702 ABC Sydney By John Donegan
This mix of demographic extremes has delivered independent members since it was re-introduced in 2007.
Formerly the seat of Bligh, it was won from the Liberal Party by Clover Moore in 1988 and has been held by an independent ever since.
Cr Moore, the Lord Mayor of Sydney, was forced to vacate the seat in 2012 after legislative change made it impossible for anyone to be an elected member of local council and state government at the same time.
The seat was won at the subsequent by-election by independent Alex Greenwich, who was endorsed by Cr Moore, with a two-party preferred vote of 63.7 percent.
Sydney as an electorate has a member representing the residents, but is designed to cater for the millions of workers and tourists who flock into the state capital every day.
With nearly 60 per cent of the population listing both parents as being born overseas, the city is a beacon to new Australians, earning on average 65 percent more than the state average income.
Despite the picture of youthful affluence painted by the statistics, an enclave of older, marginalised Australians live in Millers Point alongside the contentious Barangaroo Project.
The sale of public housing in Millers Point, and the forced removal of tenants will be a flash point in Saturday's election, with public housing supporters mobilising against the Government.
Redistribution resulting from more new apartment dwellers in Sydney has seen the seat shrink in area since the 2011 election.
The seat loses Ultimo to Balmain, Centennial Park to Heffron as well as Chippendale and parts of Surry Hills to the new seat of Newtown, creating a marginal seat with a notional 0.3 percent margin to the sitting independent.
Challenging Mr Greenwich at this election will be Edwina Lloyd (Labor), Victor Taffa (Independent), David Pelzman (No Land Tax), Patrice Pandeleos (Liberal), Elaine Addae (CDP - Fred Nile Group), Chris Brentin (The Greens), and Joanna Rzetelski (undeclared).
The electorate of Sydney covers some of New South Wales' most affluent voters in Potts Point and Elizabeth Bay on the city's eastern edge, and some of the most disadvantaged voters in Millers Point on the city's western edge.
Formerly the seat of Bligh, it was won from the Liberal Party by Clover Moore in 1988 and has been held by an independent ever since.
Cr Moore, the Lord Mayor of Sydney, was forced to vacate the seat in 2012 after legislative change made it impossible for anyone to be an elected member of local council and state government at the same time.
The seat was won at the subsequent by-election by independent Alex Greenwich, who was endorsed by Cr Moore, with a two-party preferred vote of 63.7 percent.
Sydney as an electorate has a member representing the residents, but is designed to cater for the millions of workers and tourists who flock into the state capital every day.
More singles call Sydney home
Sydney is a young electorate, with the median age six years below the state average and, with 61 percent of the population never married, the single status is double the state average.With nearly 60 per cent of the population listing both parents as being born overseas, the city is a beacon to new Australians, earning on average 65 percent more than the state average income.
Despite the picture of youthful affluence painted by the statistics, an enclave of older, marginalised Australians live in Millers Point alongside the contentious Barangaroo Project.
The sale of public housing in Millers Point, and the forced removal of tenants will be a flash point in Saturday's election, with public housing supporters mobilising against the Government.
Redistribution resulting from more new apartment dwellers in Sydney has seen the seat shrink in area since the 2011 election.
The seat loses Ultimo to Balmain, Centennial Park to Heffron as well as Chippendale and parts of Surry Hills to the new seat of Newtown, creating a marginal seat with a notional 0.3 percent margin to the sitting independent.
Challenging Mr Greenwich at this election will be Edwina Lloyd (Labor), Victor Taffa (Independent), David Pelzman (No Land Tax), Patrice Pandeleos (Liberal), Elaine Addae (CDP - Fred Nile Group), Chris Brentin (The Greens), and Joanna Rzetelski (undeclared).
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