Sylvania is a suburb, in southern Sydney, in the
state of New South Wales, Australia 22
kilometres south of the Sydney central business
district in the Sutherland Shire.

Sylvania is mostly residential but also contains
areas of native bushland and some commercial
developments on the Princes Highway and Port
Hacking Road. Sylvania Heights is a locality in
the western part of the suburb. Sylvania Waters
and Kangaroo Point share the same postcode
(2224)

According to the 2011 Australian Bureau of
Statistics Census of Population, there were
9,728 people usually resident in Sylvania. (This
figure excludes Sylvania Waters, population
3,125 and Kangaroo Point, population 576.).
72.8% stated they were Australian-born. Of
those born overseas, the percentages were as
follows: England 3.3%, China (excluding
Taiwan), New Zealand 1.6% and Greece
1.4%. English was stated as the only language
spoken at home by 72.8% of residents and the
most common other languages spoken were
Greek 6.6%, Arabic 2.6% and Cantonese 2.5%.
The most common responses for religion were
Catholic 27.8%, Anglican 23.4%, No Religion
12.2%, Orthodox 12.0% and Uniting Church
4.1%.