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Woollahra

13,862 residential parcels covering 6.8 km².

Highly restricted land

≈77% of Woollahra’s residential land is highly restricted.

Driven mostly by 2-storey height caps. Woollahra ranks #25 of 33 councils in Sydney, and #84 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 Woollahra. ABS LGA code 18500. 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 Woollahra ranks in Sydney

Woollahra ranks #25 of 33 Sydney-area councils for highly restricted residential land.

Highly restricted

Woollahra: ≈77% · rank #25 of 33

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

2-storey cap

  1. 1. Wollondilly≈100%
  2. 2. Blue Mountains≈100%
  3. ⋯
  4. 28. Penrith≈67%
  5. 29. Canada Bay≈65%
  6. 30. Woollahra≈65%
  7. 31. Inner West≈58%
  8. 32. North Sydney≈53%
  9. 33. Sydney≈33%

Low-density

  1. 1. Blue Mountains≈98%
  2. 2. Wollondilly≈97%
  3. ⋯
  4. 23. Bayside (NSW)≈63%
  5. 24. Canterbury-Bankstown≈61%
  6. 25. Woollahra≈60%
  7. 26. Camden≈59%
  8. 27. Canada Bay≈58%
  9. ⋯
  10. 32. North Sydney≈42%
  11. 33. Sydney≈5%

Heritage

  1. 1. Hunters Hill≈58%
  2. 2. Sydney≈54%
  3. 3. Inner West≈44%
  4. 4. North Sydney≈36%
  5. 5. Woollahra≈31%
  6. 6. Burwood≈24%
  7. 7. Willoughby≈23%
  8. ⋯
  9. 32. Blacktown≈1%
  10. 33. Blue Mountains≈0%

Highly restricted

  1. 1. Wollondilly≈100%
  2. 2. Blue Mountains≈100%
  3. ⋯
  4. 23. Inner West≈78%
  5. 24. Parramatta≈78%
  6. 25. Woollahra≈77%
  7. 26. Waverley≈76%
  8. 27. Liverpool≈75%
  9. ⋯
  10. 32. Sydney≈62%
  11. 33. North Sydney≈59%

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

Suburbs in Woollahra

6 suburbs sit inside this council.

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

  1. Paddington (NSW)≈100%
  2. Woollahra≈94%
  3. Vaucluse≈93%
  4. Bellevue Hill≈76%
  5. Rose Bay (NSW)≈60%
  6. Double Bay≈20%
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Sydney context

Woollahra ranks #25 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

Woollahra’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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