Sydney: The Real Facts

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&      Recent Federal Government analysis has identified 48 suburbs of highly concentrated 
      socioeconomic disadvantage in Sydney.

 &      Sydney has the suburbs with both the highest (Claymore) and lowest (Milsons Point) 
      deprivation scores.

 &      One in three women in Sydney will experience physical violence in her adult life and 
       nearly one in five will experience sexual assault. 

&      Indigenous women are more than twice as likely to be victims of sexual assault and four 
      times more likely to be victims of assault.

 &      In Sydney, 85 per cent of residents live with the impact of mental illness, either their own
       or that of a family friend.

 &      81.8 per cent of migrants from Haiti, 71.4 per cent of migrants from Rwanda and 52.7 
       per cent of migrants from Afghanistan in Sydney have a weekly personal income of 
       less than $250.   

 &      The average monthly home loan repayment in Sydney has increased 42 per cent to 
       $1800 since 2001, an increase not matched by income growth.  




Sydney Community Foundation takes a proactive role by addressing these and other alarming statistics which reflect the state of Sydney’s social landscape. Together with our donors we seek to make a profound difference to the community we care about.