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Blacktown

119,661 residential parcels covering 77.6 km².

Highly restricted land

≈90% of Blacktown’s residential land is highly restricted.

Driven mostly by 2-storey height caps. Blacktown ranks #9 of 33 councils in Sydney, and #44 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 Blacktown. ABS LGA code 10750. 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 Blacktown ranks in Sydney

Blacktown ranks #9 of 33 Sydney-area councils for highly restricted residential land.

Highly restricted

Blacktown: ≈90% · rank #9 of 33

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

2-storey cap

  1. 1. Wollondilly≈100%
  2. 2. Blue Mountains≈100%
  3. ⋯
  4. 7. Campbelltown (NSW)≈92%
  5. 8. Ku-ring-gai≈92%
  6. 9. Blacktown≈89%
  7. 10. Fairfield≈87%
  8. 11. Georges River≈87%
  9. ⋯
  10. 32. North Sydney≈53%
  11. 33. Sydney≈33%

Low-density

  1. 1. Blue Mountains≈98%
  2. 2. Wollondilly≈97%
  3. ⋯
  4. 6. Hunters Hill≈87%
  5. 7. Northern Beaches≈86%
  6. 8. Blacktown≈85%
  7. 9. Georges River≈85%
  8. 10. Sutherland≈85%
  9. ⋯
  10. 32. North Sydney≈42%
  11. 33. Sydney≈5%

Heritage

  1. 1. Hunters Hill≈58%
  2. 2. Sydney≈54%
  3. ⋯
  4. 30. Fairfield≈1%
  5. 31. Campbelltown (NSW)≈1%
  6. 32. Blacktown≈1%
  7. 33. Blue Mountains≈0%

Highly restricted

  1. 1. Wollondilly≈100%
  2. 2. Blue Mountains≈100%
  3. ⋯
  4. 7. Ku-ring-gai≈93%
  5. 8. Campbelltown (NSW)≈92%
  6. 9. Blacktown≈90%
  7. 10. Penrith≈88%
  8. 11. Fairfield≈88%
  9. ⋯
  10. 32. Sydney≈62%
  11. 33. North Sydney≈59%

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

Suburbs in Blacktown

46 suburbs sit inside this council.

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

  1. Acacia Gardens≈100%
  2. Dharruk≈100%
  3. Emerton≈100%
  4. Glendenning≈100%
  5. Glenwood (NSW)≈100%
  6. Kings Park (NSW)≈100%
  7. Marayong≈100%
  8. Oakhurst (NSW)≈100%
  9. Parklea≈100%
  10. Woodcroft (NSW)≈100%
  11. Colebee≈100%
  12. Willmot≈100%
  13. Blackett≈100%
  14. Dean Park≈99%
  15. Shalvey≈99%
  16. Minchinbury≈99%
  17. The Ponds≈99%
  18. Hebersham≈99%
  19. Kings Langley≈99%
  20. Doonside≈99%
  21. Whalan≈99%
  22. Hassall Grove≈99%
  23. Quakers Hill≈98%
  24. Nirimba Fields≈98%
  25. Lalor Park≈98%
  26. Kellyville Ridge≈98%
  27. Prospect (NSW)≈98%
  28. Tregear≈97%
  29. Bidwill (NSW)≈97%
  30. Stanhope Gardens≈97%
  31. Lethbridge Park≈96%
  32. Rooty Hill≈95%
  33. Plumpton (NSW)≈94%
  34. Grantham Farm≈94%
  35. Melonba≈93%
  36. Seven Hills (NSW)≈93%
  37. Bungarribee≈92%
  38. Blacktown≈90%
  39. Riverstone≈89%
  40. Toongabbie (NSW)≈87%
  41. Schofields≈76%
  42. Rouse Hill≈65%
  43. Mount Druitt≈63%
  44. Marsden Park≈62%
  45. Pemulwuy≈56%
  46. Tallawong≈46%
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Sydney context

Blacktown ranks #9 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

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

Every residential zone in Blacktown

  1. Environmental LivingC4<1 km²0.4%
  2. Low Density ResidentialR286 km²86.5%
  3. General ResidentialR1<1 km²0.3%
  4. Medium Density ResidentialR310 km²10.5%
  5. High Density ResidentialR41 km²1.2%
  6. Commercial CentreE2<1 km²<0.1%
  7. Mixed Use (legacy)B4<1 km²0.2%
  8. Mixed UseMU11 km²1.0%
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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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