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Hawkesbury

15,864 residential parcels covering 35.0 km².

Highly restricted land

≈98% of Hawkesbury’s residential land is highly restricted.

Driven mostly by 2-storey height caps. Hawkesbury ranks #3 of 33 councils in Sydney, and #13 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 Hawkesbury. ABS LGA code 13800. 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 Hawkesbury ranks in Sydney

Hawkesbury ranks #3 of 33 Sydney-area councils for highly restricted residential land.

Highly restricted

Hawkesbury: ≈98% · rank #3 of 33

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

2-storey cap

  1. 1. Wollondilly≈100%
  2. 2. Blue Mountains≈100%
  3. 3. Hawkesbury≈97%
  4. 4. Northern Beaches≈93%
  5. 5. Hornsby≈93%
  6. ⋯
  7. 32. North Sydney≈53%
  8. 33. Sydney≈33%

Low-density

  1. 1. Blue Mountains≈98%
  2. 2. Wollondilly≈97%
  3. 3. Hornsby≈95%
  4. 4. Ku-ring-gai≈91%
  5. 5. Hawkesbury≈88%
  6. 6. Hunters Hill≈87%
  7. 7. Northern Beaches≈86%
  8. ⋯
  9. 32. North Sydney≈42%
  10. 33. Sydney≈5%

Heritage

  1. 1. Hunters Hill≈58%
  2. 2. Sydney≈54%
  3. ⋯
  4. 19. Bayside (NSW)≈5%
  5. 20. Georges River≈4%
  6. 21. Hawkesbury≈3%
  7. 22. Cumberland≈3%
  8. 23. Wollondilly≈2%
  9. ⋯
  10. 32. Blacktown≈1%
  11. 33. Blue Mountains≈0%

Highly restricted

  1. 1. Wollondilly≈100%
  2. 2. Blue Mountains≈100%
  3. 3. Hawkesbury≈98%
  4. 4. Hornsby≈96%
  5. 5. Hunters Hill≈94%
  6. ⋯
  7. 32. Sydney≈62%
  8. 33. North Sydney≈59%

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

Suburbs in Hawkesbury

14 suburbs sit inside this council.

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

  1. Blaxlands Ridge≈100%
  2. Bligh Park≈100%
  3. Glossodia≈100%
  4. Hobartville≈100%
  5. McGraths Hill≈100%
  6. Pitt Town≈100%
  7. Wilberforce (NSW)≈100%
  8. Windsor Downs≈100%
  9. South Windsor≈99%
  10. North Richmond≈98%
  11. Vineyard≈90%
  12. Richmond (NSW)≈82%
  13. Windsor (NSW)≈80%
  14. Oakville≈75%
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Sydney context

Hawkesbury ranks #3 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

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

Every residential zone in Hawkesbury

  1. Environmental LivingC435 km²63.0%
  2. Low Density ResidentialR217 km²30.2%
  3. General ResidentialR1<1 km²0.4%
  4. Medium Density ResidentialR33 km²5.6%
  5. Commercial CentreE2<1 km²0.8%
  6. Mixed Use (legacy)B4<1 km²<0.1%
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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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