Highly restricted land
≈82% of Burwood’s residential land is highly restricted.
Driven mostly by 2-storey height caps. Burwood ranks #17 of 33 councils in Sydney, and #73 of 133 capital city councils nationally.
Source: Geometric union of 2-storey, low-density, detached-only, and heritage controls across Burwood. ABS LGA code 11300. 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 Burwood ranks in Sydney
Burwood ranks #17 of 33 Sydney-area councils for highly restricted residential land.
Highly restricted
Burwood: ≈82% · rank #17 of 33
2-storey cap
- 1. Wollondilly≈100%
- 2. Blue Mountains≈100%
- ⋯
- 18. Cumberland≈80%
- 19. Mosman≈79%
- 20. Burwood≈79%
- 21. Strathfield≈78%
- 22. Parramatta≈76%
- ⋯
- 32. North Sydney≈53%
- 33. Sydney≈33%
Low-density
- 1. Blue Mountains≈98%
- 2. Wollondilly≈97%
- ⋯
- 18. Strathfield≈74%
- 19. Parramatta≈73%
- 20. Burwood≈71%
- 21. Cumberland≈68%
- 22. Mosman≈66%
- ⋯
- 32. North Sydney≈42%
- 33. Sydney≈5%
Heritage
- 1. Hunters Hill≈58%
- 2. Sydney≈54%
- ⋯
- 4. North Sydney≈36%
- 5. Woollahra≈31%
- 6. Burwood≈24%
- 7. Willoughby≈23%
- 8. Mosman≈23%
- ⋯
- 32. Blacktown≈1%
- 33. Blue Mountains≈0%
Highly restricted
- 1. Wollondilly≈100%
- 2. Blue Mountains≈100%
- ⋯
- 15. Willoughby≈86%
- 16. The Hills≈85%
- 17. Burwood≈82%
- 18. Mosman≈81%
- 19. Cumberland≈81%
- ⋯
- 32. Sydney≈62%
- 33. North Sydney≈59%
Source: Burwood ranked against other Sydney-area councils on each restriction metric (ex-rural shares). Methodology →
Suburbs in Burwood
4 suburbs sit inside this council.
ABS Suburb & Locality (SAL) boundaries that fall at least 30% inside Burwood.
Sydney context
Burwood ranks #17 of 33 councils in Sydney for highly restricted residential land.
- Wollondilly ≈100%
- Blue Mountains ≈100%
- Hawkesbury ≈98%
- Hornsby ≈96%
- Hunters Hill ≈94%
- Northern Beaches ≈94%
- Ku-ring-gai ≈93%
- Campbelltown (NSW) ≈92%
- Blacktown ≈90%
- Penrith ≈88%
- Fairfield ≈88%
- Georges River ≈87%
- Ryde ≈87%
- Sutherland ≈86%
- Willoughby ≈86%
- The Hills ≈85%
- Burwood ≈82%
- Mosman ≈81%
- Cumberland ≈81%
- Canterbury-Bankstown ≈81%
- Lane Cove ≈81%
- Strathfield ≈80%
- Inner West ≈78%
- Parramatta ≈78%
- Woollahra ≈77%
- Waverley ≈76%
- Liverpool ≈75%
- Bayside (NSW) ≈75%
- Randwick ≈75%
- Camden ≈74%
- Canada Bay ≈70%
- Sydney ≈62%
- North Sydney ≈59%
Detailed zoning map
Burwood’s residential planning controls, polygon-by-polygon
Source: State-published zoning data. Excludes zones where residential uses are not typically permitted.