A Metropolis of Three Cities – The Strategy for Greater Sydney

A Metropolis of Three Cities

The Strategy for Greater Sydney

Sydney is growing rapidly with 725,000 additional homes and 817,000 additional jobs required by 2036. To accommodate this growth and support a sustainable, productive and liveable city, the Greater Sydney Commission’s (GSC’s) 'A Metropolis of Three Cities', the Greater Sydney Region Plan, establishes a vision for Sydney where most residents will live within 30 minutes by public transport of their jobs, education and health services as well as being within reach of great places; a '30-minute city'.

The future of Greater Sydney is conceptualised as a metropolis of three integrated and connected cities:

− Eastern Harbour City; − Central River City; and − Western Parkland City (including the Western

Aerotropolis).

These three cities are in different stages of maturity: the established Eastern Harbour City, the emerging Central River City and the developing Western Parkland City.

The Greater Sydney Region Plan outlines a path to rebalance development across the three cities, placing housing, jobs, infrastructure and services within easier reach of more residents, no matter where they live. Much of this rebalance is about the need to grow more jobs in the west.

Within the three cities, the GSC identifies five districts. Three of these districts - the North District, Eastern City District and South District – make up the Eastern Harbour City, while the Central City District makes up the Central River City and the Western City District makes up the Western Parkland City. Western Parkland City (WPC) also includes the Western Aerotropolis and WPC governance includes the 2018 City Deal signed between all levels of government and the recently created Western Parkland City Authority (WPCA).