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Is the city with no grandchildren becoming a reality?

The Herald's View October 19, 2025 — 5.00am

Less than two years after NSW Productivity Commissioner Peter Achterstraat warned that Sydney could be the city with no grandchildren, in some parts of town it must seem like a foregone conclusion.

At Davidson, on the northern beaches, the Herald reported last month that Kambora Public School would shut its doors at the end of this year due to declining enrolments. Fewer young families moving into the area and stagnant housing growth were among the reasons given for the Education Department decision.

That followed the local Catholic diocese schools board re-evaluating its school placement on the northern beaches. With a jurisdiction stretching

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