You've gotta love this city
All about us
The City of Sydney's local area is made up of diverse communities – people from a wide range of cultural and socio-economic backgrounds, live, work and play here.
Around 177,000 people live in our 26.15 square kilometre local area. On any given week day, 600,000 people travel into central Sydney for work, study, shopping and sightseeing.
The local area's workforce is comprised of 385,000 employees of 20,000 different businesses. All together, the residences and businesses in central Sydney occupy 32 million square metres of floor space.
Find out more about how we care for the city.
Fascinating facts and figures
You'd be amazed at what the City of Sydney and its staff achieve in a day, a week, a month and a year. See the did you know? page for a snapshot.
Our stories
The City of Sydney provides services to residents, business owners, workers, students and visitors. It has an annual budget of $430 million and employs around 1,700 staff in roles as varied as:
- arborist
- early childhood teacher
- park ranger
- garbage collector
- public art conservator
- electrician
- New Year’s Eve fireworks co-ordinator.
Our staff work every day to serve the community, keep Sydney clean and make sure everything is running smoothly – and they have a great time doing it!
Come behind the scenes with our videos below to see our staff in action and find out more about how we make Sydney sing.
We have included some of our stories below to be shared and discovered. Please visit our YouTube channel to view more.
If you would like to join the City’s team and make a difference, check out our careers section.
Links
Jeff Cruz
Meet Jeff Cruz, User Education Librarian, who teaches free IT courses at the City's libraries.
Yvette Andrews
Manager - Strategic Community Consultation
Geoff Brew
Specialist Project Manager
Sydney Town Hall restoration
Craig Petersen
Security Operator at the City of Sydney
Andrew Ridge
City Farm Project Manager
On The Buses
Phil Atkinson, Acting Co-ordinator &
Graham Wellington, Community Bus Driver
Bay Street Depot, Ultimo
Fortunato Foti
Pyrotechnician
Rosemarie Dela-Torre
City Ranger
Helen Bradley
Waste Services Co-ordinator
Bay Street Depot, Ultimo
Jane Caveney
Meet Jane Caveney, Cultural & Community Development Officer, who has taught art and craft at Pine Street Creative Arts Centre for 14 years.
