Time series skyline and employment changes

in Sydney, AustraliaDr Jun TSUTSUMI (Ehime University, Japan)

Dr Bruno PAROLIN (University of New South Wales, Australia)

Correspondence to : jtsu@ehime-u.ac.jp

Colour version of our paper is available online: http://www.gis.h.ehime-u.ac.jp/hp/Tsutsumi_Parolin_Sydney_2011.pdf

Source: Sydney City Office

Circular Quay

Darling Harbour

ChinaTown

NorthBuilt Year

Google Earth

Drawn by GIS

3/4 of Australian banks have headquarters (HQ) in Sydney

2/3 of multinational corporations have Asia-Pacific Regional HQs in Sydney

60 multinational corporations set up Asia-Pacific regional HQs in Sydney in the late '90s◦ More than 4 times the total for any other Australian or New

Zealand cities

Sydney captured the "Lion’s Share" as a result of a “world-city” growth process

Sydney’s Changing Role From National Centre to Global Centre

Objectives◦ To consider the urban structural change in Sydney especially focusing on both:

building provision process in the CBD building use in the CBD

Data◦ GIS attribute data provided by the Sydney City

Office◦ General statistics of Australian Bureau of

Statistics◦ Customised census data of ABS "Table Builder"◦ Various reports of Sydney City Office available on

line

Annual increase rates of employment in Sydney (1991-2006)

1991_1996 1996_2001 2001_2006

-3.00%

-2.00%

-1.00%

0.00%

1.00%

2.00%

3.00%

Financial & insurance services (persons) FIRE (persons)Total number of empoloymentsTotal population in the metropolitan areaPopulation in whole Aus-tralia

Data for "FIRE" is created by summing numbers in the census TSP categories "Financial & Insurance services” and "Rental, hiring & Real Estate services."

Source: ABS

"English rate" in Sydney 1996 - 2006

1996 2001 20060%

10%

20%

30%

40%

50%

60%

70%

80%

90%

Sydney LGASydney SDAustralia

Source: ABS

Built Year Older age buildings

concentrate in the area close to Circular Quay

Expansion in the '70s and '80s along Pitt and George streets

Newer buildings are dominant around Darling Harbour Precinct

Source: Sydney City Office

Office Affordable office

spaces are limited ◦ Sydney's CBD is located

in a narrow strip

Newly emerging industries (e.g. IT and

media) dispersed into neighbouring areas◦ Multi-nuclei

metropolitan structure emerged

Office spaces are more likely to be dedicated for "FIRE"

Source: Sydney City Office

Residential "Condo-boom" is

common in the Darling Harbour Precinct

Many high-rise self-contained condominiums adjacent to the CBD◦ Offering young

professional people "city living"

Source: Sydney City Office

Restaurant and cafés Restaurants and cafés

are limited in areas

They are dominant only in commercial precincts◦ Circular Quay◦ Pitt street mall◦ China town◦ Darling Harbour

The rate is not high in newer buildings

These buildings were designed for promoting mixed-use rather than single purpose use

Source: Sydney City Office

Floor space trend in Sydney

2001-2007

1991-2000

1981-1990

1971-1980

0 2000000 4000000 6000000

Office

Parking

Residential

Restaurant and retail

Warehouses & transport

Others

N=216

N= 71

㎡

Source: Sydney City Office

N=102

N=137

“Condo-boom” has attracted many “gentrifiers” in the world.

They are described as “financiers”, “IT-related workers”, “rising class”, “young professionals”, “dinks” and “high income workers,” etc.

What types of people become “new comers” to Sydney?

We focused on “FIRE” people as the representative of “gentrifiers”.

Discussion: Where do gentrifiers live?

Share of people who work in “FIRE”

High shares are obvious within 5 km radius from the CBD

Source: Sydney City Office

Number of people who work in “FIRE”

Source: Sydney City Office

Preferred areas by "FIRE" are not limited to the narrow extent of the CBD

What's found in this study seems different from those of previous studies in London and New York

Those questions remain unanswered◦ Who is the new comer?◦ Where do labeled "gentrifiers" live in Sydney?◦ What's the difference between Sydney and other

"world cities?"

Concluding Remarks

Thank you for your attention

Colour version of our paper is available online: http://www.gis.h.ehime-u.ac.jp/hp/Tsutsumi_Parolin_Sydney_2011.pdf

My previous papers are available online: http://www.h.ehime-u.ac.jp/~jtsu/(in English)

jtsu@ehime-u.ac.jp