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Bayside (NSW)

32,333 residential parcels covering 18.7 km².

Highly restricted land

≈75% of Bayside (NSW)’s residential land is highly restricted.

Driven mostly by 2-storey height caps. Bayside (NSW) ranks #28 of 33 councils in Sydney, and #89 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 #28 of 33 Sydney-area councils for highly restricted residential land.

Highly restricted

Bayside (NSW): ≈75% · rank #28 of 33

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

2-storey cap

  1. 1. Wollondilly≈100%
  2. 2. Blue Mountains≈100%
  3. ⋯
  4. 21. Strathfield≈78%
  5. 22. Parramatta≈76%
  6. 23. Bayside (NSW)≈74%
  7. 24. Camden≈73%
  8. 25. Liverpool≈73%
  9. ⋯
  10. 32. North Sydney≈53%
  11. 33. Sydney≈33%

Low-density

  1. 1. Blue Mountains≈98%
  2. 2. Wollondilly≈97%
  3. ⋯
  4. 21. Cumberland≈68%
  5. 22. Mosman≈66%
  6. 23. Bayside (NSW)≈63%
  7. 24. Canterbury-Bankstown≈61%
  8. 25. Woollahra≈60%
  9. ⋯
  10. 32. North Sydney≈42%
  11. 33. Sydney≈5%

Heritage

  1. 1. Hunters Hill≈58%
  2. 2. Sydney≈54%
  3. ⋯
  4. 17. Parramatta≈7%
  5. 18. Lane Cove≈6%
  6. 19. Bayside (NSW)≈5%
  7. 20. Georges River≈4%
  8. 21. Hawkesbury≈3%
  9. ⋯
  10. 32. Blacktown≈1%
  11. 33. Blue Mountains≈0%

Highly restricted

  1. 1. Wollondilly≈100%
  2. 2. Blue Mountains≈100%
  3. ⋯
  4. 26. Waverley≈76%
  5. 27. Liverpool≈75%
  6. 28. Bayside (NSW)≈75%
  7. 29. Randwick≈75%
  8. 30. Camden≈74%
  9. ⋯
  10. 32. Sydney≈62%
  11. 33. North Sydney≈59%

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

Suburbs in Bayside (NSW)

17 suburbs sit inside this council.

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

  1. Pagewood≈99%
  2. Botany≈98%
  3. Bardwell Park≈98%
  4. Bexley North≈96%
  5. Sans Souci≈93%
  6. Monterey≈89%
  7. Bexley≈88%
  8. Bardwell Valley≈82%
  9. Brighton-Le-Sands≈79%
  10. Carlton (NSW)≈78%
  11. Mascot≈65%
  12. Eastlakes≈64%
  13. Kogarah≈57%
  14. Banksia≈53%
  15. Rockdale≈50%
  16. Arncliffe≈47%
  17. Turrella≈35%
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Sydney context

Bayside (NSW) ranks #28 of 33 councils in Sydney for highly restricted residential land.

  1. Wollondilly ≈100%
  2. Blue Mountains ≈100%
  3. Hawkesbury ≈98%
  4. Hornsby ≈96%
  5. Hunters Hill ≈94%
  6. Northern Beaches ≈94%
  7. Ku-ring-gai ≈93%
  8. Campbelltown (NSW) ≈92%
  9. Blacktown ≈90%
  10. Penrith ≈88%
  11. Fairfield ≈88%
  12. Georges River ≈87%
  13. Ryde ≈87%
  14. Sutherland ≈86%
  15. Willoughby ≈86%
  16. The Hills ≈85%
  17. Burwood ≈82%
  18. Mosman ≈81%
  19. Cumberland ≈81%
  20. Canterbury-Bankstown ≈81%
  21. Lane Cove ≈81%
  22. Strathfield ≈80%
  23. Inner West ≈78%
  24. Parramatta ≈78%
  25. Woollahra ≈77%
  26. Waverley ≈76%
  27. Liverpool ≈75%
  28. Bayside (NSW) ≈75%
  29. Randwick ≈75%
  30. Camden ≈74%
  31. Canada Bay ≈70%
  32. Sydney ≈62%
  33. North Sydney ≈59%
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Detailed zoning map

Bayside (NSW)’s residential planning controls, polygon-by-polygon

Every residential zone in Bayside (NSW)

  1. Low Density ResidentialR217 km²71.5%
  2. Medium Density ResidentialR34 km²15.1%
  3. High Density ResidentialR42 km²7.9%
  4. Commercial CentreE2<1 km²0.4%
  5. Mixed UseMU11 km²5.1%
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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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