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Inner West

51,710 residential parcels covering 17.6 km².

Highly restricted land

≈78% of Inner West’s residential land is highly restricted.

Driven mostly by 2-storey height caps. Inner West ranks #23 of 33 councils in Sydney, and #81 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 #23 of 33 Sydney-area councils for highly restricted residential land.

Highly restricted

Inner West: ≈78% · rank #23 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≈53%
  8. 33. Sydney≈33%

Low-density

  1. 1. Blue Mountains≈98%
  2. 2. Wollondilly≈97%
  3. ⋯
  4. 29. Waverley≈54%
  5. 30. Liverpool≈53%
  6. 31. Inner West≈52%
  7. 32. North Sydney≈42%
  8. 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. 21. Lane Cove≈81%
  5. 22. Strathfield≈80%
  6. 23. Inner West≈78%
  7. 24. Parramatta≈78%
  8. 25. Woollahra≈77%
  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. Tempe≈100%
  3. Balmain≈100%
  4. Haberfield≈100%
  5. Birchgrove≈100%
  6. Annandale (NSW)≈98%
  7. Stanmore (NSW)≈96%
  8. Newtown (NSW)≈90%
  9. St Peters (NSW)≈87%
  10. Petersham≈86%
  11. Enmore (Inner West - NSW)≈86%
  12. Croydon (NSW)≈85%
  13. Summer Hill (Inner West - NSW)≈84%
  14. Lewisham (NSW)≈84%
  15. Leichhardt (NSW)≈74%
  16. Dulwich Hill≈69%
  17. Ashfield (NSW)≈66%
  18. Marrickville≈65%
  19. Rozelle≈61%
  20. Lilyfield≈32%
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Sydney context

Inner West ranks #23 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

Inner West’s residential planning controls, polygon-by-polygon

Every residential zone in Inner West

  1. Low Density ResidentialR214 km²60.2%
  2. General ResidentialR17 km²31.9%
  3. Medium Density ResidentialR31 km²4.3%
  4. High Density ResidentialR4<1 km²1.8%
  5. Commercial CentreE2<1 km²0.8%
  6. Mixed UseMU1<1 km²1.0%
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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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