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CENTRAL COAST
REGIONAL SNAPSHOT
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Access to International, National and Regional Markets
Consumer Catchment
The NSW Department of Planning & Environment report “New South
Wales State and Local Government Area Population Projections
states that the combined population Sydney Metropolitan,
Lower Hunter and the Central Coast will be 5,569,350.
These figures identify an easily accessible market sector with
more than 5.5 million people living within 2 hours drive of the
Central Coast.
The Central Coast Regional Plan 2036 indicates that “The region
is at the centre of the State’s fastest growing corridor from the
northern edge of Sydney to Newcastle. The projected population
along this corridor is estimated to be 1.1 million by 2036.”
NSW STATE AND LOCAL GOVERNMENT AREA POPULATION PROJECTIONS
2011
2016
2021
2026
2031
2036
New South Wales
7,218,550 7,748,000 8,297,500 8,444,700 9,386,850 9,925,550
Metropolitan Sydney
4,286,200 4,681,950 5,106,300 5,537,850 5,975,550 6,421,850
Central Coast
322,650
339,550
357,250
374,900
391,050
415,050
Hunter
693,400
732,400
769,750
805,250
839,350
862,250
Illawarra-Shoalhaven
385,300
404,650
423,150
440,600
456,800
471,700
SOURCE:
DPE 2016