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Sorell

4,317 residential parcels covering 10.6 km².

Highly restricted land

≈94% of Sorell’s residential land is highly restricted.

Driven mostly by 2-storey height caps. Sorell ranks #5 of 7 councils in Hobart, and #24 of 133 capital city councils nationally.

Highly restricted residential
Not highly restricted residential

Source: Geometric union of 2-storey, low-density, detached-only, and heritage controls across Sorell. ABS LGA code 64810. Methodology →

Note: Figures and the map cover only the parts of this area inside the capital’s Significant Urban Area; land beyond the SUA boundary is excluded from our modelling.

Where Sorell ranks in Hobart

Sorell ranks #5 of 7 Hobart-area councils for highly restricted residential land.

Highly restricted

Sorell: ≈94% · rank #5 of 7

0% (least restrictive)(most restrictive) 100%

2-storey cap

  1. 1. Glenorchy≈98%
  2. 2. Kingborough≈98%
  3. 3. Clarence≈98%
  4. 4. Sorell≈94%
  5. 5. Brighton≈94%
  6. 6. Hobart≈93%
  7. 7. Derwent Valley≈0%

Low-density

  1. 1. Kingborough≈39%
  2. 2. Hobart≈16%
  3. 3. Sorell≈11%
  4. 4. Clarence≈7%
  5. 5. Glenorchy≈5%
  6. 6. Brighton≈4%
  7. 7. Derwent Valley≈0%

Heritage

  1. 1. Hobart≈9%
  2. 2. Glenorchy≈3%
  3. 3. Brighton≈3%
  4. 4. Clarence≈1%
  5. 5. Sorell≈1%
  6. 6. Kingborough≈0%
  7. 7. Derwent Valley≈0%

Highly restricted

  1. 1. Glenorchy≈98%
  2. 2. Kingborough≈98%
  3. 3. Clarence≈98%
  4. 4. Hobart≈95%
  5. 5. Sorell≈94%
  6. 6. Brighton≈94%
  7. 7. Derwent Valley≈0%

Source: Sorell ranked against other Hobart-area councils on each restriction metric (ex-rural shares). Methodology →

Suburbs in Sorell

3 suburbs sit inside this council.

ABS Suburb & Locality (SAL) boundaries that fall at least 30% inside Sorell.

  1. Midway Point≈100%
  2. Penna≈100%
  3. Sorell≈91%
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Hobart context

Sorell ranks #5 of 7 councils in Hobart for highly restricted residential land.

  1. Glenorchy ≈98%
  2. Kingborough ≈98%
  3. Clarence ≈98%
  4. Hobart ≈95%
  5. Sorell ≈94%
  6. Brighton ≈94%
  7. Derwent Valley ≈0%
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Detailed zoning map

Sorell’s residential planning controls, polygon-by-polygon

Every residential zone in Sorell

  1. Low-Density Residential<1 km²12.6%
  2. General Residential3 km²81.1%
  3. General Business<1 km²6.0%
  4. Local Business<1 km²0.4%
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Source: State-published zoning data, residential ex-rural, bounded to the Significant Urban Area. Areas measure the zone polygons drawn here, which include road reserve and unsubdivided land, so they are a different measure from the lot-by-lot areas behind this page’s restricted-land figures.

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