Penrith, in Sydney’s west comes out on top with their hottest day reaching 45.1 degrees – that’s ALMOST 50 DEGREES. They even had six consecutive days with temps over 40 degrees. No suburb in Oz has come close to that temperature all year.

This area features a temperate climate which generally has large amounts of precipitation, cold winters, and warm summers. Summer in the Southern Hemisphere lasts from around December 21 to the vernal equinox around March 20. Winter lasts from around June 21 to the autumnal equinox around September 21.

Its climate is characterized by cold winters and cool summers. Precipitation mostly comes in the form of snow. Areas inside the Arctic Circle (66°34′ latitude) experience some days in summer when the Sun never sets, and some days during the winter when it never rises.

Summer and winter Australia has summer at the end of the year when the southern hemisphere is tilted towards the Sun. In summer, days are longer because more hours are spent facing the Sun. The summer solstice in Australia — about December 22 — is when we have our longest day of the year.

Australia. Australia falls in the southern hemisphere which means, its winter is in June-July while December-January is peak summer season.

1. Cobbitty-Leppington. With 32,151 residents, the Cobbitty-Leppington area in Sydney’s South West region recorded the #1 largest population increase in NSW with 5280 new residents and the second-fastest rate of growth at 19.6%. With the largest geographical size on our list, encompassing more than 132km2.

Penrith

A world weather map has revealed that Australia is currently the hottest place on earth as the country swelters through record high temperatures. But even Australia’s southern hemisphere neighbours are nowhere near as hot, although parts of South America, south-east Asia and Africa are also over 30C.

The United Arab Emirates is the only country that ranks both in the top as the hottest country in the world, and the warmest countries in the world by average temperature year-round. This has led people to choose Dubai as their winter vacation destination in recent years.

Wyndham

Camden in NSW, adding 8.0% in a year, or 7,013 people, takes the crown this year as Australia’s fastest growing local government area. This is followed by the City of Melbourne (6.8%), Wyndham (5.9%) and Melton (5.4%) all in Melbourne, then Serpentine-Jarrahdale WA (5.4%).

Hinduism is one of the fastest growing religion in Australia mostly through immigration. Hinduism is also one of the most youthful religions in Australia, with 34% and 66% of Hindus being under the age of 14 and 34 respectively….Hinduism in Australia.

Islam is the world’s second-largest religion, after Christianity. But this could change if the current demographic trends continue, according to research published by the US-based Pew Research Center.

Growth of religion

• Growth of religion is the spread of religions and the increase of religious adherents around the world.
• Studies in the 21st century suggest that, in terms of percentage and worldwide spread, Islam is the fastest-growing major religion in the world.

A 2011 report by the American Physical Society claimed that religion may die out in Australia and eight other Western world countries. According to NORC of Chicago, 20.6% of Australians don’t believe in God and never have, while 9.7% are “strong atheists”.

Religion in Australia is diverse. Section 116 of the Constitution of Australia of 1901 prohibits the Commonwealth government from establishing a church or interfering with the freedom of religion. In an optional question on the 2016 Census, 52.2% of the Australian population declared some variety of Christianity.