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Fairfield

54,253 residential parcels covering 35.9 km².

Highly restricted land

88% of Fairfield’s residential land is highly restricted.

Driven mostly by 2-storey height caps. Fairfield ranks #11 of 33 councils in Sydney, and #52 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 Fairfield. ABS LGA code 12850. 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 Fairfield ranks in Sydney

Fairfield ranks #11 of 33 Sydney-area councils for highly restricted residential land.

Highly restricted

Fairfield: 88% · rank #11 of 33

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

2-storey cap

  1. 1. Wollondilly100%
  2. 2. Blue Mountains100%
  3. 8. Ku-ring-gai92%
  4. 9. Blacktown89%
  5. 10. Fairfield87%
  6. 11. Georges River87%
  7. 12. Sutherland86%
  8. 32. North Sydney54%
  9. 33. Sydney33%

Low-density

  1. 1. Blue Mountains98%
  2. 2. Wollondilly97%
  3. 11. Willoughby83%
  4. 12. Campbelltown (NSW)83%
  5. 13. Fairfield81%
  6. 14. Lane Cove77%
  7. 15. Ryde77%
  8. 32. North Sydney42%
  9. 33. Sydney5%

Heritage

  1. 1. Hunters Hill58%
  2. 2. Sydney54%
  3. 27. Liverpool1%
  4. 28. Penrith1%
  5. 29. Fairfield1%
  6. 30. Sutherland1%
  7. 31. Campbelltown (NSW)1%
  8. 32. Blacktown1%
  9. 33. Blue Mountains0%

Highly restricted

  1. 1. Wollondilly100%
  2. 2. Blue Mountains100%
  3. 9. Blacktown90%
  4. 10. Penrith88%
  5. 11. Fairfield88%
  6. 12. Georges River87%
  7. 13. Ryde87%
  8. 32. Sydney62%
  9. 33. North Sydney59%

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