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Camden

46,040 residential parcels covering 49.9 km².

Highly restricted land

≈74% of Camden’s residential land is highly restricted.

Driven mostly by 2-storey height caps. Camden ranks #30 of 33 councils in Sydney, and #93 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 Camden. ABS LGA code 11450. 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 Camden ranks in Sydney

Camden ranks #30 of 33 Sydney-area councils for highly restricted residential land.

Highly restricted

Camden: ≈74% · rank #30 of 33

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

2-storey cap

  1. 1. Wollondilly≈100%
  2. 2. Blue Mountains≈100%
  3. ⋯
  4. 22. Parramatta≈76%
  5. 23. Bayside (NSW)≈74%
  6. 24. Camden≈73%
  7. 25. Liverpool≈73%
  8. 26. Waverley≈71%
  9. ⋯
  10. 32. North Sydney≈53%
  11. 33. Sydney≈33%

Low-density

  1. 1. Blue Mountains≈98%
  2. 2. Wollondilly≈97%
  3. ⋯
  4. 24. Canterbury-Bankstown≈61%
  5. 25. Woollahra≈60%
  6. 26. Camden≈59%
  7. 27. Canada Bay≈58%
  8. 28. Randwick≈58%
  9. ⋯
  10. 32. North Sydney≈42%
  11. 33. Sydney≈5%

Heritage

  1. 1. Hunters Hill≈58%
  2. 2. Sydney≈54%
  3. ⋯
  4. 14. Randwick≈11%
  5. 15. Ryde≈8%
  6. 16. Camden≈7%
  7. 17. Parramatta≈7%
  8. 18. Lane Cove≈6%
  9. ⋯
  10. 32. Blacktown≈1%
  11. 33. Blue Mountains≈0%

Highly restricted

  1. 1. Wollondilly≈100%
  2. 2. Blue Mountains≈100%
  3. ⋯
  4. 28. Bayside (NSW)≈75%
  5. 29. Randwick≈75%
  6. 30. Camden≈74%
  7. 31. Canada Bay≈70%
  8. 32. Sydney≈62%
  9. 33. North Sydney≈59%

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

Suburbs in Camden

17 suburbs sit inside this council.

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

  1. Currans Hill≈100%
  2. Elderslie (Camden - NSW)≈100%
  3. Grasmere≈100%
  4. Mount Annan≈100%
  5. Spring Farm (NSW)≈100%
  6. Camden South≈100%
  7. Narellan Vale≈100%
  8. Catherine Field≈99%
  9. Harrington Park≈99%
  10. Camden≈96%
  11. Narellan≈73%
  12. Leppington≈66%
  13. Cobbitty≈64%
  14. Gledswood Hills≈52%
  15. Oran Park≈38%
  16. Bringelly≈21%
  17. Gregory Hills≈9%
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Sydney context

Camden ranks #30 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

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

Every residential zone in Camden

  1. Environmental LivingC45 km²8.8%
  2. Low Density ResidentialR226 km²50.9%
  3. General ResidentialR116 km²31.8%
  4. Medium Density ResidentialR34 km²6.9%
  5. Mixed Use (legacy)B4<1 km²0.8%
  6. Mixed UseMU1<1 km²0.7%
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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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