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Inner West

51,769 residential parcels covering 17.6 km².

Highly restricted land

≈81% of Inner West’s residential land is highly restricted.

Driven mostly by 2-storey height caps. Inner West ranks #20 of 33 councils in Sydney, and #77 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 Inner West. ABS LGA code 14170. 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 Inner West ranks in Sydney

Inner West ranks #20 of 33 Sydney-area councils for highly restricted residential land.

Highly restricted

Inner West: ≈81% · rank #20 of 33

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

2-storey cap

  1. 1. Wollondilly≈100%
  2. 2. Blue Mountains≈100%
  3. ⋯
  4. 29. Canada Bay≈65%
  5. 30. Woollahra≈65%
  6. 31. Inner West≈58%
  7. 32. North Sydney≈54%
  8. 33. Sydney≈33%

Low-density

  1. 1. Blue Mountains≈98%
  2. 2. Wollondilly≈97%
  3. ⋯
  4. 27. Canada Bay≈59%
  5. 28. Randwick≈57%
  6. 29. Inner West≈56%
  7. 30. Waverley≈54%
  8. 31. Liverpool≈53%
  9. 32. North Sydney≈42%
  10. 33. Sydney≈5%

Heritage

  1. 1. Hunters Hill≈58%
  2. 2. Sydney≈54%
  3. 3. Inner West≈44%
  4. 4. North Sydney≈36%
  5. 5. Woollahra≈31%
  6. ⋯
  7. 32. Blacktown≈1%
  8. 33. Blue Mountains≈0%

Highly restricted

  1. 1. Wollondilly≈100%
  2. 2. Blue Mountains≈100%
  3. ⋯
  4. 18. Burwood≈82%
  5. 19. Canterbury-Bankstown≈82%
  6. 20. Inner West≈81%
  7. 21. Mosman≈81%
  8. 22. Lane Cove≈81%
  9. ⋯
  10. 32. Sydney≈62%
  11. 33. North Sydney≈59%

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

Suburbs in Inner West

20 suburbs sit inside this council.

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

  1. Balmain East≈100%
  2. Birchgrove≈100%
  3. Tempe≈100%
  4. Balmain≈100%
  5. Haberfield≈100%
  6. Annandale (NSW)≈98%
  7. Stanmore (NSW)≈96%
  8. Croydon (NSW)≈91%
  9. Newtown (NSW)≈89%
  10. St Peters (NSW)≈87%
  11. Petersham≈86%
  12. Enmore (Inner West - NSW)≈86%
  13. Summer Hill (Inner West - NSW)≈84%
  14. Lewisham (NSW)≈84%
  15. Dulwich Hill≈77%
  16. Marrickville≈76%
  17. Leichhardt (NSW)≈74%
  18. Ashfield (NSW)≈69%
  19. Rozelle≈61%
  20. Lilyfield≈32%
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Sydney context

Inner West ranks #20 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. Willoughby ≈86%
  15. Sutherland ≈86%
  16. The Hills ≈85%
  17. Cumberland ≈82%
  18. Burwood ≈82%
  19. Canterbury-Bankstown ≈82%
  20. Inner West ≈81%
  21. Mosman ≈81%
  22. Lane Cove ≈81%
  23. Strathfield ≈80%
  24. Bayside (NSW) ≈78%
  25. Parramatta ≈78%
  26. Woollahra ≈77%
  27. Waverley ≈76%
  28. Liverpool ≈76%
  29. Camden ≈75%
  30. Randwick ≈74%
  31. Canada Bay ≈71%
  32. Sydney ≈62%
  33. North Sydney ≈59%
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