The NSW suburbs where vaccination rates are over 90 per cent

The Daily Telegraph can reveal the parts of our state with the highest rates of vaccinations. Find out if you live in one.

Western Sydney residents are jumping at the prospect of reopening businesses and kick-starting a return to normal life after some suburbs scored an almost 100 per cent full vaccination rate.

A staggering 90 percent of eligible residents in Schofields and Edmondson Park along with their Newcastle West counterparts have all received both doses of the Covid-19 vaccine.

But inner-city districts including Burwood, Sydney City and Kingsford and hipster central Bryon Bay are lagging behind at 30 to 39 per cent double jabbed.

NSW Premier Gladys Berejiklian has put communities with low Covid vaccination rates on notice. Picture: NCA NewsWire / Nikki Short

Premier Gladys Berejiklian delivered an ultimatum to Byron Bay residents that if they don’t roll up their sleeves in time, they will lose out on freedoms next months.

“Some communities like Byron have a large, larger percentage of people who choose not to be vaccinated... that’s their choice. But they won’t be able to participate in the activities vaccinated people will,” she said.

“We also know there is obviously pockets of resistance there, not large though, they are identified in certain locations and obviously in in vulnerable communities.”

Gold-scorers in Sydney’s west and other regions were urged by chief health officer Dr Kerry Chant to continue to aim higher.

“I urge you to be one of the most highly vaccinated populations in the state. Yes, you’ve achieved 80 per cent in some of your local government areas. Yes, you’ve achieved 90 per cent in some, I am challenging you to even push further.

Dr Chant said there were still some shortfalls in vaccination rates for elderly people and those in their 50s and 70s.

Gurleen Bawa at home in Edmondson Park with her three-year-old son Anakhveer Singh. Picture: Jonathan Ng

Gurleen Bawa, an Edmondson Park jewellery business owner and diabetic educator, has been fully vaccinated since June.

She said the community had played their part in surpassing the state’s vaccination target and deserved to reap the benefits with greater freedoms.

“Reaching that number (90 per cent) is so great. We need that because we want to go out and engage as a community. I personally miss all my clients,” Mrs Bawa said.

“We have done the right thing here. We have followed the restrictions, the rules, the lockdown.

“We see the photos circulating of Bondi. We’re not going out like some people are, so I think we definitely deserve a bit more freedom here.”