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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. Wollondilly≈100%
  2. 2. Blue Mountains≈100%
  3. ⋯
  4. 14. Willoughby≈84%
  5. 15. Ryde≈81%
  6. 16. Canterbury-Bankstown≈80%
  7. 17. Lane Cove≈80%
  8. 18. Cumberland≈80%
  9. ⋯
  10. 32. North Sydney≈53%
  11. 33. Sydney≈33%

Low-density

  1. 1. Blue Mountains≈98%
  2. 2. Wollondilly≈97%
  3. ⋯
  4. 22. Mosman≈66%
  5. 23. Bayside (NSW)≈63%
  6. 24. Canterbury-Bankstown≈61%
  7. 25. Woollahra≈60%
  8. 26. Camden≈59%
  9. ⋯
  10. 32. North Sydney≈42%
  11. 33. Sydney≈5%

Heritage

  1. 1. Hunters Hill≈58%
  2. 2. Sydney≈54%
  3. ⋯
  4. 23. Wollondilly≈2%
  5. 24. Northern Beaches≈2%
  6. 25. Canterbury-Bankstown≈2%
  7. 26. The Hills≈1%
  8. 27. Liverpool≈1%
  9. ⋯
  10. 32. Blacktown≈1%
  11. 33. Blue Mountains≈0%

Highly restricted

  1. 1. Wollondilly≈100%
  2. 2. Blue Mountains≈100%
  3. ⋯
  4. 18. Mosman≈81%
  5. 19. Cumberland≈81%
  6. 20. Canterbury-Bankstown≈81%
  7. 21. Lane Cove≈81%
  8. 22. Strathfield≈80%
  9. ⋯
  10. 32. Sydney≈62%
  11. 33. North Sydney≈59%

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

Suburbs in Canterbury-Bankstown

33 suburbs sit inside this council.

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

  1. Picnic Point≈100%
  2. Padstow Heights≈100%
  3. Milperra≈99%
  4. Revesby Heights≈99%
  5. Condell Park≈99%
  6. Georges Hall≈99%
  7. Earlwood≈98%
  8. Belfield≈96%
  9. Croydon Park (NSW)≈96%
  10. Ashbury≈95%
  11. Panania≈95%
  12. Bass Hill≈94%
  13. Kingsgrove≈93%
  14. Greenacre≈92%
  15. Roselands≈92%
  16. Revesby≈91%
  17. East Hills≈90%
  18. Sefton≈88%
  19. Hurlstone Park≈86%
  20. Padstow≈86%
  21. Chester Hill≈86%
  22. Villawood≈85%
  23. Yagoona≈85%
  24. Birrong≈83%
  25. Narwee≈77%
  26. Canterbury (NSW)≈67%
  27. Punchbowl (Canterbury-Bankstown - NSW)≈59%
  28. Belmore≈57%
  29. Bankstown≈56%
  30. Riverwood≈52%
  31. Campsie≈46%
  32. Wiley Park≈30%
  33. Lakemba≈28%
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Sydney context

Canterbury-Bankstown ranks #20 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

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

Every residential zone in Canterbury-Bankstown

  1. Low Density ResidentialR244 km²64.2%
  2. General ResidentialR1<1 km²0.2%
  3. Medium Density ResidentialR315 km²21.5%
  4. High Density ResidentialR49 km²13.0%
  5. Commercial CentreE2<1 km²0.1%
  6. 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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