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Hornsby

38,286 residential parcels covering 37.9 km².

Highly restricted land

≈96% of Hornsby’s residential land is highly restricted.

Driven mostly by low-density-only zoning. Hornsby ranks #4 of 33 councils in Sydney, and #18 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 Hornsby. ABS LGA code 14000. 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 Hornsby ranks in Sydney

Hornsby ranks #4 of 33 Sydney-area councils for highly restricted residential land.

Highly restricted

Hornsby: ≈96% · rank #4 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. 6. Hunters Hill≈92%
  7. 7. Campbelltown (NSW)≈92%
  8. ⋯
  9. 32. North Sydney≈53%
  10. 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. ⋯
  7. 32. North Sydney≈42%
  8. 33. Sydney≈5%

Heritage

  1. 1. Hunters Hill≈58%
  2. 2. Sydney≈54%
  3. ⋯
  4. 9. Waverley≈19%
  5. 10. Ku-ring-gai≈15%
  6. 11. Hornsby≈15%
  7. 12. Strathfield≈13%
  8. 13. Canada Bay≈11%
  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. 6. Northern Beaches≈94%
  7. ⋯
  8. 32. Sydney≈62%
  9. 33. North Sydney≈59%

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

Suburbs in Hornsby

17 suburbs sit inside this council.

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

  1. Beecroft≈100%
  2. Berowra Waters≈100%
  3. Cheltenham (NSW)≈100%
  4. Hornsby Heights≈100%
  5. Mount Kuring-Gai≈100%
  6. North Epping≈100%
  7. Normanhurst≈100%
  8. Berowra Heights≈99%
  9. Cherrybrook≈99%
  10. Westleigh≈99%
  11. Berowra≈98%
  12. Pennant Hills≈98%
  13. Mount Colah≈98%
  14. Dural (Hornsby - NSW)≈96%
  15. Thornleigh≈96%
  16. Asquith≈82%
  17. Hornsby≈81%
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Sydney context

Hornsby ranks #4 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

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

Every residential zone in Hornsby

  1. Environmental LivingC41 km²2.3%
  2. Low Density ResidentialR242 km²93.6%
  3. Medium Density ResidentialR3<1 km²1.1%
  4. High Density ResidentialR41 km²2.3%
  5. Mixed UseMU1<1 km²0.8%
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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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