Anthony El-Khoury
Anthony El-Khoury is a Lane Cove local and volunteer contributor who brings a research and data-driven eye to In the Cove, turning census tables, public health figures and official statistics into stories residents can use. His reporting has examined whether local schools are really emptying out, the squeeze on bulk-billing GPs, and fifty years of demographic change across the suburb. What draws him in is the question behind the numbers: what the data actually means for the people who live here.
The Changing Face of Lane Cove – Our Deep Dive into Census Data
The typical home in Lane Cove North holds 2.3 people. About two kilometres south, in Riverview, it still holds 3.2. Before the 2026 Census, what ten censuses show about a Lane Cove that is no longer one place.
It’s Official Lane Cove Locals Love their Library and If You Join Up in...
The NSW State Library's FY2024/25 release puts Lane Cove first in the state for the second year running, with Mosman closing nearly the entire gap in twelve months.
Lane Cove’s Bulk-Billing Squeeze
Lane Cove has the lowest GP density of its inner-Sydney peers and only one of ten local clinics bulk-bills universally. The November 2025 Medicare reform did not move the needle locally because the new rebate-plus-loading still sits below the cost of running a Sydney North practice.
Lane Cove Schools – Are There Fewer Students at Our Local Schools?
Australia’s birth rate has hit a record low. In 2024, the national fertility rate fell to 1.48 babies per woman. This is the lowest ever recorded and well below the 2.1 replacement rate.
NSW births...