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The Hills

58,404 residential parcels covering 52.9 km².

Highly restricted land

≈85% of The Hills’s residential land is highly restricted.

Driven mostly by 2-storey height caps. The Hills ranks #16 of 33 councils in Sydney, and #65 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 The Hills. ABS LGA code 17420. 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 The Hills ranks in Sydney

The Hills ranks #16 of 33 Sydney-area councils for highly restricted residential land.

Highly restricted

The Hills: ≈85% · rank #16 of 33

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

2-storey cap

  1. 1. Wollondilly≈100%
  2. 2. Blue Mountains≈100%
  3. ⋯
  4. 11. Georges River≈87%
  5. 12. Sutherland≈86%
  6. 13. The Hills≈85%
  7. 14. Willoughby≈84%
  8. 15. Ryde≈81%
  9. ⋯
  10. 32. North Sydney≈53%
  11. 33. Sydney≈33%

Low-density

  1. 1. Blue Mountains≈98%
  2. 2. Wollondilly≈97%
  3. ⋯
  4. 15. Ryde≈77%
  5. 16. Penrith≈76%
  6. 17. The Hills≈74%
  7. 18. Strathfield≈74%
  8. 19. Parramatta≈73%
  9. ⋯
  10. 32. North Sydney≈42%
  11. 33. Sydney≈5%

Heritage

  1. 1. Hunters Hill≈58%
  2. 2. Sydney≈54%
  3. ⋯
  4. 24. Northern Beaches≈2%
  5. 25. Canterbury-Bankstown≈2%
  6. 26. The Hills≈1%
  7. 27. Liverpool≈1%
  8. 28. Penrith≈1%
  9. ⋯
  10. 32. Blacktown≈1%
  11. 33. Blue Mountains≈0%

Highly restricted

  1. 1. Wollondilly≈100%
  2. 2. Blue Mountains≈100%
  3. ⋯
  4. 14. Sutherland≈86%
  5. 15. Willoughby≈86%
  6. 16. The Hills≈85%
  7. 17. Burwood≈82%
  8. 18. Mosman≈81%
  9. ⋯
  10. 32. Sydney≈62%
  11. 33. North Sydney≈59%

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

Suburbs in The Hills

13 suburbs sit inside this council.

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

  1. Glenhaven≈100%
  2. Wisemans Ferry≈100%
  3. Beaumont Hills≈98%
  4. West Pennant Hills≈97%
  5. North Kellyville≈95%
  6. Baulkham Hills≈89%
  7. Kellyville≈89%
  8. Bella Vista≈85%
  9. Gables≈84%
  10. Castle Hill (NSW)≈83%
  11. Box Hill (NSW)≈66%
  12. Rouse Hill≈65%
  13. Norwest≈57%
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Sydney context

The Hills ranks #16 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

The Hills’s residential planning controls, polygon-by-polygon

Every residential zone in The Hills

  1. Environmental LivingC47 km²10.3%
  2. Low Density ResidentialR242 km²64.7%
  3. General ResidentialR11 km²1.5%
  4. Medium Density ResidentialR312 km²18.4%
  5. High Density ResidentialR43 km²4.0%
  6. Mixed UseMU11 km²1.1%
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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.

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