2013 federal election: Profile of the electoral division of Sydney (NSW)

State/Territory:

New South Wales

Status:

Current, boundary gazetted 22 December 2009

AEC Divisional Office:

Divisional Office contact details

Maps & GIS data:

A4 map of the Division of Sydney (2009) [PDF 203KB]
Map of the Division of Sydney (2009) [PDF 6.2MB]
Download GIS data

Name derivation:

Named after the city of Sydney, which was named in 1788 by Captain Arthur Phillip after Viscount Sydney, then British Home Secretary.

Area and Location Description:

Sydney covers an area of approximately 91 sq km from Port Jackson (including Sydney Harbour) in the north to Alexandria, Beaconsfield and Zetland in the south. Bounded in the east by South Dowling Street, Flinders Street, Oxford Street, Riley Street, Boomerang Place, Haig Lane, Sir John Young Crescent, Lincoln Crescent and Woolloomooloo Bay, the division extends to Annandale and Rozelle in the west. The main suburbs include Alexandria, Balmain, Beaconsfield, Birchgrove, Broadway, Chippendale, Darlington, Erskineville, Forest Lodge, Glebe, Haymarket, Millers Point, Pyrmont, Redfern, Rosebery, Surry Hills, The Rocks, Ultimo, Waterloo, Zetland and parts of Annandale, Camperdown, Newtown, Rozelle and the generic locality of Kings Cross which incorporates parts of the localities of Darlinghurst, Potts Point and Woolloomooloo. Lord Howe Island is in the Division of Sydney as are the harbour islands from Spectacle Island to the Heads.

Products/industries of the area:

Commercial, financial, retail, merchandising, service, transport, entertainment and shipping industries.

First proclaimed/election:

1968/1969

Demographic rating:

Inner Metropolitan

Members:

Plibersek, T (ALP) 1998–
Baldwin, P (ALP) 1983–1998
McMahon, J L (ALP) 1975–1983
Cope, J F (ALP) 1969–1975

Current member details:

Please refer to the Parliament of Australia website

Further information:

2010 federal election – House of Representatives results for Sydney
2007 federal election – House of Representatives results for Sydney
2004 federal election – House of Representatives results for Sydney
2010 divisional profile
For supporting information, see Party codes, demographic ratings and seat status.