Baby drought: the suburbs with Sydney’s lowest fertility rates | MattWadeSMH
Stark differences in fertility have emerged across Sydney, with fertility rates in inner-city suburbs now half the level needed for a population to replace itself from one generation to the next.
But in Sydney’s outer south-west region, which takes in fast-growing suburbs near Campbelltown and Camden, the fertility rate was a relatively healthy 2.04. Rates in outer western Sydney and Blackdown were also well above the citywide norm, a report on regional fertility trends by consultancy KPMG shows.
KPMG analyst Terry Rawnsley, who authored the report, said the high cost of inner-city housing was a major influence on fertility patterns in Sydney.
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