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Canterbury-Bankstown

87,951 residential parcels covering 54.1 km².

Highly restricted land

81% of Canterbury-Bankstown’s residential land is highly restricted.

Driven mostly by 2-storey height caps. Canterbury-Bankstown ranks #20 of 33 councils in Sydney, and #77 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 Canterbury-Bankstown. ABS LGA code 11570. 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 Canterbury-Bankstown ranks in Sydney

Canterbury-Bankstown ranks #20 of 33 Sydney-area councils for highly restricted residential land.

Highly restricted

Canterbury-Bankstown: 81% · rank #20 of 33

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

2-storey cap

  1. 1. Wollondilly100%
  2. 2. Blue Mountains100%
  3. 14. Willoughby84%
  4. 15. Ryde81%
  5. 16. Canterbury-Bankstown80%
  6. 17. Lane Cove80%
  7. 18. Cumberland80%
  8. 32. North Sydney53%
  9. 33. Sydney33%

Low-density

  1. 1. Blue Mountains98%
  2. 2. Wollondilly97%
  3. 22. Mosman66%
  4. 23. Bayside (NSW)63%
  5. 24. Canterbury-Bankstown61%
  6. 25. Woollahra60%
  7. 26. Camden59%
  8. 32. North Sydney42%
  9. 33. Sydney5%

Heritage

  1. 1. Hunters Hill58%
  2. 2. Sydney54%
  3. 23. Wollondilly2%
  4. 24. Northern Beaches2%
  5. 25. Canterbury-Bankstown2%
  6. 26. The Hills1%
  7. 27. Liverpool1%
  8. 32. Blacktown1%
  9. 33. Blue Mountains0%

Highly restricted

  1. 1. Wollondilly100%
  2. 2. Blue Mountains100%
  3. 18. Mosman81%
  4. 19. Cumberland81%
  5. 20. Canterbury-Bankstown81%
  6. 21. Lane Cove81%
  7. 22. Strathfield80%
  8. 32. Sydney62%
  9. 33. North Sydney59%

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

Detailed zoning map

Canterbury-Bankstown’s residential planning controls, polygon-by-polygon

Source: State-published zoning data. Excludes zones where residential uses are not typically permitted.