Year 10 Monday 28/3: 9.2 Population Growth in Sydney

Sydney's population is still increasing these days. Sydney began in 1788 as a small convict settlement of around 900 people including convicts and their marine guards. Since then it has grown to a city with a population of 3.9 million people. With the birth rate higher than the death rate, Australia's population will keep on rising. The people predicted that the population will rise by 40 6000 people and build around 640 000 houses after 30 years. An additional 500 000 jobs will be necessary for these people and 7500 hectares will be used as new industrial land. This will all take up about 6.8 million square metres and another 3.7 million square metres will be used as additional retail space. This is very serious because the rising population will put serious strain on the housing industry, to house these people will cause a huge amount of construction outwards. This will cause some extreme urban sprawl as urban consolidation won't be able to deal with the rising population. Sydney will be affected in that it can't expand eastward because of the ocean. Sydney can only expand to west side and there might be a huge urban sprawl and the resources will expand to the end.