Each question below is answered on the map type that fits it — Score, Amount, Fair share, Missing, Clusters or Variety — hex by hex. A hex is one hexagon on the map, about 350 m across (roughly 0.1 km²). Each answer leads with what the map found, lists its Standouts — the ranked groups of nearby hexes that come out on top — with the numbers behind them, and states what the data cannot tell you. The link at the end opens that exact map of Sydney on the same map type, so you can change the measure, the division or the comparison and get a different answer.
None of these is the only “right” way to ask. They are starting points chosen to show which measures exist for Sydney and how the map type you pick changes what you can honestly say.
café demand-and-competition score — resident counts and walkable streets against existing café presence
In Sydney, the highest-ranking Standouts are Guildford, Condell Park, and Hurstville. Guildford leads with a score of 69.4/100 across 37 hexes, showing ≈1 café nearby, ≈0 km of walkable streets, and ≈23,147 residents. Each Standout is a group of high-scoring hexes within a 1,200 m radius. On the Missing map, Oran Park and Cambridge Park are short of cafés for residents within a 10-minute walk (about 3 and 2 short).
A shortlist by 3 factors, not a site recommendation.
How this answer was built
Three factors: how many people are around, how walkable the streets are, and how many of this business type are already mapped there. The last is scored inverted, so a hex ranks high when demand factors are strong and existing presence is thin.
Measure
Direction
Importance
Why it’s here
café competition
Less is better
45%
Count of mapped cafés already trading in the hex.
pedestrian length m
More is better
25%
Meters of walkable street — a proxy for how much passing footfall a frontage can see.
Total population
More is better
30%
Published resident count — the local demand base.
What this can’t tell you
This is a shortlist, not a site recommendation. It has no rent, no footfall, no unit availability, no licensing and no catchment modeling. Melbourne's extent is large and low-density, so Overture Maps covers its inner suburbs far more densely than the outer growth corridors; thin mapped presence on the fringe can reflect the map rather than the market.
Try changing it
· Raise the importance of the competition factor to prioritize hexes with the least existing presence.
· Swap the demand factor for the age band your customers actually fall into.
· Draw your own catchment on the map to score just that area.
All of these are adjustable on the Sydney map on the Free Tier.
The same question for other kinds of place
Same factors and importance, only the kind swapped. The Standouts are the Score map’s; the last column is where that kind is short for the people who live there, on the Missing map.
This answer ranks every hex in Sydney on café competition (less is better, importance 45%), pedestrian length m (more is better, importance 25%), and Total population (more is better, importance 30%). The top-scoring hexes are then grouped into the Standouts below.
Guildford (Cumberland City Council) ranks #1 with a score of 69.4/100 across 37 hexes. This Standout shows ≈1 café nearby, ≈0 km of walkable streets, and ≈23,147 residents (total population). Condell Park (Canterbury-Bankstown Council) ranks #2 with a score of 69.1/100 across 37 hexes, showing ≈0 cafés nearby, ≈0 km of walkable streets, and ≈20,568 residents (total population). Hurstville (Georges River Council) ranks #3 with a score of 69/100 across 37 hexes, showing ≈0 cafés nearby, ≈0 km of walkable streets, and ≈20,905 residents (total population). Parramatta (City of Parramatta Council) ranks #4 with a score of 68.4/100 across 37 hexes, showing ≈1 café nearby, ≈0 km of walkable streets, and ≈25,019 residents (total population). Berala (Cumberland City Council) ranks #5 with a score of 67.9/100 across 37 hexes, showing ≈8 cafés nearby, ≈0 km of walkable streets, and ≈26,161 residents (total population).
Each Standout is a group of high-scoring hexes within a 1,200 m radius.
Factors: café competition, pedestrian length m and Total population (2021). 14,911 of 16,624 hexes in Sydney were eligible and ranked. Last computed September 30, 2026.
Sources
ABS Census 2021 — Australian Bureau of Statistics, counted as of August 10, 2021
Where does Sydney combine dense housing with walkable streets?
Population density blended with walkable street length — an overlap score
In Sydney, the highest-ranking Standouts are Sydney (Council of the City of Sydney), Randwick (Randwick City Council), and Camperdown (Council of the City of Sydney). Sydney leads with a score of 53.6/100 across 37 hexes, showing ≈15,708 residents per km² and ≈0 km of walkable streets.
A shortlist by 2 factors, not a site recommendation.
How this answer was built
Residents per square kilometer alongside meters of walkable street, both scored up. Density without walkable frontage and walkable frontage without residents are two different kinds of neighborhood; the score finds where they coincide, which in Melbourne means the tram-corridor suburbs rather than either the CBD or the outer growth suburbs.
Measure
Direction
Importance
Why it’s here
Population density per km²
More is better
55%
Residents per square kilometer, from the published SA1 counts.
pedestrian length m
More is better
45%
Meters of mapped walkable street in the hex.
What this can’t tell you
Street length is mapped geometry, not walkability as experienced: it carries no crossing quality, no shade, no lighting and no gradient.
Try changing it
· Add mapped retail to find dense, walkable, well-served streets.
· Drop the street term to rank on density alone.
All of these are adjustable on the Sydney map on the Free Tier.
Full breakdown & sources
This answer ranks every hex in Sydney by combining two factors: Population density per km² (more is better, importance 55%) and pedestrian length m (more is better, importance 45%). The top-scoring hexes are then grouped into Standouts.
Sydney (Council of the City of Sydney) ranks #1 with a score of 53.6/100 across 37 hexes, showing ≈15,708 residents per km² and ≈0 km of walkable streets. Randwick (Randwick City Council) ranks #2 with a score of 51.8/100 across 37 hexes, showing ≈9,749 residents per km² and ≈0 km of walkable streets. Camperdown (Council of the City of Sydney) ranks #3 with a score of 51.2/100 across 37 hexes, showing ≈9,100 residents per km² and ≈0 km of walkable streets. Lakemba (Canterbury-Bankstown Council) ranks #4 with a score of 50.4/100 across 37 hexes, showing ≈8,753 residents per km² and ≈0 km of walkable streets. Bondi (Waverley Council) ranks #5 with a score of 50.2/100 across 37 hexes, showing ≈10,200 residents per km² and ≈0 km of walkable streets.
Each Standout is a group of high-scoring hexes within a 1,200 m radius.
Factors: Population density per km² (2021) and pedestrian length m. “Population density per km²” is computed by this pipeline from published components rather than published directly. 14,081 of 16,624 hexes in Sydney were eligible and ranked. Last computed September 30, 2026.
Sources
ABS Census 2021 — Australian Bureau of Statistics, counted as of August 10, 2021
Mapped transit stops per km², with a Clusters map check — Overture Maps
Transit stops peak around Haymarket (Council of the City of Sydney): 9.5 per km² (42 transit stops across 4.4 km²), against a Sydney figure of 0.2 per km². Waverton (North Sydney Council) and Newtown (Council of the City of Sydney) follow at 2.6 per km² and 2.6 per km². On the Clusters map, the transit stops around Chippendale (Council of the City of Sydney) and Council of the City of Sydney form a cluster the test confirms.
Council of the City of Sydney as a whole has 66 transit stops across 26.4 km², 2.5 per km², 12.5× Sydney's figure.
North Sydney Council as a whole has 8 transit stops across 10.8 km², 0.7 per km², 3.5× Sydney's figure.
Bayside Council as a whole has 19 transit stops across 49.5 km², 0.4 per km², 2.0× Sydney's figure.
Inner West Council as a whole has 23 transit stops across 34.8 km², 0.7 per km², 3.5× Sydney's figure.
A place record means it is mapped, not that it is open, licensed or of any size.
Full breakdown & sources
This answer shows transit stops in every hex of Sydney on the Amount map, then groups the hexes with the most into the Standouts below.
Haymarket (Council of the City of Sydney) ranks #1: 9.5 per km² across 35 hexes (42 transit stops across 4.4 km²). Waverton (North Sydney Council) ranks #2: 2.6 per km² across 18 hexes (6 transit stops across 2.3 km²). Newtown (Council of the City of Sydney) ranks #3: 2.6 per km² across 37 hexes (12 transit stops across 4.7 km²). Wolli Creek (Bayside Council) ranks #4: 2.1 per km² across 37 hexes (10 transit stops across 4.7 km²). Inner West Council ranks #5: 1.9 per km² across 37 hexes (9 transit stops across 4.7 km²).
Each Standout is a group of hexes within a 1,200 m radius.
Measured as transit stops on the Amount map; the Standouts are the hexes with the most. Last computed September 30, 2026.
Residents per km² on the Amount map — ABS Census 2021
Residents peak around Sydney (Council of the City of Sydney) with 13,754.1 per km² (62,747 residents across 4.6 km²), compared to the Sydney figure of 2,207.6 per km². Wentworth Point (City of Parramatta Council) and Waterloo (Council of the City of Sydney) follow, showing 11,584.4 per km² and 10,013.6 per km² respectively.
Council of the City of Sydney as a whole has 207,274 residents across 26.4 km², 7,863.7 per km², 3.6× Sydney's figure.
City of Parramatta Council as a whole has 258,061 residents across 84.1 km², 3,068.1 per km², 1.4× Sydney's figure.
Waverley Council as a whole has 66,106 residents across 9.5 km², 6,954.6 per km², 3.2× Sydney's figure.
A per-hex census figure is an estimate for that hex; the source is ABS Census 2021.
Full breakdown & sources
This answer shows residents in every hex of Sydney on the Amount map, then groups the hexes with the most residents into the Standouts below.
Sydney (Council of the City of Sydney) ranks #1, with 13,754.1 residents per km² across 36 hexes (62,747 residents across 4.6 km²). Wentworth Point (City of Parramatta Council) ranks #2, showing 11,584.4 residents per km² across 20 hexes (29,353 residents across 2.5 km²). Waterloo (Council of the City of Sydney) ranks #3, with 10,013.6 residents per km² across 37 hexes (46,952 residents across 4.7 km²). Potts Point (Council of the City of Sydney) ranks #4, showing 9,879 residents per km² across 29 hexes (36,307 residents across 3.7 km²). Bondi (Waverley Council) ranks #5, with 8,890.6 residents per km² across 28 hexes (31,550 residents across 3.5 km²).
Each Standout is a group of hexes within a 1,200 meter radius.
Measured as residents (2021) on the Amount map; the Standouts are the hexes with the most. Last computed September 30, 2026.
Sources
ABS Census 2021 — Australian Bureau of Statistics, counted as of August 10, 2021
Where is median household income highest in Sydney?
Median weekly household income on the Amount map — ABS Census 2021, the smallest published medians averaged into the hex
Median weekly household income peaks around Vaucluse (Woollahra Municipal Council): $5,024, against a Sydney figure of $2,226. Lane Cove Municipal Council and Castlecrag (Willoughby City Council) follow at $4,657 and $4,524.
Woollahra Municipal Council as a whole averages $3,343, 1.5× Sydney's figure.
Lane Cove Municipal Council as a whole averages $3,231, 1.5× Sydney's figure.
Willoughby City Council as a whole averages $2,910, 1.3× Sydney's figure.
Northern Beaches Council as a whole averages $2,855, 1.3× Sydney's figure.
Mosman Municipal Council as a whole averages $3,366, 1.5× Sydney's figure.
A per-hex census figure is an estimate for that hex; the source is ABS Census 2021.
Full breakdown & sources
This answer shows median weekly household income in every hex of Sydney on the Amount map, then groups the hexes with the most into the Standouts below.
Vaucluse (Woollahra Municipal Council) ranks #1 with $5,024 across 11 hexes. Lane Cove Municipal Council ranks #2 with $4,657 across 25 hexes. Castlecrag (Willoughby City Council) ranks #3 with $4,524 across 19 hexes. Balgowlah Heights (Northern Beaches Council) ranks #4 with $4,430 across 17 hexes. Mosman (Mosman Municipal Council) ranks #5 with $4,278 across 14 hexes.
Each Standout is a group of hexes within a 1,200 m radius.
Measured as median weekly household income (2021) on the Amount map; the Standouts are the hexes with the most. Last computed September 30, 2026.
Sources
ABS Census 2021 — Australian Bureau of Statistics, counted as of August 10, 2021
Median weekly household income (AUD) (mean) source
Median weekly rent on the Amount map — ABS Census 2021, the smallest published medians averaged into the hex
Median weekly rent peaks around Vaucluse, where it reaches $1,735. This compares to a Sydney figure of $527. Mosman follows at $1,501, and Balgowlah Heights is next at $1,295, showing where rent is highest.
Woollahra Municipal Council as a whole averages $806, 1.5× Sydney's figure.
Mosman Municipal Council as a whole averages $870, 1.7× Sydney's figure.
Northern Beaches Council as a whole averages $737, 1.4× Sydney's figure.
A per-hex census figure is an estimate for that hex; the source is ABS Census 2021.
Full breakdown & sources
This answer shows median weekly rent in every hex of Sydney on the Amount map. You can see the hexes with the highest median weekly rent grouped into Standouts below.
Vaucluse ranks #1 for median weekly rent, reaching $1,735 across 11 hexes. Mosman ranks #2, with $1,501 across 18 hexes. Balgowlah Heights ranks #3, showing $1,295 across 17 hexes. Belrose ranks #4, with $1,169 across 25 hexes. Greenhills Beach ranks #5, showing $1,116 across 8 hexes.
Each Standout is a group of hexes within a 1,200 meter radius.
Measured as median weekly rent (2021) on the Amount map; the Standouts are the hexes with the most. Last computed September 30, 2026.
Sources
ABS Census 2021 — Australian Bureau of Statistics, counted as of August 10, 2021
Rented dwellings as a share of all occupied private dwellings on the Amount map — ABS Census 2021
Rented dwellings are most common around Sydney, with 72.3% (16,435 of 22,725 dwellings) in that neighborhood. Parramatta follows with 71.9%, and Liverpool with 70.7%.
A per-hex census figure is an estimate for that hex; the source is ABS Census 2021.
Full breakdown & sources
This answer shows rented dwellings in every hex on the Amount map, then groups the hexes with the most into the Standouts below.
Sydney (Council of the City of Sydney) ranks #1 with 72.3% across 35 hexes (16,435 rented dwellings of 22,725). Parramatta (City of Parramatta Council) ranks #2 with 71.9% across 33 hexes (7,936 rented dwellings of 11,044). Liverpool (Liverpool City Council) ranks #3 with 70.7% across 26 hexes (3,080 rented dwellings of 4,359). City of Parramatta Council ranks #4 with 69.1% across 27 hexes (4,173 rented dwellings of 6,037). Waterloo (Council of the City of Sydney) ranks #5 with 67% across 35 hexes (14,850 rented dwellings of 22,181).
Each Standout is a group of hexes within a 1,200 m radius.
Measured as rented dwellings (2021) on the Amount map; the Standouts are the hexes with the most. Last computed September 30, 2026.
Sources
ABS Census 2021 — Australian Bureau of Statistics, counted as of August 10, 2021
Which Sydney suburbs are the most mixed across religious affiliations?
How evenly six published religious affiliations are represented, on the Variety map — ABS Census 2021, an optional self-reported question
The most varied mix of religious affiliations in Sydney is around Birrong (Canterbury-Bankstown Council): very mixed, with no single religious affiliation above 38%. Parramatta (City of Parramatta Council) and The Ponds (Blacktown City Council) follow, with no single religious affiliation above 32% and 41%.
Standout
Neighborhood
How mixed
Top kinds
Map
#1 Birrong
Canterbury-Bankstown Council
very mixed
Christian residents 38%, Muslim residents 29%, residents with no religion 20%
Counts residents in each published class; it says nothing about how long they have lived here.
Full breakdown & sources
This answer shows how mixed the religious affiliations are in every hex of Sydney, on the Variety map, then groups the hexes with the most into the Standouts below.
Birrong (Canterbury-Bankstown Council) ranks #1: very mixed across 37 hexes (Christian residents 38%, Muslim residents 29%, residents with no religion 20%). Parramatta (City of Parramatta Council) ranks #2: very mixed across 37 hexes (Christian residents 32%, Hindu residents 28%, residents with no religion 27%). The Ponds (Blacktown City Council) ranks #3: very mixed across 37 hexes (Christian residents 41%, Hindu residents 26%, residents with no religion 18%). Canterbury-Bankstown Council ranks #4: very mixed across 37 hexes (Muslim residents 38%, Christian residents 33%, residents with no religion 17%). Hinchinbrook (Liverpool City Council) ranks #5: very mixed across 37 hexes (Christian residents 45%, Muslim residents 24%, residents with no religion 17%).
Each Standout is a group of hexes within a 1,200 m radius.
Measured as religious affiliations (2021) on the Variety map; the Standouts are the hexes with the most. Last computed September 30, 2026.
Sources
ABS Census 2021 — Australian Bureau of Statistics, counted as of August 10, 2021
How mixed the restaurant cuisines are, read within a 10-minute walk, on the Variety map — Overture Maps
Within a 10-minute walk, the most varied mix of cuisines in Sydney is around Mascot (Bayside Council): very mixed, with no single cuisine above 25%. Alexandria (Council of the City of Sydney) and Haymarket (Council of the City of Sydney) follow, with no single cuisine above 34% and 28%.
One hex is too small to show a mix: where any are found, only one kind is there in 51 of every 100 hexes. Within a 10-minute walk 19 hexes are read together, so a mix has room to show. Counts mapped places of each kind; it says nothing about quality or price.
Full breakdown & sources
This answer shows how mixed the cuisines are in every hex of Sydney, read within a 10-minute walk, on the Variety map, then groups the hexes with the most into the Standouts below.
Mascot (Bayside Council) ranks #1: very mixed across 37 hexes (Italian 25%, Japanese 22%, Thai 19%). Alexandria (Council of the City of Sydney) ranks #2: very mixed across 37 hexes (Italian 34%, Japanese 19%, Chinese 15%). Haymarket (Council of the City of Sydney) ranks #3: very mixed across 37 hexes (Japanese 28%, Chinese 21%, Italian 20%). Marrickville (Inner West Council) ranks #4: very mixed across 37 hexes (Italian 43%, Thai 16%, Chinese 12%). Wollstonecraft (North Sydney Council) ranks #5: very mixed across 37 hexes (Japanese 41%, Italian 17%, Indian 12%).
Each Standout is a group of hexes within a 1,200 m radius.
Measured as cuisines on the Variety map, read within a 10-minute walk; the Standouts are the hexes with the most. Last computed September 30, 2026.
Where is nightlife concentrated in Sydney — and is it a real cluster?
Mapped bars and nightlife places on the Clusters map — Overture Maps
Around Surry Hills and Newtown, bars and nightlife places form a cluster the test confirms as genuinely busy; the pattern is not chance. 272 hexes across Sydney test as genuinely busy.
A two-sided test with a false-discovery cut; hexes at the edge of the data are not judged.
Full breakdown & sources
This answer tests every hex of Sydney for bars and nightlife places against chance on the Clusters map, then groups the hexes with the most into the Standouts below.
Surry Hills ranks #1: genuinely busy across 37 hexes. Newtown ranks #2: genuinely busy across 37 hexes. Marrickville ranks #3: genuinely busy across 29 hexes. Alexandria ranks #4: genuinely busy across 26 hexes. Pyrmont ranks #5: genuinely busy across 24 hexes.
Each Standout is a group of hexes within a 1,200 m radius.
Measured as bars and nightlife places on the Clusters map; the Standouts are the hexes with the most. Last computed September 30, 2026.
Where are grocery stores missing for the people who live there in Sydney?
Mapped grocery stores within a 10-minute walk against the number Sydney's rate predicts for the residents there, on the Missing map — Overture Maps and ABS Census 2021
Within a 10-minute walk of Plumpton, grocery stores fall short of Sydney's rate by about 2 (1 mapped, 3 expected). Glenwood and Mount Pritchard are short by about 1 and 2, respectively.
One hex is too small to show a shortfall: at the Sydney rate, less than half of one is expected in 97 of every 100 hexes. Within a 10-minute walk 19 hexes are read together, so a shortfall has room to show. Expected is modeled from the city rate. A zero means nothing mapped, never nothing there.
Full breakdown & sources
This answer shows how many grocery stores each hex of Sydney is short of at the city's rate, read within a 10-minute walk, on the Missing map. The Standouts below group the hexes with the largest shortfalls.
Plumpton ranks #1, short by about 2 across 37 hexes (1 mapped, 3 expected within a 10-minute walk of its top hex). Glenwood ranks #2, short by about 1 across 37 hexes (1 mapped, 2 expected within a 10-minute walk of its top hex). Mount Pritchard ranks #3, short by about 2 across 37 hexes (0 mapped, 2 expected within a 10-minute walk of its top hex). Cecil Hills ranks #4, short by about 1 across 37 hexes (0 mapped, 1 expected within a 10-minute walk of its top hex). Guildford West ranks #5, short by about 1 across 37 hexes (0 mapped, 1 expected within a 10-minute walk of its top hex).
Each Standout is a group of hexes within a 1,200 m radius.
Measured as grocery stores on the Missing map, read within a 10-minute walk; the Standouts are the hexes with the least. Last computed September 30, 2026.
Sources
ABS Census 2021 — Australian Bureau of Statistics, counted as of August 10, 2021
Dwellings with no motor vehicle as a share of all occupied private dwellings on the Amount map — ABS Census 2021
Dwellings with no motor vehicle are most common around Sydney (Council of the City of Sydney), where 55.8% of dwellings (11,731 of 21,023) have no motor vehicle. Chippendale (Council of the City of Sydney) follows at 48%, and Burwood (Burwood Council) at 30.8%.
A per-hex census figure is an estimate for that hex; the source is ABS Census 2021.
Full breakdown & sources
This answer shows dwellings with no motor vehicle in every hex of Sydney on the Amount map, then groups the hexes with the most into the Standouts below.
Sydney (Council of the City of Sydney) ranks #1, with 55.8% across 34 hexes (11,731 dwellings with no motor vehicle of 21,023). Chippendale (Council of the City of Sydney) ranks #2, with 48% across 35 hexes (8,406 dwellings with no motor vehicle of 17,527). Burwood (Burwood Council) ranks #3, with 30.8% across 37 hexes (3,559 dwellings with no motor vehicle of 11,570). Parramatta (City of Parramatta Council) ranks #4, with 28.6% across 37 hexes (3,183 dwellings with no motor vehicle of 11,114). Milsons Point (North Sydney Council) ranks #5, with 27.6% across 13 hexes (1,210 dwellings with no motor vehicle of 4,378).
Each Standout is a group of hexes within a 1,200 m radius.
Measured as dwellings with no motor vehicle (2021) on the Amount map; the Standouts are the hexes with the most. Last computed September 30, 2026.
Sources
ABS Census 2021 — Australian Bureau of Statistics, counted as of August 10, 2021
Where do Sydney's older residents have the fewest pharmacies nearby?
The 65-and-over share against mapped pharmacies — a coverage gap score
In Sydney, the highest-ranking Standouts are Bayview (Northern Beaches Council), Springwood (Sydney), and Jamisontown (Sydney). Bayview (Northern Beaches Council) leads with a score of 97.7/100 across 35 hexes, where the data shows ≈0 pharmacies nearby and 38% share aged 65 and over. Each Standout is a group of high-scoring hexes within a 1,200 m radius.
A shortlist by 2 factors, not a site recommendation.
How this answer was built
The share of residents aged 65 and over scored up against mapped pharmacy count scored down. Older residents are the group most associated with regular pharmacy visits, so the pairing finds where they are concentrated and mapped provision is thin.
Measure
Direction
Importance
Why it’s here
Share aged 65 and over
More is better
60%
Residents aged 65 and over as a share of all residents.
pharmacy competition
Less is better
40%
Count of mapped pharmacies, scored inverted so thin coverage ranks higher.
What this can’t tell you
It is a rank blend of two separately counted things, not a residents-per-pharmacy ratio, and pharmacy count is presence rather than opening hours or dispensing capacity. Age carries no health status. Only 948 hexes in Melbourne carry a mapped pharmacy at all, so a thin count on the fringe may reflect Overture Maps' coverage rather than the street.
Try changing it
· Drop the pharmacy term to rank on the older-resident share alone.
· Swap pharmacies for the health and medical rollup to widen the provision term.
All of these are adjustable on the Sydney map on the Free Tier.
Full breakdown & sources
This answer ranks every hex in Sydney on Share aged 65 and over (more is better, importance 60%) and pharmacy competition (less is better, importance 40%), then groups the top-scoring hexes into the Standouts below.
Bayview (Northern Beaches Council) ranks #1 with a score of 97.7/100 across 35 hexes, showing ≈0 pharmacies nearby and 38% share aged 65 and over. Springwood (Sydney) ranks #2 with a score of 94.2/100 across 36 hexes, showing ≈0 pharmacies nearby and 33% share aged 65 and over. Jamisontown (Sydney) ranks #3 with a score of 91.5/100 across 37 hexes, showing ≈2 pharmacies nearby and 36% share aged 65 and over. Glenhaven (Sydney) ranks #4 with a score of 90.7/100 across 37 hexes, showing ≈1 pharmacy nearby and 46% share aged 65 and over. Miranda (Sydney) ranks #5 with a score of 89.9/100 across 37 hexes, showing ≈3 pharmacies nearby and 25% share aged 65 and over.
Factors: Share aged 65 and over (2021) and pharmacy competition. “Share aged 65 and over” is computed by this pipeline from published components rather than published directly. 13,402 of 16,624 hexes in Sydney were eligible and ranked. Last computed September 30, 2026.
Sources
ABS Census 2021 — Australian Bureau of Statistics, counted as of August 10, 2021
Where is the share of households earning $4,000 or more a week far above the Sydney average?
Households with a weekly income of $4,000 or more as a share of all households, against the Sydney average on the Fair share map — ABS Census 2021
Around Paddington (Woollahra Municipal Council), households earning $4,000 or more a week run at 1.7× the Sydney average (37.3% here). Bondi (Waverley Council) and St Leonards (Lane Cove Municipal Council) sit at 1.7× and 1.6×.
Compared with the whole-city figure; a per-hex census figure is an estimate for that hex.
Full breakdown & sources
This answer compares households earning $4,000 or more a week in every hex of Sydney with the city average on the Fair share map, then groups the hexes with the most into the Standouts below.
Paddington (Woollahra Municipal Council) ranks #1: 1.7× the average across 33 hexes. Bondi (Waverley Council) ranks #2: 1.7× the average across 36 hexes. St Leonards (Lane Cove Municipal Council) ranks #3: 1.6× the average across 36 hexes. Rozelle (Inner West Council) ranks #4: 2.0× the average across 26 hexes. Randwick City Council ranks #5: 1.7× the average across 32 hexes.
Each Standout is a group of hexes within a 1,200 m radius.
Measured as households earning $4,000 or more a week (2021) on the Fair share map; the Standouts are the hexes with the most. Last computed September 30, 2026.
Sources
ABS Census 2021 — Australian Bureau of Statistics, counted as of August 10, 2021
Which Sydney neighborhoods have more than their fair share of cafés?
Mapped cafés per resident against the Sydney average on the Fair share map — Overture Maps and ABS Census 2021
Around Sydney (Council of the City of Sydney), cafés run at 8.5× the Sydney average (353 cafés for 49,752 residents). Darlinghurst (Council of the City of Sydney) sits at 5.7× the average, and Victoria Cross (North Sydney Council) sits at 6.5×. Glebe (Council of the City of Sydney) and City of Parramatta Council also show high concentrations.
Council of the City of Sydney as a whole has 770 cafés for 207,274 residents, 4.6× Sydney's rate.
North Sydney Council as a whole has 133 cafés for 65,133 residents, 2.5× Sydney's rate.
City of Parramatta Council as a whole has 188 cafés for 258,061 residents, 0.9× Sydney's rate.
Compared with the whole-city rate; a place record means it is mapped, not open or licensed.
Full breakdown & sources
This answer compares cafés in every hex of Sydney with the city average on the Fair share map, then groups the hexes with the most into the Standouts below.
Sydney (Council of the City of Sydney) ranks #1 with 8.5× the average across 32 hexes (353 cafés for 49,752 residents). Darlinghurst (Council of the City of Sydney) ranks #2 with 5.7× the average across 22 hexes (131 cafés for 27,965 residents). Victoria Cross (North Sydney Council) ranks #3 with 6.5× the average across 17 hexes (95 cafés for 17,874 residents). Glebe (Council of the City of Sydney) ranks #4 with 4.4× the average across 28 hexes (103 cafés for 28,371 residents). City of Parramatta Council ranks #5 with 7.5× the average across 10 hexes (61 cafés for 9,172 residents).
Each Standout is a group of hexes within a 1,200 m radius.
Measured as cafés on the Fair share map; the Standouts are the hexes with the most. Last computed September 30, 2026.
Sources
ABS Census 2021 — Australian Bureau of Statistics, counted as of August 10, 2021
Where do restaurants cluster in Sydney, and is it a real cluster?
Mapped restaurants on the Clusters map — Overture Maps
Around Glebe (Council of the City of Sydney) and Parramatta (City of Parramatta Council), restaurants form a cluster the test confirms as genuinely busy; the pattern is not chance. 785 hexes across Sydney test as genuinely busy.
A two-sided test with a false-discovery cut; hexes at the edge of the data are not judged.
Full breakdown & sources
This answer tests every hex of Sydney for restaurants against chance on the Clusters map, then groups the hexes with the most into the Standouts below.
Glebe (Council of the City of Sydney) ranks #1: genuinely busy across 37 hexes. Parramatta (City of Parramatta Council) ranks #2: genuinely busy across 35 hexes. Enmore (Inner West Council) ranks #3: genuinely busy across 35 hexes. North Sydney (North Sydney Council) ranks #4: genuinely busy across 34 hexes. Burwood (Burwood Council) ranks #5: genuinely busy across 30 hexes.
Each Standout is a group of hexes within a 1,200 m radius.
Measured as restaurants on the Clusters map; the Standouts are the hexes with the most. Last computed September 30, 2026.
Residents aged 25–34 as a share of all residents on the Amount map — ABS Census 2021, counted on August 10, 2021
The highest concentrations of residents aged 25–34 are found around Mascot (Bayside Council), where 42.6% of residents are in this age group (6,689 residents aged 25–34 of 15,687). Sydney Olympic Park (City of Parramatta Council) and Wolli Creek (Bayside Council) also show high concentrations, at 41.3% and 40.7% respectively.
A per-hex census figure is an estimate for that hex; the source is ABS Census 2021.
Full breakdown & sources
This answer shows residents aged 25–34 in every hex of Sydney on the Amount map. The Standouts below group the hexes with the most residents in this age range.
Mascot (Bayside Council) ranks #1, with 42.6% of its residents aged 25–34 across 22 hexes (6,689 residents aged 25–34 of 15,687). Sydney Olympic Park (City of Parramatta Council) ranks #2, with 41.3% across 28 hexes (2,961 residents aged 25–34 of 7,175). Wolli Creek (Bayside Council) ranks #3, with 40.7% across 20 hexes (5,059 residents aged 25–34 of 12,442). Zetland (Council of the City of Sydney) ranks #4, with 38.5% across 36 hexes (12,802 residents aged 25–34 of 33,235). Wentworth Point (City of Parramatta Council) ranks #5, with 38% across 15 hexes (8,417 residents aged 25–34 of 22,173).
Each Standout is a group of hexes within a 1,200 m radius.
Measured as residents aged 25–34 (2021) on the Amount map; the Standouts are the hexes with the most. Last computed September 30, 2026.
Sources
ABS Census 2021 — Australian Bureau of Statistics, counted as of August 10, 2021
Where are pharmacies missing for the people who live there in Sydney?
Mapped pharmacies within a 10-minute walk against the number Sydney's rate predicts for the residents there, on the Missing map — Overture Maps and ABS Census 2021
Within a 10-minute walk of Doonside (Blacktown City Council), pharmacies fall short of Sydney's rate by about 1 (1 mapped, 1 expected). Canley Heights (Fairfield City Council) and Cecil Hills (Liverpool City Council) are each short by about 1.
One hex is too small to show a shortfall: at the Sydney rate, less than half of one is expected in 99 of every 100 hexes. Within a 10-minute walk 19 hexes are read together, so a shortfall has room to show. Expected is modeled from the city rate. A zero means nothing mapped, never nothing there.
Full breakdown & sources
This answer shows how many pharmacies each hex of Sydney is short of at the city's rate, read within a 10-minute walk, on the Missing map, then groups the hexes with the least into the Standouts below.
Doonside (Blacktown City Council) ranks #1: short by about 1 across 37 hexes (1 mapped, 1 expected within a 10-minute walk of its top hex). Canley Heights (Fairfield City Council) ranks #2: short by about 1 across 37 hexes (0 mapped, 2 expected within a 10-minute walk of its top hex). Cecil Hills (Liverpool City Council) ranks #3: short by about 1 across 37 hexes (0 mapped, 1 expected within a 10-minute walk of its top hex). Greystanes (Cumberland City Council) ranks #4: short by about 1 across 37 hexes (0 mapped, 1 expected within a 10-minute walk of its top hex). Guildford West (Cumberland City Council) ranks #5: short by about 1 across 37 hexes (0 mapped, 1 expected within a 10-minute walk of its top hex).
Each Standout is a group of hexes within a 1,200 m radius.
Measured as pharmacies on the Missing map, read within a 10-minute walk; the Standouts are the hexes with the least. Last computed September 30, 2026.
Sources
ABS Census 2021 — Australian Bureau of Statistics, counted as of August 10, 2021
Where do residents who need help with daily activities live in Sydney?
Residents with a core-activity need for assistance as a share of all residents on the Amount map — ABS Census 2021
The Amount map shows where residents who need help with daily activities are most concentrated. Grasmere has the highest concentration at 39.8% (459 residents out of 1,154). Belrose follows with 34.5%, and Kemps Creek (west) has 29.7% of its residents needing help with daily activities.
A per-hex census figure is an estimate for that hex; the source is ABS Census 2021.
Full breakdown & sources
This answer highlights hexes with a high measure of residents who need help with daily activities on the Amount map, then groups the top-scoring hexes into Standouts.
Grasmere ranks #1, with 39.8% of residents needing help with daily activities across 22 hexes (459 residents out of 1,154). Belrose ranks #2, showing 34.5% across 13 hexes (57 residents out of 165). Kemps Creek (west) ranks #3, with 29.7% across 14 hexes (22 residents out of 74). Kemps Creek (west 2) ranks #4, with 26.9% across 12 hexes (21 residents out of 78). Richmond ranks #5, with 23.3% across 13 hexes (10 residents out of 43).
Each Standout is a group of hexes within a 1,200 m radius.
Measured as residents who need help with daily activities (2021) on the Amount map; the Standouts are the hexes with the most. Last computed September 30, 2026.
Sources
ABS Census 2021 — Australian Bureau of Statistics, counted as of August 10, 2021
How mixed the kinds of nightlife place are, read within a 10-minute walk, on the Variety map — Overture Maps
Within a 10-minute walk, the most varied mix of nightlife kinds in Sydney is around Redfern (Council of the City of Sydney): very mixed, with no single nightlife kind above 29%. Forest Lodge (Council of the City of Sydney) and Inner West Council follow, with no single nightlife kind above 48% and 40%.
One hex is too small to show a mix: where any are found, only one kind is there in 77 of every 100 hexes. Within a 10-minute walk 19 hexes are read together, so a mix has room to show. Counts mapped places of each kind; it says nothing about quality or price.
Full breakdown & sources
This answer shows how mixed the nightlife kinds are in every hex of Sydney, read within a 10-minute walk, on the Variety map, then groups the hexes with the most into the Standouts below.
Redfern (Council of the City of Sydney) ranks #1: very mixed across 37 hexes (Pub 29%, Cocktail Bar 25%, Dance Club 23%). Forest Lodge (Council of the City of Sydney) ranks #2: very mixed across 37 hexes (Pub 48%, Cocktail Bar 17%, Dance Club 16%). Inner West Council ranks #3: very mixed across 36 hexes (Pub 40%, Cocktail Bar 36%, Wine Bar 14%). Waverton (North Sydney Council) ranks #4: very mixed across 35 hexes (Pub 47%, Cocktail Bar 27%, Lounge 13%). Parramatta (City of Parramatta Council) ranks #5: very mixed across 35 hexes (Pub 45%, Dance Club 38%, Lounge 10%).
Each Standout is a group of hexes within a 1,200 m radius.
Measured as nightlife kinds on the Variety map, read within a 10-minute walk; the Standouts are the hexes with the most. Last computed September 30, 2026.
Residents born outside Australia as a share of all residents on the Amount map — ABS Census 2021
Residents born overseas are most common around Auburn (Cumberland City Council), where 78.2% of residents (13,572 of 17,353) were born overseas. City of Parramatta Council follows at 76.8%, and Burwood (Burwood Council) at 73.8%.
A per-hex census figure is an estimate for that hex; the source is ABS Census 2021.
Full breakdown & sources
This answer shows residents born overseas in every hex of Sydney on the Amount map, then groups the hexes with the most into the Standouts below.
Auburn (Cumberland City Council) ranks #1, with 78.2% of residents born overseas across 32 hexes (13,572 residents born overseas of 17,353). City of Parramatta Council ranks #2, with 76.8% across 35 hexes (22,887 residents born overseas of 29,812). Burwood (Burwood Council) ranks #3, with 73.8% across 37 hexes (24,393 residents born overseas of 33,062). Lidcombe (Cumberland City Council) ranks #4, with 72.6% across 28 hexes (10,235 residents born overseas of 14,104). Westmead (City of Parramatta Council) ranks #5, with 71.2% across 37 hexes (15,579 residents born overseas of 21,893).
Each Standout is a group of hexes within a 1,200 meter radius.
Measured as residents born overseas (2021) on the Amount map; the Standouts are the hexes with the most. Last computed September 30, 2026.
Sources
ABS Census 2021 — Australian Bureau of Statistics, counted as of August 10, 2021
Residents under 15 as a share of all residents on the Amount map — ABS Census 2021, counted on August 10, 2021
Children under 15 are most common around Oran Park (south-west), with 35.3% (12 children under 15 of 34). Castlereagh and Marsden Park follow with 32.1% and 32% respectively.
A per-hex census figure is an estimate for that hex; the source is ABS Census 2021.
Full breakdown & sources
This answer shows the measure of children under 15 in every hex on the Amount map. The Standouts below group the hexes with the most children under 15.
Oran Park (south-west) ranks #1, showing 35.3% across 4 hexes (12 children under 15 of 34). This Standout spans Oran Park. Castlereagh ranks #2, showing 32.1% across 6 hexes (9 children under 15 of 28). Marsden Park ranks #3, showing 32% across 26 hexes (1,936 children under 15 of 6,056). The Ponds ranks #4, showing 31.4% across 37 hexes (5,168 children under 15 of 16,438). Oran Park (south-west 2) ranks #5, showing 31.1% across 19 hexes (2,050 children under 15 of 6,598). This Standout also spans Oran Park.
Each Standout is a group of hexes within a 1,200 meter radius.
Measured as children under 15 (2021) on the Amount map; the Standouts are the hexes with the most. Last computed September 30, 2026.
Sources
ABS Census 2021 — Australian Bureau of Statistics, counted as of August 10, 2021
Where do Sydney's shops cluster, and is it a real cluster?
Mapped shops on the Clusters map — Overture Maps
Around Auburn (Cumberland City Council) and Haymarket (Council of the City of Sydney), shops form a cluster the test confirms as genuinely busy; the pattern is not chance. 1,075 hexes across Sydney test as genuinely busy.
A two-sided test with a false-discovery cut; hexes at the edge of the data are not judged.
Full breakdown & sources
This answer tests every hex of Sydney for shops against chance on the Clusters map, then groups the hexes with the most into the Standouts below.
Auburn (Cumberland City Council) ranks #1: genuinely busy across 37 hexes. Haymarket (Council of the City of Sydney) ranks #2: genuinely busy across 37 hexes. Alexandria (Council of the City of Sydney) ranks #3: genuinely busy across 37 hexes. Marrickville (Inner West Council) ranks #4: genuinely busy across 35 hexes. Darlington (Council of the City of Sydney) ranks #5: genuinely busy across 34 hexes.
Each Standout is a group of hexes within a 1,200 m radius.
Measured as shops on the Clusters map; the Standouts are the hexes with the most. Last computed September 30, 2026.
Where are bank branches missing for the people who live there in Sydney?
Mapped bank branches within a 10-minute walk against the number Sydney's rate predicts for the residents there, on the Missing map — Overture Maps and ABS Census 2021
Within a 10-minute walk of St Marys, bank branches fall short of Sydney's rate by about 1 (0 mapped, 1 expected). Schofields and Blacktown are each short by about 1.
One hex is too small to show a shortfall: at the Sydney rate, less than half of one is expected in nearly every hex. Within a 10-minute walk 19 hexes are read together, so a shortfall has room to show. Expected is modeled from the city rate. A zero means nothing mapped, never nothing there.
Full breakdown & sources
This answer shows how many bank branches each hex of Sydney is short of at the city's rate, read within a 10-minute walk, on the Missing map. It then groups the hexes with the largest shortfalls into the Standouts below.
St Marys ranks #1: short by about 1 across 37 hexes (0 mapped, 1 expected within a 10-minute walk of its top hex). Schofields ranks #2: short by about 1 across 37 hexes (0 mapped, 1 expected within a 10-minute walk of its top hex). Blacktown ranks #3: short by about 1 across 37 hexes (0 mapped, 1 expected within a 10-minute walk of its top hex). Lalor Park ranks #4: short by about 1 across 37 hexes (0 mapped, 1 expected within a 10-minute walk of its top hex). Toongabbie ranks #5: short by about 1 across 37 hexes (0 mapped, 1 expected within a 10-minute walk of its top hex).
Each Standout is a group of hexes within a 1,200 meter radius.
Measured as bank branches on the Missing map, read within a 10-minute walk; the Standouts are the hexes with the least. Last computed September 30, 2026.
Sources
ABS Census 2021 — Australian Bureau of Statistics, counted as of August 10, 2021
Where do residents with a bachelor degree or above live in Sydney?
Share of residents aged 15 and over with a bachelor degree or above on the Amount map — ABS Census 2021
The share with a bachelor degree or above peaks around Vaucluse (Woollahra Municipal Council) at 83.7%, compared to a Sydney figure of 59.1%. Castlecrag (Willoughby City Council) and North Sydney Council follow at 83.2% and 82.8%.
Woollahra Municipal Council as a whole averages 80.7%, 1.4× Sydney's figure.
Willoughby City Council as a whole averages 78.3%, 1.3× Sydney's figure.
North Sydney Council as a whole averages 79.3%, 1.3× Sydney's figure.
Mosman Municipal Council as a whole averages 78.8%, 1.3× Sydney's figure.
A per-hex census figure is an estimate for that hex; the source is ABS Census 2021.
Full breakdown & sources
This answer shows the share with a bachelor degree or above in every hex of Sydney on the Amount map, then groups the hexes with the most into the Standouts below. Vaucluse (Woollahra Municipal Council) ranks #1 with 83.7% across 11 hexes. Castlecrag (Willoughby City Council) ranks #2 with 83.2% across 23 hexes. North Sydney Council ranks #3 with 82.8% across 27 hexes. Mosman (Mosman Municipal Council) ranks #4 with 82.8% across 18 hexes. Paddington (Woollahra Municipal Council) ranks #5 with 82.6% across 31 hexes. Each Standout is a group of hexes within a 1,200 m radius.
Measured as share with a bachelor degree or above (2021) on the Amount map; the Standouts are the hexes with the most. “Bachelor degree or above share” is computed by this pipeline from published components rather than published directly. Last computed September 30, 2026.
Sources
ABS Census 2021 — Australian Bureau of Statistics, counted as of August 10, 2021
Bachelor degree or above share (rate) — derived from published components source
Which Sydney neighborhoods have more than their fair share of restaurants?
Mapped restaurants per resident against the Sydney average on the Fair share map — Overture Maps and ABS Census 2021
Around Sydney (Council of the City of Sydney), restaurants run at 12.2× the Sydney average (1,763 restaurants for 43,185 residents). Surry Hills (Council of the City of Sydney) and City of Parramatta Council sit at 5.2× and 14.4×.
Council of the City of Sydney as a whole has 3,157 restaurants for 207,274 residents, 4.6× Sydney's rate.
City of Parramatta Council as a whole has 781 restaurants for 258,061 residents, 0.9× Sydney's rate.
North Sydney Council as a whole has 454 restaurants for 65,133 residents, 2.1× Sydney's rate.
Compared with the whole-city rate; a place record means it is mapped, not open or licensed.
Full breakdown & sources
This answer compares restaurants in every hex of Sydney with the city average on the Fair share map, then groups the hexes with the most into the Standouts below.
Sydney (Council of the City of Sydney) ranks #1: 12.2× the average across 31 hexes (1,763 restaurants for 43,185 residents). Surry Hills (Council of the City of Sydney) ranks #2: 5.2× the average across 20 hexes (451 restaurants for 26,136 residents). City of Parramatta Council ranks #3: 14.4× the average across 9 hexes (296 restaurants for 6,011 residents). Newtown (Council of the City of Sydney) ranks #4: 6.6× the average across 16 hexes (312 restaurants for 14,210 residents). North Sydney Council ranks #5: 7.0× the average across 15 hexes (308 restaurants for 13,133 residents).
Each Standout is a group of hexes within a 1,200 m radius.
Measured as restaurants on the Fair share map; the Standouts are the hexes with the most. Last computed September 30, 2026.
Sources
ABS Census 2021 — Australian Bureau of Statistics, counted as of August 10, 2021
Residents aged 75 and over as a share of all residents on the Amount map — ABS Census 2021, counted on August 10, 2021
Residents aged 75 and over are most common around Belrose: 59.9% (91 residents aged 75 and over of 152). North Turramurra and Grasmere follow, with 58.8% and 54.9% respectively.
A per-hex census figure is an estimate for that hex; the source is ABS Census 2021.
Full breakdown & sources
This answer shows residents aged 75 and over in every hex of Sydney on the Amount map, then groups the hexes with the most into the Standouts below.
Belrose ranks #1, with 59.9% across 9 hexes (91 residents aged 75 and over of 152). North Turramurra ranks #2, with 58.8% across 10 hexes (886 residents aged 75 and over of 1,508). Grasmere ranks #3, with 54.9% across 18 hexes (630 residents aged 75 and over of 1,148). Kemps Creek ranks #4, with 44.8% across 12 hexes (26 residents aged 75 and over of 58). Glenhaven ranks #5, with 39.1% across 14 hexes (166 residents aged 75 and over of 425).
Each Standout is a group of hexes within a 1,200 m radius.
Measured as residents aged 75 and over (2021) on the Amount map; the Standouts are the hexes with the most. Last computed September 30, 2026.
Sources
ABS Census 2021 — Australian Bureau of Statistics, counted as of August 10, 2021
Where are languages other than English at home far above the Sydney average?
Residents who use a language other than English at home as a share of all residents, against the Sydney average on the Fair share map — ABS Census 2021
This answer shows that in Auburn (Cumberland City Council), residents using a language other than English at home are at 2.0× the Sydney average, with 83.9% of residents here. Wiley Park (Canterbury-Bankstown Council) and Burwood (Burwood Council) also show high numbers, sitting at 1.8× and 1.8× the average, respectively.
Compared with the whole-city figure; a per-hex census figure is an estimate for that hex.
Full breakdown & sources
This answer compares residents using a language other than English at home in every hex of Sydney with the city average on the Fair share map, then groups the hexes with the most into the Standouts below.
Auburn (Cumberland City Council) ranks #1, showing 2.0× the average across 37 hexes. Wiley Park (Canterbury-Bankstown Council) ranks #2, with 1.8× the average across 37 hexes. Burwood (Burwood Council) ranks #3, with 1.8× the average across 34 hexes. City of Parramatta Council ranks #4, with 1.8× the average across 36 hexes. Bankstown (Canterbury-Bankstown Council) ranks #5, with 1.8× the average across 37 hexes.
Each Standout is a group of hexes within a 1,200 meter radius.
Measured as residents using a language other than English at home (2021) on the Fair share map; the Standouts are the hexes with the most. Last computed September 30, 2026.
Sources
ABS Census 2021 — Australian Bureau of Statistics, counted as of August 10, 2021
Unemployment rate on the Amount map — ABS Census 2021, the labor-force week of August 2021
Unemployment rate peaks around Miller (Liverpool City Council): 14%, against a Sydney figure of 5.4%. Fairfield City Council and Shalvey (Blacktown City Council) follow at 13.3% and 13%.
Liverpool City Council as a whole averages 7.2%, 1.3× Sydney's figure.
Fairfield City Council as a whole averages 9%, 1.6× Sydney's figure.
Blacktown City Council as a whole averages 6.1%, 1.1× Sydney's figure.
Cumberland City Council as a whole averages 8.6%, 1.6× Sydney's figure.
A per-hex census figure is an estimate for that hex; the source is ABS Census 2021.
Full breakdown & sources
This answer shows unemployment rate in every hex of Sydney on the Amount map, then groups the hexes with the most into the Standouts below.
Miller (Liverpool City Council) ranks #1: 14% across 29 hexes. Fairfield City Council ranks #2: 13.3% across 37 hexes. Shalvey (Blacktown City Council) ranks #3: 13% across 21 hexes. Auburn (Cumberland City Council) ranks #4: 12.5% across 36 hexes. Macquarie Fields (Sydney) ranks #5: 12.3% across 20 hexes.
Each Standout is a group of hexes within a 1,200 m radius.
Measured as unemployment rate (2021) on the Amount map; the Standouts are the hexes with the most. “Unemployment rate” is computed by this pipeline from published components rather than published directly. Last computed September 30, 2026.
Sources
ABS Census 2021 — Australian Bureau of Statistics, counted as of August 10, 2021
Unemployment rate (rate) — derived from published components source
Around Haymarket (Council of the City of Sydney) and Council of the City of Sydney, hotels form a cluster the test confirms as genuinely busy; the pattern is not chance. 336 hexes across Sydney test as genuinely busy.
A two-sided test with a false-discovery cut; hexes at the edge of the data are not judged.
Full breakdown & sources
This answer identifies hexes with hotels that are genuinely busy on the Clusters map. It then groups the hexes with the most hotels into the Standouts below.
Haymarket (Council of the City of Sydney) ranks #1, with genuinely busy hotels across 37 hexes. Council of the City of Sydney ranks #2, with genuinely busy hotels across 35 hexes. Parramatta (City of Parramatta Council) ranks #3, with genuinely busy hotels across 27 hexes. Newtown (Inner West Council) ranks #4, with genuinely busy hotels across 27 hexes. North Sydney (North Sydney Council) ranks #5, with genuinely busy hotels across 27 hexes.
Each Standout is a group of hexes within a 1,200 m radius.
Measured as hotels on the Clusters map; the Standouts are the hexes with the most. Last computed September 30, 2026.
Where are parks missing for the people who live there in Sydney?
Mapped parks within a 10-minute walk against the number Sydney's rate predicts for the residents there, on the Missing map — Overture Maps and ABS Census 2021
Within a 10-minute walk of Whalan, parks fall short of Sydney's rate by about 1 (3 mapped, 4 expected). Riverstone and Glenwood are short by about 1 and 2, respectively, compared to the city's rate.
One hex is too small to show a shortfall: at the Sydney rate, less than half of one is expected in 86 of every 100 hexes. Within a 10-minute walk 19 hexes are read together, so a shortfall has room to show. Expected is modeled from the city rate. A zero means nothing mapped, never nothing there.
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This answer shows how many parks each hex of Sydney is short of at the city's rate, read within a 10-minute walk, on the Missing map. It then groups the hexes with the least parks into the Standouts below.
Whalan ranks #1, short by about 1 across 37 hexes (3 mapped, 4 expected within a 10-minute walk of its top hex). Riverstone ranks #2, short by about 1 across 37 hexes (0 mapped, 1 expected within a 10-minute walk of its top hex). Glenwood ranks #3, short by about 2 across 37 hexes (1 mapped, 3 expected within a 10-minute walk of its top hex). Oakhurst ranks #4, short by about 2 across 37 hexes (1 mapped, 4 expected within a 10-minute walk of its top hex). Doonside ranks #5, short by about 2 across 37 hexes (1 mapped, 4 expected within a 10-minute walk of its top hex).
Each Standout is a group of hexes within a 1,200 m radius.
Measured as parks on the Missing map, read within a 10-minute walk; the Standouts are the hexes with the least. Last computed September 30, 2026.
Sources
ABS Census 2021 — Australian Bureau of Statistics, counted as of August 10, 2021
Flats and apartments as a share of all occupied private dwellings on the Amount map — ABS Census 2021
Flats and apartments peak around Wentworth Point (City of Parramatta Council): 98.4% (8,578 flats and apartments of 8,717). Sydney (Council of the City of Sydney) and Parramatta (City of Parramatta Council) follow at 95.6% and 91.2%.
A per-hex census figure is an estimate for that hex; the source is ABS Census 2021.
Full breakdown & sources
This answer shows flats and apartments in every hex of Sydney on the Amount map, then groups the hexes with the most into the Standouts below.
Wentworth Point (City of Parramatta Council) ranks #1 with 98.4% across 14 hexes (8,578 flats and apartments of 8,717). Sydney (Council of the City of Sydney) ranks #2 with 95.6% across 27 hexes (6,325 flats and apartments of 6,614). Parramatta (City of Parramatta Council) ranks #3 with 91.2% across 32 hexes (9,908 flats and apartments of 10,860). Liverpool (Liverpool City Council) ranks #4 with 90.4% across 29 hexes (8,075 flats and apartments of 8,931). Sydney Olympic Park (City of Parramatta Council) ranks #5 with 90.2% across 33 hexes (4,132 flats and apartments of 4,582).
Each Standout is a group of hexes within a 1,200 meter radius.
Measured as flats and apartments (2021) on the Amount map; the Standouts are the hexes with the most. Last computed September 30, 2026.
Sources
ABS Census 2021 — Australian Bureau of Statistics, counted as of August 10, 2021
How mixed the kinds of shop are, read within a 10-minute walk, on the Variety map — Overture Maps
Within a 10-minute walk, the most varied mix of shop kinds in Sydney is around Coogee (Randwick City Council): very mixed, with no single shop kind above 39%. Greystanes (Cumberland City Council) and Condell Park (Canterbury-Bankstown Council) follow, with no single shop kind above 36% and 41%.
Standout
Neighborhood
How mixed
Top kinds
Map
#1 Coogee
Randwick City Council
very mixed
Specialty Store 39%, Food And Beverage Store 30%, Fashion And Apparel Store 26%
One hex is too small to show a mix: where any are found, only one kind is there in 59 of every 100 hexes. Within a 10-minute walk 19 hexes are read together, so a mix has room to show. Counts mapped places of each kind; it says nothing about quality or price.
Full breakdown & sources
This answer shows how mixed the shop kinds are in every hex of Sydney, read within a 10-minute walk, on the Variety map, then groups the hexes with the most into the Standouts below.
Coogee (Randwick City Council) ranks #1: very mixed across 37 hexes (Specialty Store 39%, Food And Beverage Store 30%, Fashion And Apparel Store 26%). Greystanes (Cumberland City Council) ranks #2: very mixed across 37 hexes (Specialty Store 36%, Food And Beverage Store 32%, Fashion And Apparel Store 25%). Condell Park (Canterbury-Bankstown Council) ranks #3: very mixed across 37 hexes (Fashion And Apparel Store 41%, Specialty Store 35%, Food And Beverage Store 18%). Ashfield (Inner West Council) ranks #4: very mixed across 37 hexes (Specialty Store 46%, Food And Beverage Store 32%, Fashion And Apparel Store 14%). Marrickville (Inner West Council) ranks #5: very mixed across 37 hexes (Specialty Store 52%, Fashion And Apparel Store 23%, Food And Beverage Store 20%).
Each Standout is a group of hexes within a 1,200 m radius.
Measured as shop kinds on the Variety map, read within a 10-minute walk; the Standouts are the hexes with the most. Last computed September 30, 2026.
Separate houses as a share of all occupied private dwellings on the Amount map — ABS Census 2021
Separate houses peak around Cawdor (Camden Council): 100% (31 separate houses of 31). Ellis Lane (Camden Council) and Camden Council (south-west) (Camden Council) follow at 100% and 100%.
A per-hex census figure is an estimate for that hex; the source is ABS Census 2021.
Full breakdown & sources
This answer shows separate houses in every hex of Sydney on the Amount map, then groups the hexes with the most into the Standouts below.
Cawdor (Camden Council) ranks #1: 100% across 19 hexes (31 separate houses of 31). Ellis Lane (Camden Council) ranks #2: 100% across 18 hexes (257 separate houses of 257). Camden Council (south-west) (Camden Council) ranks #3: 100% across 22 hexes (384 separate houses of 384). It spans Camden Council. Camden Council (south-west 2) (Camden Council) ranks #4: 100% across 11 hexes (113 separate houses of 113). It spans Camden Council. Londonderry (Sydney) ranks #5: 100% across 28 hexes (200 separate houses of 200).
Each Standout is a group of hexes within a 1,200 m radius.
Measured as separate houses (2021) on the Amount map; the Standouts are the hexes with the most. Last computed September 30, 2026.
Sources
ABS Census 2021 — Australian Bureau of Statistics, counted as of August 10, 2021
Where is Sydney's cultural scene densest against the city average?
Mapped arts and entertainment places per km² against the Sydney average on the Fair share map — Overture Maps
Around Potts Point, arts and entertainment places run at 62.6× the Sydney average (692 arts and entertainment places across 4.6 km²). Chippendale and The Rocks sit at 27.9× and 35.5×.
Council of the City of Sydney as a whole has 1,430 arts and entertainment places across 26.4 km², 54.3 per km², 24.7× Sydney's figure.
Compared with the whole-city rate; a place record means it is mapped, not open or licensed.
Full breakdown & sources
This answer compares arts and entertainment places in every hex of Sydney with the city average on the Fair share map, then groups the hexes with the most into the Standouts below.
Potts Point ranks #1, with 62.6× the average across 36 hexes (692 arts and entertainment places across 4.6 km²). Chippendale ranks #2, with 27.9× the average across 29 hexes (249 arts and entertainment places across 3.7 km²). The Rocks ranks #3, with 35.5× the average across 19 hexes (207 arts and entertainment places across 2.4 km²). Moore Park ranks #4, with 16.7× the average across 28 hexes (144 arts and entertainment places across 3.5 km²). Newtown ranks #5, with 14.2× the average across 29 hexes (127 arts and entertainment places across 3.7 km²).
Each Standout is a group of hexes within a 1,200 meter radius.
Measured as arts and entertainment places on the Fair share map; the Standouts are the hexes with the most. Last computed September 30, 2026.
Where do Sydney's dwellings without a motor vehicle have the fewest transit stops?
Dwellings with no motor vehicle against mapped transit stops — a coverage gap score
In Sydney, the highest-ranking Standouts are Randwick (Randwick City Council), Camperdown (Council of the City of Sydney), and Canterbury-Bankstown Council. Randwick (Randwick City Council) leads with a score of 97.4/100 across 37 hexes, showing ≈2,649 residents (no motor vehicle) and ≈0 transit stops. Each Standout is a group of high-scoring hexes within a 1,200 m radius.
A shortlist by 2 factors, not a site recommendation.
How this answer was built
Dwellings with no registered motor vehicle scored up against mapped transit-stop count scored down. Of everything the curated Australian tables carry, a dwelling with no vehicle is the sharpest available measure for households that depend on other transport, so pairing it with thin mapped stop coverage is the most pointed version of this question the data supports.
Measure
Direction
Importance
Why it’s here
No motor vehicle
More is better
55%
Occupied private dwellings with no registered motor vehicle — the households most exposed to thin transit.
transit stop count
Less is better
45%
Count of mapped transit stops, scored inverted so thin coverage ranks higher.
What this can’t tell you
Vehicles are counted per dwelling and stops as mapped geometry, so this is a rank blend across two universes and not a dwellings-per-stop ratio. No vehicle at the dwelling does not mean the residents do not drive, and this pipeline carries no commuting mode. Stop counts carry no frequency or capacity.
Try changing it
· Add walkable street length to see how easily any stops are reached.
· Invert the stop term to find well-served no-vehicle hexes instead.
All of these are adjustable on the Sydney map on the Free Tier.
Full breakdown & sources
This answer ranks every hex in Sydney based on residents (no motor vehicle) (more is better, importance 55%) and transit stop count (less is better, importance 45%). The top-scoring hexes are then grouped into the Standouts below.
Randwick (Randwick City Council) ranks #1 with a score of 97.4/100 across 37 hexes, showing ≈2,649 residents (no motor vehicle) and ≈0 transit stops. Camperdown (Council of the City of Sydney) ranks #2 with a score of 96.9/100 across 37 hexes, showing ≈3,020 residents (no motor vehicle) and ≈0 transit stops. Canterbury-Bankstown Council ranks #3 with a score of 95.7/100 across 37 hexes, showing ≈2,054 residents (no motor vehicle) and ≈0 transit stops. Inner West Council ranks #4 with a score of 95.3/100 across 37 hexes, showing ≈2,211 residents (no motor vehicle) and ≈2 transit stops. Waverley Council ranks #5 with a score of 95.3/100 across 37 hexes, showing ≈3,184 residents (no motor vehicle) and ≈1 transit stops.
Each Standout is a group of high-scoring hexes within a 1,200 m radius.
Factors: No motor vehicle (2021) and transit stop count. 14,930 of 16,624 hexes in Sydney were eligible and ranked. Last computed September 30, 2026.
Sources
ABS Census 2021 — Australian Bureau of Statistics, counted as of August 10, 2021
Which Sydney suburbs have far more professionals than average?
Residents working as professionals as a share of all employed residents, against the Sydney average on the Fair share map — ABS Census 2021
This answer shows where residents working as professionals are most common. Potts Point has 1.5× the Sydney average (45.6% of residents here). Erskineville and Chippendale also show high concentrations, with 1.5× and 1.4× the average, respectively.
Compared with the whole-city figure; a per-hex census figure is an estimate for that hex.
Full breakdown & sources
This answer identifies where residents working as professionals are most common across Sydney. The Fair share map highlights hexes where this measure is higher than the city average, and the Standouts below group the hexes with the most.
Potts Point ranks #1 among the Standouts, with 1.5× the average across 35 hexes. Erskineville ranks #2, also with 1.5× the average across 37 hexes. Chippendale ranks #3, showing 1.4× the average across 33 hexes. St Leonards ranks #4, with 1.5× the average across 36 hexes, and Forest Lodge ranks #5, with 1.5× the average across 35 hexes.
Each Standout represents a group of hexes within a 1,200 m radius.
Measured as residents working as professionals (2021) on the Fair share map; the Standouts are the hexes with the most. Last computed September 30, 2026.
Sources
ABS Census 2021 — Australian Bureau of Statistics, counted as of August 10, 2021
Where does Sydney score highest on SEIFA, the ABS advantage measure?
SEIFA 2021 Index of Relative Socio-economic Advantage and Disadvantage (IRSAD) on the Amount map — ABS Census 2021, the smallest published scores averaged into the hex
SEIFA IRSAD score peaks around Vaucluse: 1,203.2 (1,203 SEIFA IRSAD score), against a Sydney figure of 1,066.78. Balgowlah Heights and Castlecrag follow at 1,201.05 and 1,198.46.
Woollahra Municipal Council as a whole averages 1,175.12, 1.1× Sydney's figure.
Northern Beaches Council as a whole averages 1,126.87, 1.1× Sydney's figure.
Willoughby City Council as a whole averages 1,140.04, 1.1× Sydney's figure.
Lane Cove Municipal Council as a whole averages 1,161.66, 1.1× Sydney's figure.
A per-hex census figure is an estimate for that hex; the source is ABS Census 2021.
Full breakdown & sources
This answer shows SEIFA IRSAD score in every hex of Sydney on the Amount map, then groups the hexes with the most into the Standouts below.
Vaucluse ranks #1: 1,203.2 across 11 hexes (1,203 SEIFA IRSAD score). Balgowlah Heights ranks #2: 1,201.05 across 14 hexes (1,201 SEIFA IRSAD score). Castlecrag ranks #3: 1,198.46 across 19 hexes (1,198 SEIFA IRSAD score). Greenwich ranks #4: 1,194.82 across 17 hexes (1,195 SEIFA IRSAD score). Seaforth ranks #5: 1,191.94 across 10 hexes (1,192 SEIFA IRSAD score).
Each Standout is a group of hexes within a 1,200 m radius.
Measured as SEIFA IRSAD score (2021) on the Amount map; the Standouts are the hexes with the most. Last computed September 30, 2026.
Sources
ABS Census 2021 — Australian Bureau of Statistics, counted as of August 10, 2021
Where do Sydney's 25 to 34 year olds live closest to the nightlife?
Residents aged 25 to 34 blended with mapped bars and nightlife — an overlap score
In Sydney, the highest-scoring Standouts are Sydney (Council of the City of Sydney), Newtown (Council of the City of Sydney), and Randwick City Council. Sydney (Council of the City of Sydney) leads with a score of 85.1/100 across 37 hexes, showing ≈22,726 residents aged 25–34 and ≈113 bars & nightlife places nearby. Each Standout is a group of high-scoring hexes within a 1,200 m radius.
A shortlist by 2 factors, not a site recommendation.
How this answer was built
The published 25-to-34 band alongside the bars-and-nightlife rollup, both scored up. Residents are counted where they live and places where they stand, so the score finds hexes where both run high rather than hexes where one causes the other.
Measure
Direction
Importance
Why it’s here
Aged 25 to 34
More is better
60%
The published 25-34 age band.
bar and nightlife
More is better
40%
Rollup count of mapped bars and nightlife places.
What this can’t tell you
It does not say these residents go out, or go out here — the census asks nothing about behavior. Place counts are presence, not size, trade or opening hours, and Melbourne's laneway bars are mapped unevenly because many are small and unsigned. Only 936 hexes carry a mapped nightlife place at all.
Try changing it
· Invert the place term to find quieter hexes with the same age profile.
· Swap nightlife for the eating and drinking rollup.
All of these are adjustable on the Sydney map on the Free Tier.
Full breakdown & sources
This answer ranks every hex in Sydney based on Aged 25 to 34 (more is better, importance 60%) and bar and nightlife (more is better, importance 40%), then groups the top-scoring hexes into the Standouts below.
Sydney (Council of the City of Sydney) ranks #1 with a score of 85.1/100 across 37 hexes, showing ≈22,726 residents aged 25–34 and ≈113 bars & nightlife places nearby. Newtown (Council of the City of Sydney) ranks #2 with a score of 67.3/100 across 37 hexes, showing ≈9,683 residents aged 25–34 and ≈36 bars & nightlife places nearby. Randwick City Council ranks #3 with a score of 64/100 across 37 hexes, showing ≈9,194 residents aged 25–34 and ≈9 bars & nightlife places nearby. Potts Point (Council of the City of Sydney) ranks #4 with a score of 70/100 across 33 hexes, showing ≈9,185 residents aged 25–34 and ≈38 bars & nightlife places nearby. North Sydney Council ranks #5 with a score of 61/100 across 37 hexes, showing ≈7,229 residents aged 25–34 and ≈11 bars & nightlife places nearby.
Each Standout is a group of high-scoring hexes within a 1,200 m radius.
Factors: Aged 25 to 34 (2021) and bar and nightlife. 15,023 of 16,624 hexes in Sydney were eligible and ranked. Last computed September 30, 2026.
Sources
ABS Census 2021 — Australian Bureau of Statistics, counted as of August 10, 2021
Every answer reads Sydney hex by hex on one of the map types below, then groups the hexes at the end it asks about into Standouts. Sources: ABS Census 2021.
Score — Each factor ranks every hex from 0 to 100 against the rest of the city; the Score adds them by importance, and a hex with no data for a factor is scored on the factors it has.
Amount — The Amount map shows one measure in every hex, as a total, per 1 000 residents, per km² or as a share of its category; a Standout pools the hexes inside its circle.
Variety — The Variety map scores how mixed a set of kinds is in each hex, from one kind only to an even mix; a Standout groups the most mixed third.
Fair share — The Fair share map divides each hex's rate by the whole city's rate, so 1× is exactly average; a Standout groups the hexes furthest from it on one side.
Missing — The Missing map applies the whole city's rate to each hex's residents to say how many there would be at that rate, and shows the difference in whole places.
Clusters — The Clusters map tests whether a hex and its neighbors hold more, or less, of a measure than chance would explain, with a correction for testing every hex at once.
Each hex is an H3 resolution 9 hexagon. Each Standout gathers hexes within 1.2 km of its center, and the 5 strongest are kept. Change the size on the map to widen or tighten them.
Hexes are only ranked where the thing being measured could actually exist, so a Less is better factor cannot present empty parkland as an opportunity. Shops, homes and offices need a building; transit stops, EV chargers and bike docks only need a street or path. A hex that already has some of the measure is always ranked.
Dating the numbers
The Census of Population and Housing is a single-day count taken every five years.
Places, buildings and transportation come from a dated Overture Maps release. A place record means the place is mapped, not that it is licensed, open, or of any particular size.
ABS Census 2021 is a single vintage, so nothing here describes growth, decline or any change over time.
“Population density per km²” is computed by this pipeline from published components; the publisher does not release it directly.
“Share aged 65 and over” is computed by this pipeline from published components; the publisher does not release it directly.
“Bachelor degree or above share” is computed by this pipeline from published components; the publisher does not release it directly.
“Unemployment rate” is computed by this pipeline from published components; the publisher does not release it directly.
Counted as residents aged 25–34 on August 10, 2021, the ABS Census 2021 reference date. Those residents are older now; census age bands are never rolled forward, because people move in, move away and die, and the published band cannot be re-aged without a full cohort model.
How far each answer can be pushed
Each question is labeled with a tier. The tier caps what the answer may claim, whatever the numbers say.
T4 — This is a ranking of hexes, not a measurement of people. The factors it combines are counted in different universes — the data contains no table crossing them — so a high rank means both factors rank high in the same hex, not that they describe the same residents.
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