Highly restricted land
≈59% of North Sydney’s residential land is highly restricted.
Driven mostly by 2-storey height caps. North Sydney ranks #33 of 33 councils in Sydney, and #110 of 133 capital city councils nationally.
Source: Geometric union of 2-storey, low-density, detached-only, and heritage controls across North Sydney. ABS LGA code 15950. 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 North Sydney ranks in Sydney
North Sydney ranks #33 of 33 Sydney-area councils for highly restricted residential land.
Highly restricted
North Sydney: ≈59% · rank #33 of 33
2-storey cap
- 1. Wollondilly≈100%
- 2. Blue Mountains≈100%
- ⋯
- 30. Woollahra≈65%
- 31. Inner West≈58%
- 32. North Sydney≈54%
- 33. Sydney≈33%
Low-density
- 1. Blue Mountains≈98%
- 2. Wollondilly≈97%
- ⋯
- 30. Waverley≈54%
- 31. Liverpool≈53%
- 32. North Sydney≈42%
- 33. Sydney≈5%
Heritage
- 1. Hunters Hill≈58%
- 2. Sydney≈54%
- 3. Inner West≈44%
- 4. North Sydney≈36%
- 5. Woollahra≈31%
- 6. Willoughby≈23%
- ⋯
- 32. Blacktown≈1%
- 33. Blue Mountains≈0%
Highly restricted
- 1. Wollondilly≈100%
- 2. Blue Mountains≈100%
- ⋯
- 31. Canada Bay≈71%
- 32. Sydney≈62%
- 33. North Sydney≈59%
Source: North Sydney ranked against other Sydney-area councils on each restriction metric (ex-rural shares). Methodology →
Suburbs in North Sydney
7 suburbs sit inside this council.
ABS Suburb & Locality (SAL) boundaries that fall at least 30% inside North Sydney.
Sydney context
North Sydney ranks #33 of 33 councils in Sydney for highly restricted residential land.
- Wollondilly ≈100%
- Blue Mountains ≈100%
- Hawkesbury ≈98%
- Hornsby ≈96%
- Hunters Hill ≈94%
- Northern Beaches ≈94%
- Ku-ring-gai ≈93%
- Campbelltown (NSW) ≈92%
- Blacktown ≈90%
- Penrith ≈88%
- Fairfield ≈88%
- Georges River ≈87%
- Ryde ≈87%
- Willoughby ≈86%
- Sutherland ≈86%
- The Hills ≈85%
- Cumberland ≈82%
- Burwood ≈82%
- Canterbury-Bankstown ≈82%
- Inner West ≈81%
- Mosman ≈81%
- Lane Cove ≈81%
- Strathfield ≈80%
- Bayside (NSW) ≈78%
- Parramatta ≈78%
- Woollahra ≈77%
- Waverley ≈76%
- Liverpool ≈76%
- Camden ≈75%
- Randwick ≈74%
- Canada Bay ≈71%
- Sydney ≈62%
- North Sydney ≈59%