Southern Sydney is an informal, term to describe the local government areas and suburbs which form the southern part of the metropolitan area of Sydney, Australia.
Depending on the context, "Southern Sydney" would include the suburbs comprising the Rockdale, Kogarah and Hurstville local government areas ( collectively often known as the St. George Area ), and in a broad geographical usage the suburbs comprising Sutherland local government area across the Georges River ( colloquially known as "the Shire" ) .
Sydney is located in a coastal basin between the Pacific Ocean to the east and the Blue Mountains to the west.
Sydney occupies two geographical regions: the Cumberland Plain, a relatively flat or rolling region lying to the south and west of the harbour, and the Hornsby Plateau, a plateau north of the harbour, up to 389 metres (1276 ft) in elevation, dissected by forested valleys.
The Sydney CBD is bounded on the east side by a chain of parkland that extends from Hyde Park through the Domain and Royal Botanic Gardens to Farm Cove on the harbour.
The marital status of adults (aged 15+) in the SouthernSydney Region is as follows: 48% are married, 10% are separated or divorced, 6% are widowed, and 36% have never been married.
In SouthernSydney Region, the most common form of dwelling tenure is fully owned, which accounts for 39% of all occupied dwellings, followed by private rental (28%), being purchased (18%) or public housing (4.7%).
Computer usage in the SouthernSydney Region is similar to the Sydney average, with 43% of the population (some 397,000 people) using a computer in the week preceding the 2001 Census.
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