Skip to content

Sydney · Council

Sutherland

53,434 residential parcels covering 40.8 km².

Highly restricted land

≈86% of Sutherland’s residential land is highly restricted.

Driven mostly by 2-storey height caps. Sutherland ranks #14 of 33 councils in Sydney, and #60 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 Sutherland. ABS LGA code 17150. 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 Sutherland ranks in Sydney

Sutherland ranks #14 of 33 Sydney-area councils for highly restricted residential land.

Highly restricted

Sutherland: ≈86% · rank #14 of 33

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

2-storey cap

  1. 1. Wollondilly≈100%
  2. 2. Blue Mountains≈100%
  3. ⋯
  4. 10. Fairfield≈87%
  5. 11. Georges River≈87%
  6. 12. Sutherland≈86%
  7. 13. The Hills≈85%
  8. 14. Willoughby≈84%
  9. ⋯
  10. 32. North Sydney≈53%
  11. 33. Sydney≈33%

Low-density

  1. 1. Blue Mountains≈98%
  2. 2. Wollondilly≈97%
  3. ⋯
  4. 8. Blacktown≈85%
  5. 9. Georges River≈85%
  6. 10. Sutherland≈85%
  7. 11. Willoughby≈83%
  8. 12. Campbelltown (NSW)≈83%
  9. ⋯
  10. 32. North Sydney≈42%
  11. 33. Sydney≈5%

Heritage

  1. 1. Hunters Hill≈58%
  2. 2. Sydney≈54%
  3. ⋯
  4. 27. Liverpool≈1%
  5. 28. Penrith≈1%
  6. 29. Sutherland≈1%
  7. 30. Fairfield≈1%
  8. 31. Campbelltown (NSW)≈1%
  9. 32. Blacktown≈1%
  10. 33. Blue Mountains≈0%

Highly restricted

  1. 1. Wollondilly≈100%
  2. 2. Blue Mountains≈100%
  3. ⋯
  4. 12. Georges River≈87%
  5. 13. Ryde≈87%
  6. 14. Sutherland≈86%
  7. 15. Willoughby≈86%
  8. 16. The Hills≈85%
  9. ⋯
  10. 32. Sydney≈62%
  11. 33. North Sydney≈59%

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

Suburbs in Sutherland

28 suburbs sit inside this council.

ABS Suburb & Locality (SAL) boundaries that fall at least 30% inside Sutherland.

  1. Alfords Point≈100%
  2. Barden Ridge≈100%
  3. Burraneer≈100%
  4. Caringbah South≈100%
  5. Como (NSW)≈100%
  6. Gymea Bay≈100%
  7. Loftus≈100%
  8. Oyster Bay≈100%
  9. Woronora Heights≈100%
  10. Yarrawarrah≈100%
  11. Yowie Bay≈100%
  12. Illawong≈99%
  13. Bangor (NSW)≈99%
  14. Kareela≈98%
  15. Heathcote (NSW)≈98%
  16. Sylvania Waters≈96%
  17. Jannali≈93%
  18. Engadine≈92%
  19. Menai≈88%
  20. Sylvania≈87%
  21. Kirrawee≈82%
  22. Woolooware≈76%
  23. Miranda (NSW)≈71%
  24. Gymea≈68%
  25. Caringbah≈60%
  26. Sutherland (NSW)≈59%
  27. Cronulla≈55%
  28. Kurnell≈54%
Per page:

All suburbs →

Sydney context

Sutherland ranks #14 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%
Per page:

All councils →

Detailed zoning map

Sutherland’s residential planning controls, polygon-by-polygon

Every residential zone in Sutherland

  1. Environmental LivingC422 km²41.0%
  2. Low Density ResidentialR224 km²45.4%
  3. Medium Density ResidentialR32 km²4.7%
  4. High Density ResidentialR43 km²4.9%
  5. Commercial CentreE22 km²3.8%
  6. Mixed UseMU1<1 km²0.2%
Per page:

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.

← Back to Sydney