Southern Highlands and Shoalhaven has the next highest first dose vaccination rate, with 50.5% of residents receiving their first dose, followed by Baulkham Hills and Hawkesbury with 49.8%, Sutherland with 48.9% and the Northern Beaches with 47.7%.
Health authorities were not surprised by the disparity between different parts of Sydney, putting it down to the difference in age profiles.
On Tuesday, the NSW premier, Gladys Berejiklian, noted the average age of the population in south-western Sydney is younger than the state average.
“Until recently, health advice precluded a lot of people coming forward and getting vaccinated. Now the health advice has changed, given the outbreak,” Berejiklian said of the younger cohort that had only recently become eligible for AstraZeneca vaccine.
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