents    31
  5. 5Mona Vale
    New South Wales, 10,877 residents    29
  6. 6Liverpool
    New South Wales, 31,078 residents    28
  7. 7Jordan Springs
    New South Wales, 5,111 residents    28
  8. 8Newport
    New South Wales, 9,048 residents    28
  9. 9Elizabeth Hills
    New South Wales, 2,544 residents    28
  10. 10Parramatta
    New South Wales, 30,211 residents    27

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For retired couples

  1. 1Pittwater
    New South Wales, 63,482 residents    71
  2. 2Mona Vale
    New South Wales, 10,877 residents    69
  3. 3Newport
    New South Wales, 9,048 residents    69
  4. 4Ettalong
    New South Wales, 4,205 residents    68
  5. 5Campbelltown (New South Wales)
    New South Wales, 13,193 residents    66
  6. 6Toongabbie West
    New South Wales, 11,578 residents    65
  7. 7Cheltenham (New South Wales)
    New South Wales, 2,166 residents    65
  8. 8Elizabeth Hills
    New South Wales, 2,544 residents    63
  9. 9Parramatta
    New South Wales, 30,211 residents    61
  10. 10Liverpool
    New South Wales, 31,078 residents    60

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For remote workers

  1. 1Pittwater
    New South Wales, 63,482 residents    58
  2. 2Toongabbie West
    New South Wales, 11,578 residents    55
  3. 3Mona Vale
    New South Wales, 10,877 residents    54
  4. 4Sydney
    New South Wales, 5,638,830 residents    54
  5. 5Newport
    New South Wales, 9,048 residents    53
  6. 6Liverpool
    New South Wales, 31,078 residents    53
  7. 7Campbelltown (New South Wales)
    New South Wales, 13,193 residents    52
  8. 8Parramatta
    New South Wales, 30,211 residents    52
  9. 9Hornsby
    New South Wales, 22,462 residents    49
  10. 10Turramurra
    New South Wales, 11,690 residents    46

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For commuters

  1. 1Sydney
    New South Wales, 5,638,830 residents    75
  2. 2Pittwater
    New South Wales, 63,482 residents    67
  3. 3Ettalong
    New South Wales, 4,205 residents    65
  4. 4Hornsby
    New South Wales, 22,462 residents    63
  5. 5Mona Vale
    New South Wales, 10,877 residents    62
  6. 6Turramurra
    New South Wales, 11,690 residents    62
  7. 7Parramatta
    New South Wales, 30,211 residents    61
  8. 8Newport
    New South Wales, 9,048 residents    60
  9. 9Liverpool
    New South Wales, 31,078 residents    57
  10. 10The Rocks
    New South Wales, 2,054 residents    57

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For single professionals

  1. 1Sydney
    New South Wales, 5,638,830 residents    77
  2. 2Pittwater
    New South Wales, 63,482 residents    58
  3. 3Mona Vale
    New South Wales, 10,877 residents    48
  4. 4Newport
    New South Wales, 9,048 residents    47
  5. 5Hornsby
    New South Wales, 22,462 residents    44
  6. 6Parramatta
    New South Wales, 30,211 residents    43
  7. 7Turramurra
    New South Wales, 11,690 residents    42
  8. 8Liverpool
    New South Wales, 31,078 residents    40
  9. 9Toongabbie West
    New South Wales, 11,578 residents    37
  10. 10Campbelltown (New South Wales)
    New South Wales, 13,193 residents    13

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For movers on a budget

  1. 1Liverpool
    New South Wales, 31,078 residents    18
  2. 2Toongabbie West
    New South Wales, 11,578 residents    17
  3. 3Ettalong
    New South Wales, 4,205 residents    17
  4. 4Pittwater
    New South Wales, 63,482 residents    16
  5. 5Campbelltown (New South Wales)
    New South Wales, 13,193 residents    14
  6. 6Mona Vale
    New South Wales, 10,877 residents    13
  7. 7Parramatta
    New South Wales, 30,211 residents    13
  8. 8Newport
    New South Wales, 9,048 residents    12
  9. 9Sydney
    New South Wales, 5,638,830 residents    12
  10. 10Hornsby
    New South Wales, 22,462 residents    12

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Towns in Greater Sydney