Sydney Vs Melbourne - Australia's Greatest Rivalry

THE GREAT MELBOURNE VS SYDNEY WORLD'S MOST LIVEABLE CITY PIVALAY WORLD'S BEST CITY According to The Economist, Aug 2014 According to Condé Nast, Oct 2011 TRAITS Extreme interest Extreme interest or fascination with fashion & 'the arts' or fascination with the weather Wears thongs Indoorsy even in winter Loves Loves Zines Surfing Coffee Swimming Bikes The beach Pop up food vans/cafes Talking about the weather Warehouse parties Watching NRL at the pub/ on couch Cult/niche stuff Hates Hates The 3 o'clock change- Bad music over Bad coffee The Night(mare) Ride Sydney Rain Bad drivers Likely works in Likely works in New media Finance A bar / eatery IT Vintage clothing store Film Not for profit Marketing Niche bookstore Engineering MELBOURNE HIPSTER SYDNEY SURFER POPULATION 4,440,300 Current Population (Jun 2014) 4,840,600 Annual Growth Rate 2.2% 1.8% (Jun 2014) 440 hab/km² Population Density (Jun 2014) 390 hab/km² MAP OF TRIBES But thats not what they look like across the whole city of course, the cities are divided into multiple tribes based on location. Someone's gotta Surfies live here Hipsters Yuppies Bogans Preppies Hippies Yuppies SURF RESCUE Princesse & Bondi Hipsters Bogans MELBOURNE SYDNEY Although Sydney gets twice as much rain as Melbourne it has twice as many clear days. WEATHER SYDNEY WINS! Maximum 19.9 21.7 Temperature 10.2 Minimum 13.8 Temperature 648mm Average rainfall 1211.7mm 48.6 Average Number of Clear Days 103.9 CULTURE & ARTS Melbourne became Sydney became an UNESCO City of Literature in August 2008. an UNESCO City of Film in November 201O. MELBOURNE FESTIVALS SYDNEY FESTIVALS Melbourne Festival Sydney Festival Moomba Vivid Sydney Melbourne International Comedy Festival Mardi Gras Melbourne Fringe Festival Darling Harbour Fiesta Midsumma Festival Chinese New Year Festival Sydney Melbourne Food and Wine Festival Sterosonic Melbourne Cup Carnival Field Day Golden Plains festival Sydney Comedy Festival Meredith Music festival Sydney Film Festival Rainbow Serpent festival Sydney Writers Festival Sterosonic The Rocks Aroma Festival Melbourne International Jazz Festival Pyrmont Festival Chinese New Year Festival Melbourne Sydney Fringe Festival White Night Melbourne Tropfest St Jeromes Laneway Festival St Jeromes Laneway Festival Soundwave Soundwave FOOD & DRINKS SYDNEY WINS! Number of award 72 80 winning restaurants* $3.77 Average Cost of a Cappuccino $3.75 $8.00 Cost of a Domestic Beer (500ml) $6.00 $80.00 Meal for 2, $80.00 Mid-range, 3-course *Australia's Good Food and Travel Guide MELBOURNE NIGHTLIFE WINS! Top 50 Worlds Best Bars 7 Sydney's - The Baxter Inn 19 Sydney's - Bulletin Place 30 Melbourne's - The Everleight 31 Sydney's - Eau de Vie 37 Melbourne's - Black Pearl 48 Sydney's - Shady Pines LIVE MUSIC POKER MACHINES SALARIES & EDUCATION $72,623 Average Salary $77,599 Melbourne Grammar Sydney Grammar $28,920 $31,419 Private Schools Annual Tuition Fee Scotch College SCEGGS $29,073 $33,627 Private Schools Annual Tuition Fee Presbyterian Ladies College The Scots College $27,480 Private Schools $33,098 Annual Tuition Fee University of Melbourne University of Sydney 33 Top Ranked Universities 37 MELBOURNE REAL ESTATE WINS! FOR RENT 2.50% Residential Vacancy Rates (Feb 2015) 2.0% Median House $563,000 $760,000 Price 4.5% Property Price Growth Rate 12.2% $385 Average Weekly Rent $525 (MELBOURNE TRANSPORT WINS! Meburnians are fussy about their cheap and reli- able public transport. Sydneysiders are just happy the bus/train shows up at all. HEAVY TRAFFIC ВІКЕ НЕAVEN OVERALL CUSTOMER SATISFACTION 72% 85% Trains 75% Buses 87% 73% Trams 89% Ferries 96% Myki Daily Opal Card $7.52 Public Transport Fares $15 135 km Cycle Network 110 km TOURISM SYDNEY WINS! $102.27 2 Star Hotels $84.38 Average Rate star $113.63 3 Star Hotels Average Rate $128.00 $160.38 4 Star Hotels $177.68 Average Rate 5 Star Hotels $259.33 $267.25 Average Rate Number of Domestic 7.8 million 8.5 million Overnight Visitors Number of International 2 million 3 million Overnight Visitors SOCIAL MEDIA OFFICIAL CITY ACCOUNTS 530K Facebook Fans 1.8M 95.3K 148K Twitter Followers 86.4K Instagram Followers 73.2K HC HotelClub SOURCES http://www.bom.gov.au/climate/averages/tables/cw_086071.shtml http://www.bom.gov.au/climate/averages/tables/cw_066062.shtml http://www.trendhunter.com/ http://www.agfg.com.au/guide/awards/ http://www.numbeo.com/cost-of-living/compare_cities.jsp?country1=Australia&country2=Australia&city1=Sydney&city2=Melbourne http://www.worlds50bestbars.com/fifty-best-bars-list-2014/ http://www.abs.gov.au/ausstats/absa.nsf/Latestproducts/6302.0Main%20Features6Nov%202014?opendocumentstabname=Summary&prodno=6302.06issue=Nov%2020148rum=&view= http://www.topuniversities.com/university-rankings/world-university-rankings/2014#sorting=rank+region=+country=+faculty=+stars=false+search= http://www.ausstats.abs.gov.au/ausstats/meisubs.nsf/0/2983F61EBF61792CCA257DE7000F1FE9/$Fle/64160_dec%202014.pdf http://www.theherald.com.au/story/2881586/vacancy-rates-tighten-in-capitals/?cs=3968 http://www.abc.net.au/news/2015-01-08/rents-stagnate-as-housing-supply-rises/6006238 http://ptv.vic.gov.au/assets/PTV/PTVX20docs/Track%20Record/PTV_Track-Record-61_Oct-to-Dec-2014.pdf http://www.destinationnsw.com.au/wp-content/uploads/2014/04/sydney-ye-dec-14.pdf http://www.tourism.vic.gov.au/research/domestic-and-regional-research/domestic-visitation.html http://www.tourism.vic.gov.au/research/international-research/international-visitation.html http://www.abs.gov.au/ausstats/absa. nsf/mf/3218.0/ http://www.abs.gov.au/ausstats/absa. nsf/Latestproducts/3218.0Main%20Features252013-147opendocument&tabname=Summary&prodno=3218.0&issue=2013-145 num=&view= http://www.abs.gov.au/ausstats/absa.nsf/mf/6416.0