Is It Worth Moving to Sydney AUSTRALIA? | 7 Things to Know Before Moving to Sydney (2024) 

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I love all your videos and the way of content being delivered precisely. Working forward to move there by next year.

Breakdown of regions of Sydney: Major 'hubs' - Sydney CBD, Parramatta CBD (Western Sydney), Chatswood (North Shore), Strathfield (Inner West), North Sydney (North Shore), Hornsby (Hornsby Shire), Epping (The Hills). Inner West: located west of Sydney CBD. Has the reputation of being the artsy, hipster-esque region of Sydney. Bustling with life with clubs, cafés, boutiques and young students attending uni (whether it's USyd, UNSW, or UTS). Terrace historical townhouses are typical in this region. Use to be working-class in the 80's but is now gentrified to being more upper-middle class. The demographic breakdown is majority Australian of British Isles descent, Italian and Chinese. Example suburbs include: Newtown, Surry Hills, Marrickville, Strathfield etc. Eastern Suburbs: located east of Sydney CBD. Very ostentatiously wealthy Upper-class area adorned with tons of private schools and waterfront properties. This is where the beaches are at. The location of UNSW is here (Kensington). Main demographics is wealthy Australians of Caucasian background, British and other Europeans. Examples include: Paddington, Darling Harbour, Vaclause, Rose Bay etc. Lower North Shore: located north of the harbour bridge. North Sydney is typically the closest major hub, though this can be Chatswood if you live on the north areas of Lower North Shore. Upper class area adorned with waterfront properties, expensive homes, boutiques, cafés and some nice beaches and scenic views. It is here Luna Park and Taroonga Zoo are located. Again the main demographics is Caucasian Australian (of British descent) and Chinese. Examples of suburbs include: Northbridge, Milson's Point, Kiribilli, Atarmon etc Upper North Shore: located north of Lower North Shore. This area is known for being a great area for families. It is quiet, scenic with great connection to public transportation, low crime and great schools private and public. It's a typically affluent, upper-middle and upper class region, where there are tons with lots of money. Expect to see large homes with perfectly manicured gardens with a pool and/or tennis courts at the backyard. Closest major hub is Chatswood and Hornsby, but there is also Gordon and Macquarie to go too. This is the region where Macquarie Uni is located. Demographical breakdown includes Caucasian Australian (of British descent), British, Chinese, Koreans and Indians. Examples of suburbs include: Killara, Turramurra, Pymble, Wahroonga etc. The Hills: located west of Upper North Shore, this region is a more recent settlement compared to the other areas mentioned. It was traditionally more middle class, though in recent years it has gentrified to a more Upper-middle class sort of region in Sydney. Like the Upper North Shore, this region is quiet and family oriented with great quality public schools, though there is less prestige, less private schools and less wealthier residents. It was originally a very-car dependent region, but because of the metro line, it has been more integrated into Sydney's public transportation system. Demographics wise it's a mix between Caucasian of British descent and Asians (Chinese and Indians). There is a larger Chinese and Indian presence here than other regions mentioned. Examples of suburbs include: Epping, Cherrybrook, Eastwood, Dural etc. Northern Beaches: located east of Upper + Lower North Shore. There's a term we use in Australia that aptly describes them, "cashed up bogans," which is basically our equivalent of money doesn't buy class. They have a reputation of being chill and quite affluent but at the same time a bit racist, insular and a proclivity for impropriety. Great access to beaches, though largely dependent on cars. Demographics is mostly Australian of British isles heritage, British people, South Africans and other Europeans. Examples of suburbs include: Palm Beach, Mosman, Dee Why, Manly etc. Sutherland Shire (or just 'The Shire'): This is the less wealthy equivalent of Northern Beaches. Great access to beaches (Cronulla beach), and the people here are quite chill but still insular and racist. The difference here is that there is less of an international presence - most people here were born and raised in this region of Sydney, as was their parents. Examples of suburbs include: Menai, Miranda, Kirrawee, Caringbah etc. Western Sydney: Located more west than Inner West Sydney region, this region is like a different Sydney. This region is split between Western and South Western Sydney, though the vibe is similar. Working-class to middle class individuals typically of immigrant background. Parramatta/Westmead/Harris Park/Wenworthville/Minto is more Indian, Cabramatta is more Vietnamese and Lakemba/Auburn/Liverpool/Bankstown has a more MENA feel. Great place to try out foods from different cultures. Here, infrastructure is less developed (save Parramatta/Westmead region) and there are higher rates of crime (though again there are pockets where it is less like Parramatta/Westmead). Much more affordable than rest of Sydney and a more different cultural identity, as seen for instance in the Multicultural Australian accent dominance. Examples: Westmead, Auburn, Revesby, Campbelltown, Liverpool etc.

Great video. I think you are due some content covering Perth and Western Australia as a whole.😊

Thank you so much for sharing ❤❤❤

Sydney is the prettiest city in Australia. People focus on the harbour and beaches, but the surrounding geography is amazing - sandstone ridges, rivers, mountains, and national parks.

It’s clear that you put a lot of thoughts into capturing the essence of each destination.thank you for sharing the video with us

I've been looking at moving to Sydney and this is exactly the kind of information I was needing - thank you so much for this! Very comprehensive. Definitely looking for a beach lifestyle, but makes sense that it would be more expensive to achieve.

Manly, Dee Why are “the Northern Beaches” North of the bridge is “the North Shore” starting with “the Lower North Shore” and moving to “the Upper North Shore”. Just west of the CBD is “the Inner West”. Parramatta onwards are “the Western Suburbs”. Still north of the Parramatta River and west of the Lane Cove River is the start of “the Hills District.” South of the CBD and Cooks River is “the Shire”. Then there’s “South-West Sydney”, and probably a few more I’ve forgotten. Important to know these definitions because it really affects rent prices and cost of living.

Good video. Thank you very much.

Well researched and very well presented. Good job.

Good info👍, See u soon Sydney ♥️♥️♥️

Great video !

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As always, it's a very precise detailed valuable video. I'm addicted to watching videos published by you. Whatever you do as the profession, you are doing a really professional job here. Since I'm waiting to get granted 491 NSW, I'm really interesting to watch a video about Wollongong which will publish by you. So same request again, please do that soon. 🙏 Thanks mate. 👍💛

Very excellent video

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Great video and helpful! Every city is expensive though, I’ve just gone from London which is even more £££ than Sydney! It’s down to what your priorities are! You can easily make it work by adapting and staying realistic! I know someone who commutes into town from the blue mountains and they’re happy as! Sydney is definitely worth it cuz everyone is different and has skills to offer! It’s not dia like Auckland in Nz! Now that’s a place that you can’t afford to live in!

Love Brisbane and gold coast have not been to Sydney yet will come in the future.

My dream city for travelling 🤩

Very helpful. It's one more great video. Thank you so much for your great work. All the best. Cheers,

I had a job interview this past week from inner Sydney which I am excited. It is two month since I arrived in Australia through PR skilled visa and am currently in Melbourne. Your video perfectly matched on time while I am looking for valuable information about Sydney. Thank you 🙏

Thank you

Thank you

I will be moving to Sydney from Singapore probably by Feb next year, it's nice to know more information

you left out south Sydney, including Cronulla Beach which is another beautiful beach

I was wondering if you could talk about the "alowed" in australia. Living in Europe, i'd like to know if there is big changes on some laws. Is the police strict ? What level of "craziness" is allowed, i already saw somebody playing music in a DarkVador costum :p I expect you understand what i mean. Thanks for sharing your experience on this continent :)

northshore expensive too 1 bed apartments $700000 to 1 milion . 1bed apartment sold in Hornsby $700000 20km from Cbd

Sydney weather is much milder. It doesn't get as cold as Melbourne which is closer to Antarctica. It doesn't get as wet as Queensland where they get monsoonal wet season (and further north, cyclones). I like catching the ferry from Sydney to Parramatta or Manly (and being public transport is cheap)

I'm japanese and went to Australia the other day. the people there are all kind and even when i can't understand english, they kindly taught me. I want to go back to australia again.

I really want to go there, friend

I was born in this city and left with my family when i was 2yo , i have many relatives there, i'm 44 now and never visited again. Maybe one day i could visit the city and my relatives.

❤🎉 mwah 😘 Australia 🇦🇺 I love Australia 🇦🇺. I’m gonna there next year.

lived there for 10 years, they "forget" to mention the rain, humidity and bugs. Even 26C is uncomfortable.

Can someone please explain why the air in Sydney, especially in the west, has such an odour to it. It's almost unpleasant and if exercise or jog you can almost taste it.

I'll be moving to southern highlands next month..any thoughts ? 😊

Good night from PAPUA NEW GUINEA. I enjoyed watching your contents

An excellent clip as always. Perceptive, precise and very professionally presented. You mentioned some alternatives to living in 'the harbour city', like Wollongong; and I would like to add to that. Unlike some of the other capital cities in Oz, Sydney is not one city, but a 'tale of two cities' or probably at least four or six. The population centre of Sydney is just east of Parramatta, way west of the 'harbour city' that people often think of as the entirety of "Sydney". If people are cashed up and want to work in finance or similar, working in "the city" and living at Bondi Beach (or Bondi Junction if you are not quite as affluent), or closer to Palm Beach if you are more affluent than usual, may be viable options. Anywhere north of the 'Red Rooster line' would probably be suitable. However, if people are tradies or work in construction or logistics there are probably a lot more opportunities in Western Sydney, where the majority of Greater Sydney population live, and mostly live well. People there will rarely visit Harbourside Sydney unless their work takes them there, or occasionally as a 'tourist' for a special event. In their free time, they are more likely to go bush than to a beach. perhaps to one of the numerous national parks or state forests, or places like along parts of the Hawkesbury that look like the Rhine without the vineyards and villages. Though usually less wealthy, they often have greater liquidity. Houses smaller, but more toys. In my career I've worked for major corporations, in my own businesses and in government. I've had jobs in the top 5-10% of income. I've lived in lots of different places, including up market inner Sydney suburbs like Vaucluse, through to third world countries. One thing I know for sure is that if you want something actually done in Sydney (and done well with little fuss), you get 'Westies' to do it. They are authentic, industrious, pragmatic and practical. If they were coffees, Western Sydney would be a well made 'flat white', while Harbourside city folk would be more a 'soy, decaf, skinny latte'; if you know what I mean Never mind higher education, TAFE colleges and similar deliver excellent trade training without the vast fees, and provide entry to jobs that often pay much better than many degrees. And that applies as much to girls as it does to the guys. As you progress you might want to do a vocational course in business management. If you want to do a degree you're probably on sufficient money by then to pay it up front. Too many people have been sold the marketing myth that 'you have to get a degree after leaving school to get a good job'. I didn't get my first degree until my late 30s and a masters in my 50s. It was multiple vocational certificates and diploma quals that got me ahead in the 'real' world from a very poor start. Western Sydney is about to get its own airport, and I suspect that will enhance its sub-culture even more. Not as a competitor to Harbourside Sydney (it's already defined its own unique and glossy identity), but as an industry, lifestyle, family and even tourist competitor to places like Brisbane, Adelaide and Perth. What's true of Western Sydney is also true of the other parts of Greater Sydney and bits that extend off it, such as the Central Coast (bush, lakes and beaches), Wollongong (Pittsburg with beaches backed by mountains), the Blue Mountains (a mini-Grand Canyon covered by forest), the Hills District (rural meets tech and new money), and (as someone mentioned Cronulla) 'the Shire' has its own unique sub-culture.

Good luck surviving in Sydney unless you make $$$$$$ $1891 average weekly wage is a misrepresentation, and once you tax out the high rates of tax and rent you get to choose if you want to pay for food or electricity. enjoy it!

What you consider a decent monthly income for a family of 4? Considering the 2 kids are in kindergarten and you'd like to rent a 80+ square meters flat?

Btw, Byron Bay is a looooooong way from Sydney. It's an 8 hour drive, not a day trip.

I would recommend to put the music volume down, or change the type of music in a background, sometimes it is hard to listen what you are saying.

metro stops working when it is raining in Sydney

G'day! Another option for Sydney is the Central Coast...I know many people who live up here and commute either on the train all the way or drive to somewhere like Hornsby and taking the train from there into the city...We have some awesome beaches up here as well and it's so much cheaper to rent etc... Cheers!

I am a 19yo in colombia, I learned english and I'm studying all Software Coding stuff. I did a lot of research to find a good place to live, I was thinking on going to Canada or Europe, but at the end I decided Australia, for the language, and opportunities for TECH. But also I could notice that like in every other country there's housing crisis, do you really recommend me to continue studying and finding a way to go to australia for living and being able to raise a family?

Hi, I will be landing in Sydney in February 2024. Could you give some tips to find off campus accomodations? I have applied for on campus accomodations already but I would like to have some backups. Thanks.

I grew up near Parramatta, spent my twenties in the Eastern Suburbs and now live between Blacktown and Penrith. I am not a beach person having extremely fair skin that burns to a crisp at the mere mention of the word beach. I catch the train to work in the city daily, it takes 45 min. When I lived in the Eastern Suburbs it took 30 minutes on the bus in peak hour, so not a lot of difference. We have restaurants, cafes, shopping, sporting events, and everything else out here except ocean beaches, with the added advantage of a back yard with a pool and the ability to park our car in our own garage and not pay for parking everywhere [except Westfield]. We can swim at the Jellybean Pool and many other freshwater swimming places.

i have an online friend who lived in the uk for most of the time of our friendship but then he went offline for a couple days and when he came back he said he moved to sydney australia and he says thats its a literal dream come true to live in such a state with such beautiful places and nice people and ive been considering moving there too so thanks for the information

I get the impression you've never visited the south-east of Sydney. Home of the Royal National Park, Botany Bay and some very good beaches in their own right. especially in the Bayside and Sutherland Shire Council areas - most of those suburbs are no more than half an hour from beaches. Cronulla Beach is a 5 minute walk from Cronulla Railway station. Lots of rec activities available, too, many of them free. In Sydney many local councils have their own art galleries, theatre facilities and local amateur arts and crafts societies that put on shows of various kinds and run classes locally. But the Royal National Park is definitely worth a visit - the second national park in the world, after Yellowstone in the US.

can i open an Australian bank account with my short-term residential address(Airbnb) or is it must to have a long-term residential address?

What song plays at the beginning please??

You should give Cronulla beach a try, north beach & south beach. I get a better vibe there than Bondi. More locals and Sydney siders and less tourists. A bit harder to get to without a car but worth it.

One bedroom apartments in inner city start at $600, for $500 you can live 1 hour away from inner city

If you are a tradie Electrician Plumber etc , you can get off the plane and get a job tomorrow $ 40 an hour 4 weeks annual leave overtime weekend work $60 an hour , RDO once a month , 6 sick days a year.

This good idea is to I'm not a question

My family

Why always expensive in Aussie, also are there sharks on the beaches? 😅

It's clean smells good beutiful thanks

Better than Melbourne?

It is worth it

You didn't mention the beautiful Blue Mountains!

Can you do this but for Brisbane

Unless you have plenty of money forget it

how do i verify my 482 Australian visa is valid ? i mean i want to check is it genuine or not please care to rply

Can you please help me to find one girl who is studying in any Sydney university please🙏🏻

2:32 do i have money for it

Thanks for this video. I’m currently living in Dubai but migrating to Sydney next year. I’m originally from the Philippines.. I hope all goes well.. Anyway, I’m also considering regional areas like Newcastle or Wollonggong.. Which can you recommend? I hope you make a video about regional areas as well.. 😊 But I visited Sydney before & absolutely loved it.

I wish you didn’t include music in your video. It is distracting and when focusing to feel the content you are trying to deliver

I can’t believe you forgot the most beautiful zoo in the world.

It's expensive to live here i am touring

most people in their 20"s & 30s share a place. It makes the rent more affordable.

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TIL Western Sydney ends at Parramatta

Would live to move to Australia, but now I am 40 with a family. Visa seems to be unreachable for me. What a shame, feels like a part of me which was never realised.

We went around Australia and visited many wonderful places. I wish we could visit way more but check out our travel vlog you will enjoy our experience of this fantastic country. ❤❤

If the average income is $1800 pw.. and rentals, at the mid is $800 Pw..... Thats still a decent amount for a lifestyle beyond work.. yeh ? Just sayin'

As someone who lives in Sydney, ideally a person needs a yearly income of at least $60k AUD to be able to enjoy the lifestyle.

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Is Campbeltown a good place to live?

Forget the pricing, what are the bugs like??! I’ve seen pictures of Australian critters that look straight from the mouth of HELL!

Something tells me that the whole rotten cesspool is getting ready to go up because they didn't pay their battery bill

The new Jerusalem

Can you please add Turkish subtitles to the videos?

I can't think of many reasons to stay but I can tell you plenty of reasons to move .

one for Melbourne too, please

Is it worth moving to Sydney?? Not if you already live in Australia. Aussies don't move TO Sydney, they leave it. Foreigners move to Sydney because anywhere in Australia is better than where they came from.

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I LOVE SYDNEY!

Step 1. Visit the nearest Australia High Commission to you and apply for the essential work and residence permit. Step.2 When that fails forget the idea.

Who cares it's one of the greatest places ever.

Sydney is highly overrated and used to be a great place to live but has suffered from lack of infrastructure to keep up like adequate public transport and public amenities. The costs of living here are through the roof . The beach life style has suffered from over crowding and gentrification. The beaches south of Sydney are better quality. She mentioned sculptures by the sea. So overcrowded it is uncomfortable to go now and they use sheep runs to manage people for buses to Bondi beach. OK if you like those sorts of crowds. It just is not the place it once was.

If rent is expensive, just buy a house! 😂😂😂😅

honestly australia is extremely overrated. Very expensive, inept government, real estate is shit and not much career growth if you are in IT. Singapore and USA are much better options IMHO

Sydney Is the best my dream City 🏙

This video glorifies Sydney, yes there are beautiful places but the reality is its so ridiculously unaffordable and futher reality check rents have skyrocketed due to lack of housing and the influx of immigrants rents in parramatta and even penrith are now on par with rents of inner Sydney. Unless your very wealthy this city will rob you of every joy and dollar you earn.

You did not mention wmaf couples😂