The City of Sydney and Eastern Suburbs includes the Sydney, Randwick, Waverley, Botany Bay and Woollahra Local Government Areas.

As of January 2015, we house 1,392 people living in 856 dwellings in this area.  

  • 49 per cent of Bridge Housing residents live in the City and Eastern Suburbs in January 2015, down from 51 per cent in July 2014.
  • Around 36 per cent of tenants live in unit blocks with at least three Bridge Housing tenants for neighbours, around a quarter of these live in mixed neighbourhoods with Housing NSW residents and 64 per cent live alongside other renters and private owners.
  • Just over a quarter of adult residents are people living with disability.
  • Nearly two thirds of tenants living in this area live alone.
  • Just over a quarter of residents are over 60.
  • Nearly 1 out of 5 residents are children
  • 10 per cent of residents are Aboriginal or Torres Strait Islander.
  • Only 16 per cent of Bridge residents in this area speak a language other than English at home including Russian, Spanish, and Vietnamese.

Read our Community Profiles 2015 for all areas.

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