Highly restricted land
≈88% of Penrith’s residential land is highly restricted.
Driven mostly by low-density-only zoning. Penrith ranks #10 of 33 councils in Sydney, and #51 of 133 capital city councils nationally.
Source: Geometric union of 2-storey, low-density, detached-only, and heritage controls across Penrith. ABS LGA code 16350. 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 Penrith ranks in Sydney
Penrith ranks #10 of 33 Sydney-area councils for highly restricted residential land.
Highly restricted
Penrith: ≈88% · rank #10 of 33
2-storey cap
- 1. Wollondilly≈100%
- 2. Blue Mountains≈100%
- ⋯
- 26. Waverley≈71%
- 27. Randwick≈71%
- 28. Penrith≈67%
- 29. Canada Bay≈65%
- 30. Woollahra≈65%
- ⋯
- 32. North Sydney≈53%
- 33. Sydney≈33%
Low-density
- 1. Blue Mountains≈98%
- 2. Wollondilly≈97%
- ⋯
- 14. Lane Cove≈77%
- 15. Ryde≈77%
- 16. Penrith≈76%
- 17. The Hills≈74%
- 18. Strathfield≈74%
- ⋯
- 32. North Sydney≈42%
- 33. Sydney≈5%
Heritage
- 1. Hunters Hill≈58%
- 2. Sydney≈54%
- ⋯
- 26. The Hills≈1%
- 27. Liverpool≈1%
- 28. Penrith≈1%
- 29. Sutherland≈1%
- 30. Fairfield≈1%
- ⋯
- 32. Blacktown≈1%
- 33. Blue Mountains≈0%
Highly restricted
- 1. Wollondilly≈100%
- 2. Blue Mountains≈100%
- ⋯
- 8. Campbelltown (NSW)≈92%
- 9. Blacktown≈90%
- 10. Penrith≈88%
- 11. Fairfield≈88%
- 12. Georges River≈87%
- ⋯
- 32. Sydney≈62%
- 33. North Sydney≈59%
Source: Penrith ranked against other Sydney-area councils on each restriction metric (ex-rural shares). Methodology →
Suburbs in Penrith
27 suburbs sit inside this council.
ABS Suburb & Locality (SAL) boundaries that fall at least 30% inside Penrith.
- Cambridge Gardens≈100%
- Cambridge Park≈100%
- Castlereagh≈100%
- Colyton≈100%
- Emu Heights (NSW)≈100%
- Leonay≈100%
- Mount Vernon≈100%
- Orchard Hills≈100%
- Oxley Park≈100%
- Werrington Downs≈100%
- Mulgoa≈100%
- Claremont Meadows≈100%
- South Penrith≈99%
- St Clair (Penrith - NSW)≈99%
- North St Marys≈99%
- Erskine Park≈99%
- Cranebrook≈99%
- Emu Plains≈96%
- Werrington County≈94%
- Glenmore Park≈87%
- Caddens≈86%
- Jamisontown≈85%
- Kingswood (Penrith - NSW)≈83%
- St Marys (NSW)≈82%
- Werrington≈80%
- Penrith≈50%
- Luddenham≈29%
Sydney context
Penrith ranks #10 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
Penrith’s residential planning controls, polygon-by-polygon
Every residential zone in Penrith
- Environmental LivingC413 km²19.1%
- Low Density ResidentialR243 km²61.5%
- General ResidentialR14 km²5.6%
- Medium Density ResidentialR36 km²8.9%
- High Density ResidentialR42 km²2.8%
- Commercial CentreE2<1 km²0.4%
- Mixed UseMU11 km²1.6%
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.