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Sydney

27,208 residential parcels covering 10.4 km².

Highly restricted land

≈62% of Sydney’s residential land is highly restricted.

Driven mostly by heritage controls. Sydney ranks #32 of 33 councils in Sydney, and #107 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 Sydney. ABS LGA code 17200. 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 Sydney ranks in Sydney

Sydney ranks #32 of 33 Sydney-area councils for highly restricted residential land.

Highly restricted

Sydney: ≈62% · rank #32 of 33

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

2-storey cap

  1. 1. Wollondilly≈100%
  2. 2. Blue Mountains≈100%
  3. ⋯
  4. 31. Inner West≈58%
  5. 32. North Sydney≈53%
  6. 33. Sydney≈33%

Low-density

  1. 1. Blue Mountains≈98%
  2. 2. Wollondilly≈97%
  3. ⋯
  4. 31. Inner West≈52%
  5. 32. North Sydney≈42%
  6. 33. Sydney≈5%

Heritage

  1. 1. Hunters Hill≈58%
  2. 2. Sydney≈54%
  3. 3. Inner West≈44%
  4. 4. North Sydney≈36%
  5. ⋯
  6. 32. Blacktown≈1%
  7. 33. Blue Mountains≈0%

Highly restricted

  1. 1. Wollondilly≈100%
  2. 2. Blue Mountains≈100%
  3. ⋯
  4. 30. Camden≈74%
  5. 31. Canada Bay≈70%
  6. 32. Sydney≈62%
  7. 33. North Sydney≈59%

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

Suburbs in Sydney

19 suburbs sit inside this council.

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

  1. Darlington (Sydney - NSW)≈100%
  2. Potts Point≈90%
  3. Glebe (NSW)≈90%
  4. Newtown (NSW)≈90%
  5. Woolloomooloo≈85%
  6. Chippendale≈85%
  7. Darlinghurst≈81%
  8. Redfern≈80%
  9. Surry Hills≈73%
  10. Erskineville≈73%
  11. Forest Lodge≈72%
  12. Rosebery (NSW)≈66%
  13. Camperdown (NSW)≈55%
  14. Alexandria≈50%
  15. Ultimo≈47%
  16. Sydney≈44%
  17. Waterloo (NSW)≈25%
  18. Pyrmont≈25%
  19. Zetland≈18%
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Sydney context

Sydney ranks #32 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%
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Detailed zoning map

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

Source: State-published zoning data. Excludes zones where residential uses are not typically permitted.

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