The Sydney metropolitan area has a population of 3.27 million residents,
1 ____________. About
22,000 of these people live in the central area of the city proper. Sydney’s population density is
among the lowest of any major world city.
Sydney’s population grew rather steadily after the city was founded in 1788. One of the main
reasons is that suburban expansion began in earnest in the late 19
th
century
2 ____________. Economic and political factors affected growth rates during the 20th century. Higher growth
occurred in the prosperous decade of 1911 to 1921,
3 ____________. Soon after the war, however,
Australia introduced an aggressive campaign to attract migrant workers from other countries to
assist economic growth and development. This brought a period of higher population growth.
In the second half of the 20th century, declining birth rates and a net loss of native residents to
other parts of the country meant
4 ____________. Ups and downs in growth rates since the 1970s
thus largely reflect variations in immigration rates.
The importance of immigration in Sydney’s growth is reflected in the city’s many ethnic groups.
Immigration before World War II was mostly from the United Kingdom and Ireland. Immediately
after the war, it was from the United Kingdom and northwestern Europe, followed by a wave of
immigrants from southern and eastern Europe. Most recently, immigrants from the Middle East and
Asia,
5 ____________ , have settled in Sydney. Much larger numbers of Sydney-born residents
have parents or grandparents
6 ____________. Q1 Q2 Q3 Q4 Q5 Q6
