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Fairfield

54,248 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 #53 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. Wollondilly≈100%
  2. 2. Blue Mountains≈100%
  3. ⋯
  4. 8. Ku-ring-gai≈92%
  5. 9. Blacktown≈89%
  6. 10. Fairfield≈87%
  7. 11. Georges River≈87%
  8. 12. Sutherland≈86%
  9. ⋯
  10. 32. North Sydney≈53%
  11. 33. Sydney≈33%

Low-density

  1. 1. Blue Mountains≈98%
  2. 2. Wollondilly≈97%
  3. ⋯
  4. 11. Willoughby≈83%
  5. 12. Campbelltown (NSW)≈83%
  6. 13. Fairfield≈81%
  7. 14. Lane Cove≈77%
  8. 15. Ryde≈77%
  9. ⋯
  10. 32. North Sydney≈42%
  11. 33. Sydney≈5%

Heritage

  1. 1. Hunters Hill≈58%
  2. 2. Sydney≈54%
  3. ⋯
  4. 28. Penrith≈1%
  5. 29. Sutherland≈1%
  6. 30. Fairfield≈1%
  7. 31. Campbelltown (NSW)≈1%
  8. 32. Blacktown≈1%
  9. 33. Blue Mountains≈0%

Highly restricted

  1. 1. Wollondilly≈100%
  2. 2. Blue Mountains≈100%
  3. ⋯
  4. 9. Blacktown≈90%
  5. 10. Penrith≈88%
  6. 11. Fairfield≈88%
  7. 12. Georges River≈87%
  8. 13. Ryde≈87%
  9. ⋯
  10. 32. Sydney≈62%
  11. 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.

  1. Abbotsbury≈100%
  2. Bonnyrigg Heights≈100%
  3. Bossley Park≈100%
  4. Cabramatta West≈100%
  5. Old Guildford≈100%
  6. St Johns Park≈100%
  7. Wakeley≈100%
  8. Mount Pritchard≈100%
  9. Lansvale≈99%
  10. Wetherill Park≈98%
  11. Fairfield West≈98%
  12. Greenfield Park≈98%
  13. Smithfield (NSW)≈98%
  14. Edensor Park≈97%
  15. Canley Heights≈92%
  16. Fairfield East≈86%
  17. Prairiewood≈83%
  18. Canley Vale≈82%
  19. Carramar (NSW)≈77%
  20. Cabramatta≈69%
  21. Bonnyrigg≈65%
  22. Fairfield Heights≈60%
  23. Fairfield (NSW)≈55%
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Sydney context

Fairfield ranks #11 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

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

Every residential zone in Fairfield

  1. Environmental LivingC4<1 km²<0.1%
  2. Low Density ResidentialR238 km²83.1%
  3. General ResidentialR11 km²1.6%
  4. Medium Density ResidentialR33 km²7.3%
  5. High Density ResidentialR43 km²6.0%
  6. Commercial CentreE2<1 km²0.3%
  7. Mixed UseMU11 km²1.7%
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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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