More Australians are armed with weapons than earlier than the Port Arthur bloodbath: So do they stay in your suburb?

The Sydney suburbs with the most registered gun owners have been revealed, as the number of firearms in the country surges at an alarming rate.

There are now more than 1.1million registered guns in New South Wales, with a third of those weapons in suburban Sydney, according to 7News.  

Camden had the most gun owners with 2,595, followed by Liverpool with 2,010.

There were also around 700 owners in Bankstown, Merrylands and Greenacre.  

It has sparked growing concerns the number of guns in Australia is rising following a national firearms agreement prompted by the 1996 Port Arthur Massacre. 

The mass shooting left 35 people dead and was described at the time as the worst massacre by a single gunman, Martin Bryant, in Australian history. 

‘We drew a line in the sand right there and then about guns in Australia,’ said NSW Greens MP Sue Higginson.

‘We musn’t forget that.’

There are now more than 1.1million registered guns in New South Wales with a third of those weapons in suburban Sydney (pictured are guns seized by the Australian Federal Police)

A truck is seen unloading prohibited firearms at a scrap-metal yard in Sydney after the federal government introduced a buyback scheme following the 1996 Port Arthur massacre

Guns are seen having their barrels crushed after the tough new firearm laws were introduced 

Gun laws still differ widely between each state, despite the advent of a national gun register last year.

Only Western Australia has a cap on the number of firearms that can be owned by one person. 

The new data from NSW shows one licensed owner in Cremorne on Sydney’s lower north shore had almost 400 guns registered. 

‘The community really needs to have a conversation about, should there be limits on the number of firearms that people can own,’ said Australian Gun Safety Alliance spokesperson Stephen Bendle. 

But NSW Police Minister Yasmin Catley said the force was on top of the issue.

‘The regulations in New South Wales are robust but the settings are right,’ she said.