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ST. VS ST.

Sydney is larger...but Melbourne is growing 18% faster and will be ’s largest city by 2050

Population: 4,879,000 = 20,000 Population: 4,492,000 = 20,000

Growth: 80,965 - 1.73% Growth: 95,497 - 2.25%

Sydney is more culturally diverse...and gets nearly twice as many overseas visitors

Place of Birth Ancestry Tourism Place of Birth Ancestry Tourism 58.1% Australia 19.4% English International 62.6% Australia 20.8% English International 3.7% China 19.3% Australian Arrivals 3.3% 20.4% Australian Arrivals 3.3% England 7.0% Chinese 12,753,000 2.8% 6.8% Irish 7,000,000

More Melbournites drive to work...while more Sydneysiders walk

Iconic Commuting to work Iconic Landmark Commuting to work Iconic Transport Flinders Street Station Iconic Transport Opened 1973 Opened 1854 Commuters: 11,825 Commuters: 72,862

Drove a car Cycled Walked Drove a car Cycled Walked 1,050,069 18,225 81,581 1,155,094 29,658 54,982

Sydney gets more rain...but has more sunny days

Avg. Max Avg. Min Rainfall Cloudy Clear Avg. Max Avg. Min Rainfall Cloudy Clear 22.5ºC 14.5ºC 1223 mm 129 days 107 days 20.4ºC 11.4ºC 603 mm 180 days 46 days

Melbourne has larger stadiums...and more passionate club members!

Largest Stadium Sporting Teams Club with most Largest Stadium Sporting Teams Club with most ANZ Stadium 9 NRL members MCG 9 AFL members Capacity: 83,500 2 AFL Capacity: 100,024 2 Soccer Collingwood Largest Crowd: 83,833 2 Soccer over 40,000 members Largest Crowd: 130,000 1 NRL 80,793 members NRL Grand Final 2014 Billy Graham 1959

Melbourne hosted Australia’s first Olympics...but Sydney’s was the “best ever”!

2000 Olympics - Australian Medals 1956 Summer Olympics - Australian Medals

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Sydneysiders earn more on average...but pay 37% more for their houses (but less for coffee)

Household Income Avg. House Price Avg. Cost of Coffee Household Income Avg. House Price Avg. Cost of Coffee $1,490 $843,994 $3.34 $1,337 $615,068 $3.43

And while the Sydney - Melbourne rivalry is strong... all agree that they are two of the greatest global cities!

Sources cbMcCrindle 2014 Australian Bureau of Statistics (.gov.au) Australian (bom.gov.au) www.mccrindle.com.au McCrindle www.researchvisualisation.com

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