Highly restricted land
≈78% of Parramatta’s residential land is highly restricted.
Driven mostly by 2-storey height caps. Parramatta ranks #24 of 33 councils in Sydney, and #83 of 133 capital city councils nationally.
Source: Geometric union of 2-storey, low-density, detached-only, and heritage controls across Parramatta. ABS LGA code 16260. 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 Parramatta ranks in Sydney
Parramatta ranks #24 of 33 Sydney-area councils for highly restricted residential land.
Highly restricted
Parramatta: ≈78% · rank #24 of 33
2-storey cap
- 1. Wollondilly≈100%
- 2. Blue Mountains≈100%
- ⋯
- 20. Burwood≈79%
- 21. Strathfield≈78%
- 22. Parramatta≈76%
- 23. Bayside (NSW)≈74%
- 24. Camden≈73%
- ⋯
- 32. North Sydney≈53%
- 33. Sydney≈33%
Low-density
- 1. Blue Mountains≈98%
- 2. Wollondilly≈97%
- ⋯
- 17. The Hills≈74%
- 18. Strathfield≈74%
- 19. Parramatta≈73%
- 20. Burwood≈71%
- 21. Cumberland≈68%
- ⋯
- 32. North Sydney≈42%
- 33. Sydney≈5%
Heritage
- 1. Hunters Hill≈58%
- 2. Sydney≈54%
- ⋯
- 15. Ryde≈8%
- 16. Camden≈7%
- 17. Parramatta≈7%
- 18. Lane Cove≈6%
- 19. Bayside (NSW)≈5%
- ⋯
- 32. Blacktown≈1%
- 33. Blue Mountains≈0%
Highly restricted
- 1. Wollondilly≈100%
- 2. Blue Mountains≈100%
- ⋯
- 22. Strathfield≈80%
- 23. Inner West≈78%
- 24. Parramatta≈78%
- 25. Woollahra≈77%
- 26. Waverley≈76%
- ⋯
- 32. Sydney≈62%
- 33. North Sydney≈59%
Source: Parramatta ranked against other Sydney-area councils on each restriction metric (ex-rural shares). Methodology →
Suburbs in Parramatta
24 suburbs sit inside this council.
ABS Suburb & Locality (SAL) boundaries that fall at least 30% inside Parramatta.
- Oatlands (NSW)≈100%
- Winston Hills≈98%
- Old Toongabbie≈94%
- Constitution Hill≈92%
- North Rocks≈91%
- Northmead≈91%
- Dundas Valley≈91%
- Ermington≈91%
- Carlingford≈90%
- Dundas (NSW)≈90%
- Toongabbie (NSW)≈87%
- Pendle Hill≈87%
- Epping (NSW)≈87%
- Rydalmere≈85%
- Wentworthville≈81%
- Newington (NSW)≈78%
- North Parramatta≈71%
- Melrose Park (NSW)≈52%
- Telopea≈49%
- Westmead≈49%
- Harris Park≈43%
- Parramatta≈35%
- Sydney Olympic Park≈2%
- Wentworth Point≈0%
Sydney context
Parramatta ranks #24 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%
- Sutherland ≈86%
- Willoughby ≈86%
- The Hills ≈85%
- Burwood ≈82%
- Mosman ≈81%
- Cumberland ≈81%
- Canterbury-Bankstown ≈81%
- Lane Cove ≈81%
- Strathfield ≈80%
- Inner West ≈78%
- Parramatta ≈78%
- Woollahra ≈77%
- Waverley ≈76%
- Liverpool ≈75%
- Bayside (NSW) ≈75%
- Randwick ≈75%
- Camden ≈74%
- Canada Bay ≈70%
- Sydney ≈62%
- North Sydney ≈59%
Detailed zoning map
Parramatta’s residential planning controls, polygon-by-polygon
Every residential zone in Parramatta
- Low Density ResidentialR238 km²74.9%
- General ResidentialR1<1 km²0.1%
- Medium Density ResidentialR33 km²6.7%
- High Density ResidentialR45 km²10.0%
- Commercial CentreE2<1 km²0.6%
- Mixed Use (legacy)B42 km²4.0%
- Mixed UseMU12 km²3.7%
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.