Sutherland Shire Council

ranks

for green cover compared to similar places across Australia

Sutherland Shire Council is

Suburban, spacious and average-high rainfall

<50^% urban

Low density

Ave to high rainfall

vital statistics

230,611

population

LOW

HIGH

0.5^%

population growth (ave annual % change over past 20 years)

LOW

HIGH

691

population density
(people per sq km)

LOW

HIGH

34.4^%

proportion of LGA that is urban

LOW

HIGH

20.5^%

proportion apartments

LOW

HIGH

1,088

measure of advantage and disadvantage
(SEIFA-IRSAD)

LOW

HIGH

24.2^%

parents born overseas

LOW

HIGH

1,089.6

rainfall
(annual ave mm)

LOW

HIGH

4.6^%

bushfire affected
(% of LGA area burnt last 5 years)

LOW

HIGH

Sutherland Shire has

48.4^%

canopy
(typically over 3m)

Up 7^% since 2016

24.2^%

shrub
(typically below 3m)

Up 1.2^% since 2016

10.2^%

grass
and bare ground

Down -9.2^% since 2016

Your green cover

Your green space

17.2^%

grey
(hard surface, e.g. pavement, roads and roofs)

Up 1^% since 2016

48.4^%

canopy
(over 3m)

Up 7^% since 2016

24.2^%

shrub
(over 3m)

Up 1.2^% since 2016

10.2^%

grass
(over 3m)

Down -9.2^% since 2016

17.2^%

grey
(hard surface, e.g. pavement, roads and roofs)

Up 1^% since 2016

Your green cover

Your green space

Disclaimer: While the i-Tree Tool is great for providing an overall assessment of canopy, it does not always tell an accurate account of urban canopy. North Sydney Council (NSW) has been regularly monitoring canopy cover as a key performance indicator since 1997. North Sydney’s results differ from this report, particularly in relation to the canopy cover trend, where canopy cover is in fact declining, having decreased from 33.9% in 2008 to just 27% in March 2020.

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WILDLIFE HABITAT

AESTHETICS & VALUE

green cover is important

While grass is great for recreation, green cover is what creates many of the other big benefits, like keeping suburbs and homes cool and giving shade for walking, running and active transport.

It also brings wildlife into suburbs and makes them more appealing to the eye which, in turn, can make them more valuable.

When it comes to green cover

Sutherland Shire

ranks

5

25

for green cover compared to similar places across Australia

with

72.6^%

green cover

Sutherland Shire
is here

75^%+

50-75^%

25-50^%

0-25^%

1. Cairns Regional Council (QLD): 82.9^%

2. Hornsby Shire Council (NSW): 78.6^%

3. Yarra Ranges Council (VIC): 78.6^%

4. Kingborough Council (TAS): 73.9^%

5. Sutherland Shire Council (NSW): 72.6^%

6. Redland City Council (QLD): 68.3^%

7. Australian Capital Territory: 67.4^%

8. Sunshine Coast Council (QLD): 65.9^%

9. City of Launceston (TAS): 65.7^%

10. Glenorchy City Council (TAS): 65.1^%

11. The Hills Shire Council (NSW): 63.5^%

12. City of Armadale (WA): 62.4^%

13. Shire of Mundaring (WA): 62.1^%

14. Townsville City Council (QLD): 61.5^%

15. City of Kalamunda (WA): 59.7^%

16. Moreton Bay Regional Council (QLD): 57.7^%

17. City of Gold Coast (QLD): 56.1^%

18. Logan City Council (QLD): 54.9^%

19. Nillumbik Shire Council (VIC): 53^%

20. Cambelltown City Council (NSW): 51.5^%

21. Adelaide Hills Council (SA): 50.1^%

22. Ipswich City Council (QLD): 44.6^%

23. Mornington Peninsula Shire (VIC): 31.5^%

24. Cardinia Shire Council (VIC): 30.7^%

25. Penrith City Council (NSW): 30.4^%

75^%+

Sutherland Shire
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1. Cairns Regional Council (QLD): 82.9^%

2. Hornsby Shire Council (NSW): 78.6^%

3. Yarra Ranges Council (VIC): 78.6^%

50-75^%

Sutherland Shire
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4. Kingborough Council (TAS): 73.9^%

5. Sutherland Shire Council (NSW): 72.6^%

6. Redland City Council (QLD): 68.3^%

7. Australian Capital Territory: 67.4^%

8. Sunshine Coast Council (QLD): 65.9^%

9. City of Launceston (TAS): 65.7^%

10. Glenorchy City Council (TAS): 65.1^%

11. The Hills Shire Council (NSW): 63.5^%

12. City of Armadale (WA): 62.4^%

13. Shire of Mundaring (WA): 62.1^%

14. Townsville City Council (QLD): 61.5^%

15. City of Kalamunda (WA): 59.7^%

16. Moreton Bay Regional Council (QLD): 57.7^%

17. City of Gold Coast (QLD): 56.1^%

18. Logan City Council (QLD): 54.9^%

19. Nillumbik Shire Council (VIC): 53^%

20. Cambelltown City Council (NSW): 51.5^%

21. Adelaide Hills Council (SA): 50.1^%

25-50^%

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22. Ipswich City Council (QLD): 44.6^%

23. Mornington Peninsula Shire (VIC): 31.5^%

24. Cardinia Shire Council (VIC): 30.7^%

25. Penrith City Council (NSW): 30.4^%

0-25^%

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Sutherland Shire's

GREEN COVER

has

INCREASED

8.2^%

since 2016

moderately above

comparable places

This means there is a

Lower

challenge rating for Sutherland Shire in maintaining and growing future green cover

This information is based in its entirety on: Hurley, J., Amati, M., Deilami, K., Caffin, M., Stanford, H., Azizmohammad, S. (2020) Where will all the trees be? - an assessment of urban forest cover and management for Australian cities, prepared for Hort Innovation by the Centre for Urban Research, RMIT University, Melbourne and Greener Spaces Better Places.

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