Post-pandemic, nightlife is growing faster in Western Sydney than in the east:
"Nightlife is growing significantly faster in Sydney’s west than in the east: spending on dining in the Parramatta district has risen by 71 per cent over the past five years.
"In Blacktown and south-west Sydney, spending has risen 44 and 43 per cent respectively over the same period, adjusted for inflation, while it has grown at 42 per cent in the Sydney CBD.
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"The data, based on depersonalised transaction information from Visa and analysed by the Herald, underscores the momentum achieved by local councils and the state government’s work to reform the night-time economy but it also reveals the work yet to be done to allow more businesses to open at night.
"The data also shows that Sydney’s south-west and Parramatta regions recorded surges in in-person night-time transactions by 21 and 17 per cent respectively between 2019 and 2025, edging out the CBD and the eastern suburbs, which grew by 15 and 12 per cent."
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"Walk down Parramatta’s Church Street on a Saturday night and you’ll see restaurants of every cuisine, shisha bars and dessert venues brimming with patrons.
"But it is not just Church Street: analysis of businesses open late into the night shows clusters of activity around the south side of Parramatta’s railway station and the popular Little India dining precinct in Harris Park."
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