UPDATE: Millions of Sydneysiders have been plunged into a lockdown starting 6pm Saturday, 26 June.
Residents of Sydney’s eastern suburbs will be subjected to stay-at-home orders, widely interpreted as lockdown restrictions, for seven days from 11.59pm on Friday.
In addition to the existing restrictions that are already in place for Greater Sydney, residents and those who work in the Woollahra, Waverley, Randwick and City of Sydney local government areas (LGAs) will have to follow the new rules for a week.
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See Gladys Berejiklian announce new lockdown restrictions in Sydney in the video player above
“You need to stay at home unless absolutely necessary,” NSW Premier Gladys Berejiklian said.
The decision was made after authorities reported 22 new local cases of COVID-19.
Eastern suburbs lockdown restrictions
There are only four reasons for people in the four LGAs to leave home under the new measures, being:
- to work or study
- to exercise outdoors, with no more than 10 gathering at one time
- to provide or seek care
- to shop for essential goods and services
City of Sydney, Randwick, Waverley, Woollahra suburbs map
Try exploring the map below, by dragging and zooming, to find your local government area and find out if your suburbs are affected by the Sydney lockdown restrictions.
If your local government area appears in red on the map below, it means you are part of the Greater Sydney area identified by Berejiklian.
City of Sydney, Randwick, Waverley, Woollahra suburbs affected by COVID-19 lockdown
Alternatively, scroll down to find the full list of suburbs affected by the lockdown COVID-19 restrictions.
City of Sydney Council
- Alexandria
- Annandale
- Barangaroo
- Beaconsfield
- Camperdown
- Centennial Park
- Chippendale
- Darlinghurst
- Darlington
- Dawes Point
- Elizabeth Bay
- Erskineville
- Eveleigh
- Forest Lodge
- Glebe
- Haymarket
- Millers Point
- Moore Park
- Newtown
- Paddington
- Potts Point
- Pyrmont
- Redfern
- Rosebery
- Rushcutters Bay
- St Peters
- Surry Hills
- Sydney
- The Rocks
- Ultimo
- Waterloo
- Woolloomooloo
- Zetland
Source: City of Sydney
Randwick City Council
- Centennial Park
- Chifley
- Clovelly
- Coogee
- Kensington
- Kingsford
- La Perouse
- Little Bay
- Malabar
- Maroubra
- Matraville
- Philip Bay
- Port Botany
- South Coogee
Source: Randwick City Council
Waverley Council
- Bondi
- Bondi Beach
- Bondi Junction
- Bronte
- Clovelly
- Dover Heights
- North Bondi
- Queens Park
- Rose Bay
- Tamarama
- Vaucluse
- Waverley
Source: Waverley Council
Woollahra Municipal Council
- Bellevue Hill
- Darling Point
- Edgecliff
- Paddington
- Point Piper
- Rose Bay
- Vaucluse
- Watsons Bay
- Woollahra
Source: Woollahra Municipal Council
What if you’re NOT in these suburbs?
Residents of Greater Sydney who live outside the eastern suburbs LGAs are also subject to a number of major restrictions after a dramatic surge in new COVID-19 cases this week.
The restrictions were introduced from 4pm on Wednesday for Greater Sydney, the Central Coast, Blue Mountains, Wollongong and Shellharbour.
They include:
- Visitors to households are limited to five guests, including children
- Masks are compulsory in all indoor non-residential settings, including workplaces and at organised outdoor events
- Drinking while standing at hospitality venues is not allowed
- Singing by audiences at indoor shows or by congregants an indoor place of worship is not allowed
- Dancing is not allowed at indoor hospitality venues or nightclubs. Dancing is allowed at weddings but no more than 20 people are allowed on the dancefloor
- Dance and gym classes are limited to 20 people and masks must be worn throughout
- The one person per four square metres has been reintroduced for all indoor and outdoor settings
- Outdoor seated events are limited to 50 per cent capacity
- Previous public transport capacity limits, represented by green dots, have been reintroduced
- Those who live in any of the City of Sydney, Waverley, Randwick, Canada Bay, Inner West, Bayside, or Woollahra local government areas (LGA) cannot travel outside metropolitan Sydney for non-essential travel
What areas are in Greater Sydney? Suburbs affected by COVID-19 restrictions
Scroll down to find the full list of Local Government Areas affected by the NSW COVID-19 restrictions.
- Bayside
- Blacktown City
- Blue Mountains City
- Burwood
- Camden
- Campbelltown City
- Canada Bay City
- Canterbury-Bankstown
- Central Coast
- Cumberland
- Fairfield City
- Georges River
- Gosford
- Hawkesbury City
- Hornsby Shire
- Hunter’s Hill Municipality
- Inner West
- Ku-ring-gai
- Lane Cove Municipality
- Liverpool City
- Mosman Municipality
- North Sydney
- Northern Beaches
- Parramatta City
- Penrith City
- Randwick City
- Ryde City
- Shellharbour City
- Strathfield Municipality
- Sutherland Shire
- Sydney City
- The Hills Shire
- Waverley
- Willoughby City
- Wollondilly Shire
- Wollongong City
- Woollahra City
NSW Police warning over COVID compliance
Police have warned those caught breaking public health order rules will be fined, with increased police patrols during the school holidays.
NSW Deputy Commissioner Gary Worboys told the media that already around 150 cautions had been given to people for not wearing masks on public transport and other places where they should.
Deputy Commissioner Worboys said the police are now moving into a “compliance and enforcement” phase.
“If people choose to go outside the order and drive to a location, whether that is down the snow or up the coast, down the south coast, out west, traffic and highway patrol are well aware of the order and what it says to people and what it commands them to do, and police will be out there enforcing that part of the activity,” the deputy commissioner said.
School holidays for public schools are due to begin on Friday, with holiday plans in tatters for many Sydney parents.
Worboys said police will also be operating on public transport and in and around cafes, pubs and clubs, “ making sure people comply.”
This is as well as police being on NSW’s public transport system, in and around cafes, pubs, and clubs.
Police will be making sure people comply as the state battles a “very fractious time in terms of the pandemic in this particular cluster”.
- with AAP