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.
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
2-storey cap
- 1. Wollondilly≈100%
- 2. Blue Mountains≈100%
- ⋯
- 8. Ku-ring-gai≈92%
- 9. Blacktown≈89%
- 10. Fairfield≈87%
- 11. Georges River≈87%
- 12. Sutherland≈86%
- ⋯
- 32. North Sydney≈54%
- 33. Sydney≈33%
Low-density
- 1. Blue Mountains≈98%
- 2. Wollondilly≈97%
- ⋯
- 11. Willoughby≈83%
- 12. Campbelltown (NSW)≈83%
- 13. Fairfield≈81%
- 14. Lane Cove≈77%
- 15. Ryde≈77%
- ⋯
- 32. North Sydney≈42%
- 33. Sydney≈5%
Heritage
- 1. Hunters Hill≈58%
- 2. Sydney≈54%
- ⋯
- 27. Liverpool≈1%
- 28. Penrith≈1%
- 29. Fairfield≈1%
- 30. Sutherland≈1%
- 31. Campbelltown (NSW)≈1%
- 32. Blacktown≈1%
- 33. Blue Mountains≈0%
Highly restricted
- 1. Wollondilly≈100%
- 2. Blue Mountains≈100%
- ⋯
- 9. Blacktown≈90%
- 10. Penrith≈88%
- 11. Fairfield≈88%
- 12. Georges River≈87%
- 13. Ryde≈87%
- ⋯
- 32. Sydney≈62%
- 33. North Sydney≈59%
Source: Fairfield ranked against other Sydney-area councils on each restriction metric (ex-rural shares). Methodology →
Suburbs in Fairfield
23 suburbs sit inside this council.
ABS Suburb & Locality (SAL) boundaries that fall at least 30% inside Fairfield.
- Abbotsbury≈100%
- Bonnyrigg Heights≈100%
- Bossley Park≈100%
- Cabramatta West≈100%
- Old Guildford≈100%
- St Johns Park≈100%
- Wakeley≈100%
- Mount Pritchard≈100%
- Lansvale≈99%
- Wetherill Park≈98%
- Fairfield West≈98%
- Greenfield Park≈98%
- Smithfield (NSW)≈98%
- Edensor Park≈97%
- Canley Heights≈92%
- Fairfield East≈86%
- Prairiewood≈83%
- Canley Vale≈82%
- Carramar (NSW)≈77%
- Cabramatta≈69%
- Bonnyrigg≈65%
- Fairfield Heights≈60%
- Fairfield (NSW)≈55%
Sydney context
Fairfield ranks #11 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%
- Willoughby ≈86%
- Sutherland ≈86%
- The Hills ≈85%
- Cumberland ≈82%
- Burwood ≈82%
- Canterbury-Bankstown ≈82%
- Inner West ≈81%
- Mosman ≈81%
- Lane Cove ≈81%
- Strathfield ≈80%
- Bayside (NSW) ≈78%
- Parramatta ≈78%
- Woollahra ≈77%
- Waverley ≈76%
- Liverpool ≈76%
- Camden ≈75%
- Randwick ≈74%
- Canada Bay ≈71%
- Sydney ≈62%
- North Sydney ≈59%