Highly restricted land
≈87% of Georges River’s residential land is highly restricted.
Driven mostly by 2-storey height caps. Georges River ranks #12 of 33 councils in Sydney, and #56 of 133 capital city councils nationally.
Source: Geometric union of 2-storey, low-density, detached-only, and heritage controls across Georges River. ABS LGA code 12930. 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 Georges River ranks in Sydney
Georges River ranks #12 of 33 Sydney-area councils for highly restricted residential land.
Highly restricted
Georges River: ≈87% · rank #12 of 33
2-storey cap
- 1. Wollondilly≈100%
- 2. Blue Mountains≈100%
- ⋯
- 9. Blacktown≈89%
- 10. Fairfield≈87%
- 11. Georges River≈87%
- 12. Sutherland≈86%
- 13. The Hills≈85%
- ⋯
- 32. North Sydney≈53%
- 33. Sydney≈33%
Low-density
- 1. Blue Mountains≈98%
- 2. Wollondilly≈97%
- ⋯
- 7. Northern Beaches≈86%
- 8. Blacktown≈85%
- 9. Georges River≈85%
- 10. Sutherland≈85%
- 11. Willoughby≈83%
- ⋯
- 32. North Sydney≈42%
- 33. Sydney≈5%
Heritage
- 1. Hunters Hill≈58%
- 2. Sydney≈54%
- ⋯
- 18. Lane Cove≈6%
- 19. Bayside (NSW)≈5%
- 20. Georges River≈4%
- 21. Hawkesbury≈3%
- 22. Cumberland≈3%
- ⋯
- 32. Blacktown≈1%
- 33. Blue Mountains≈0%
Highly restricted
- 1. Wollondilly≈100%
- 2. Blue Mountains≈100%
- ⋯
- 10. Penrith≈88%
- 11. Fairfield≈88%
- 12. Georges River≈87%
- 13. Ryde≈87%
- 14. Sutherland≈86%
- ⋯
- 32. Sydney≈62%
- 33. North Sydney≈59%
Source: Georges River ranked against other Sydney-area councils on each restriction metric (ex-rural shares). Methodology →
Suburbs in Georges River
20 suburbs sit inside this council.
ABS Suburb & Locality (SAL) boundaries that fall at least 30% inside Georges River.
- Hurstville Grove≈100%
- Lugarno≈100%
- Peakhurst Heights≈100%
- Connells Point≈100%
- Kogarah Bay≈96%
- Blakehurst≈95%
- Sans Souci≈93%
- Oatley≈92%
- Beverley Park≈92%
- Peakhurst≈90%
- Beverly Hills≈90%
- Mortdale≈84%
- Penshurst (NSW)≈83%
- South Hurstville≈78%
- Carlton (NSW)≈78%
- Hurstville≈77%
- Narwee≈77%
- Kogarah≈57%
- Riverwood≈52%
- Allawah≈47%
Sydney context
Georges River ranks #12 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%
- Sutherland ≈86%
- Willoughby ≈86%
- The Hills ≈85%
- Burwood ≈82%
- Mosman ≈81%
- Cumberland ≈81%
- Canterbury-Bankstown ≈81%
- Lane Cove ≈81%
- Strathfield ≈80%
- Inner West ≈78%
- Parramatta ≈78%
- Woollahra ≈77%
- Waverley ≈76%
- Liverpool ≈75%
- Bayside (NSW) ≈75%
- Randwick ≈75%
- Camden ≈74%
- Canada Bay ≈70%
- Sydney ≈62%
- North Sydney ≈59%
Detailed zoning map
Georges River’s residential planning controls, polygon-by-polygon
Every residential zone in Georges River
- Low Density ResidentialR225 km²86.6%
- Medium Density ResidentialR31 km²2.0%
- High Density ResidentialR43 km²9.1%
- Commercial CentreE2<1 km²0.2%
- Mixed UseMU11 km²2.1%
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.