Green Square, New South Wales
Green Square is an inner-southern locality of Sydney, New South Wales, Australia. The locale is at a five-way intersection where the four suburbs of Alexandria, Zetland, Waterloo and Beaconsfield meet. The precincts are linked by Ebsworth Street, Sydney's first new high street in a century, and Zetland Avenue west, a new tree-lined boulevard inspired by avenues in Manhattan with a long row of aligned traffic lights.
| Green Square Sydney, New South Wales | |||||||||||||||
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Green Square Town Centre | |||||||||||||||
Green Square | |||||||||||||||
| Coordinates | 33°54′22″S 151°12′11″E | ||||||||||||||
| Population | 34,253 (2021 census) | ||||||||||||||
| • Density | 12,321/km2 (31,910/sq mi) | ||||||||||||||
| Postcode(s) | 2017 (Under review by the Geographical Names Board of NSW) | ||||||||||||||
| Area | 2.78 km2 (1.1 sq mi) | ||||||||||||||
| Time zone | AEST (UTC+10) | ||||||||||||||
| • Summer (DST) | AEDT (UTC+11) | ||||||||||||||
| Location | 3.5 km (2 mi) south of Sydney CBD | ||||||||||||||
| LGA(s) | City of Sydney | ||||||||||||||
| State electorate(s) | Heffron | ||||||||||||||
| Federal division(s) | Sydney | ||||||||||||||
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The Green Square Town Centre is undergoing one of the largest urban renewal projects undertaken in Australia. The urban renewal project, spanning 278 hectares, has received criticism for projections that its population will peak at around 60,000 residents and 21,000 workers by 2030.
However, this level of population density would not rank in the top 200 densely populated districts in the world. At 21,500 residents per square kilometre in the year 2030, Green Square's population density would be approximately one-third of Yorkville on the Upper East Side of Manhattan at over 60,000 residents per square kilometre, one-half of the Roquette district in Paris at over 40,000 residents per square kilometre, and in line with Tribeca or Midtown Manhattan at approximately 20,000 residents per square kilometre.