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Bayside (NSW)

32,375 residential parcels covering 18.7 km².

Highly restricted land

78% of Bayside (NSW)’s residential land is highly restricted.

Driven mostly by 2-storey height caps. Bayside (NSW) ranks #24 of 33 councils in Sydney, and #82 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 Bayside (NSW). ABS LGA code 10500. 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 Bayside (NSW) ranks in Sydney

Bayside (NSW) ranks #24 of 33 Sydney-area councils for highly restricted residential land.

Highly restricted

Bayside (NSW): 78% · rank #24 of 33

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

2-storey cap

  1. 1. Wollondilly100%
  2. 2. Blue Mountains100%
  3. 23. Liverpool75%
  4. 24. Camden74%
  5. 25. Bayside (NSW)74%
  6. 26. Waverley71%
  7. 27. Randwick70%
  8. 32. North Sydney54%
  9. 33. Sydney33%

Low-density

  1. 1. Blue Mountains98%
  2. 2. Wollondilly97%
  3. 20. Burwood71%
  4. 21. Cumberland69%
  5. 22. Bayside (NSW)67%
  6. 23. Mosman66%
  7. 24. Canterbury-Bankstown62%
  8. 32. North Sydney42%
  9. 33. Sydney5%

Heritage

  1. 1. Hunters Hill58%
  2. 2. Sydney54%
  3. 17. Camden7%
  4. 18. Lane Cove6%
  5. 19. Bayside (NSW)5%
  6. 20. Georges River4%
  7. 21. Hawkesbury3%
  8. 32. Blacktown1%
  9. 33. Blue Mountains0%

Highly restricted

  1. 1. Wollondilly100%
  2. 2. Blue Mountains100%
  3. 22. Lane Cove81%
  4. 23. Strathfield80%
  5. 24. Bayside (NSW)78%
  6. 25. Parramatta78%
  7. 26. Woollahra77%
  8. 32. Sydney62%
  9. 33. North Sydney59%

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