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Liverpool

66,053 residential parcels covering 59.9 km².

Highly restricted land

76% of Liverpool’s residential land is highly restricted.

Driven mostly by 2-storey height caps. Liverpool ranks #28 of 33 councils in Sydney, and #89 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 Liverpool. ABS LGA code 14900. 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 Liverpool ranks in Sydney

Liverpool ranks #28 of 33 Sydney-area councils for highly restricted residential land.

Highly restricted

Liverpool: 76% · rank #28 of 33

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

2-storey cap

  1. 1. Wollondilly100%
  2. 2. Blue Mountains100%
  3. 21. Strathfield78%
  4. 22. Parramatta75%
  5. 23. Liverpool75%
  6. 24. Camden74%
  7. 25. Bayside (NSW)74%
  8. 32. North Sydney54%
  9. 33. Sydney33%

Low-density

  1. 1. Blue Mountains98%
  2. 2. Wollondilly97%
  3. 29. Inner West56%
  4. 30. Waverley54%
  5. 31. Liverpool53%
  6. 32. North Sydney42%
  7. 33. Sydney5%

Heritage

  1. 1. Hunters Hill58%
  2. 2. Sydney54%
  3. 25. Canterbury-Bankstown2%
  4. 26. The Hills1%
  5. 27. Liverpool1%
  6. 28. Penrith1%
  7. 29. Fairfield1%
  8. 32. Blacktown1%
  9. 33. Blue Mountains0%

Highly restricted

  1. 1. Wollondilly100%
  2. 2. Blue Mountains100%
  3. 26. Woollahra77%
  4. 27. Waverley76%
  5. 28. Liverpool76%
  6. 29. Camden75%
  7. 30. Randwick74%
  8. 32. Sydney62%
  9. 33. North Sydney59%

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