Did you know?
The City provides over 5,300 swimming lessons each week at this five aquatic and leisure centres which were attended by 1,281090 people in 2009-2010.
In 2009-2010 1,246,100 people visited the City's nine libraries and borrowed 1,476,580 books, CDs and DVDs. 
Each year, the City provides 65,000 Meals on Wheels to elderly and disadvantaged people across the city.
City Waste Management staff collect 40,000 tonnes of domestic waste a year which equates to 327 kilograms of household waste per person in the City of Sydney, including 91 kilograms per person of recyclables, whitegoods and e-waste.
Between July 2009 and June 2010, the City removed more than 375,000 incidents of graffiti tagging and bill posters which covered an area of almost 60,000m2.
The City collects 1,160 tonnes of leaves and litter annually from the parks.
The City holds Australia's biggest global event – Sydney’s world famous New Year’s Eve celebrations in which 4,500 kilos of fireworks explode watched by 1.5 million Sydneysiders and visitors to Sydney Harbour and by more than one billion people on TV.
The city has 13 ovals and sports fields and provides 120 sporting stations at City and external facilities each week for 26 different sports.
Each year City staff conduct 43,659 square metres of footpath renewal and year round maintenance of 665 kilometres of footpaths, approximately 330 kilometres of road, around 515 kms of kerb and gutter and around 65,000 road signs.
The City provides $8.5 million in free programs and entertainment for 1.8 million people a year at its 61 community facilities where it holds 250 annual community events.
