General Residential dominant. Median sale $842.5K over the last 24 months. 83% of decided DAs approved.
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Zoning
Bellingen is dominated by R1 — General Residential. Land use rules, height, FSR, and permitted developments are set per zone in the Local Environmental Plan and refined by the Development Control Plan.
Limit varies by lot — check your address for the exact figure.
Floor Space Ratio — total floor area as a multiple of lot area.
Location
Bellingen 2454 covers an undefined area within Bellingen Shire Council.
Drill into any lot in Bellingen
Open the interactive map — click any address to see its zone, height, FSR, overlays, and approval likelihood.
Development potential
We score every lot for development signal — under-built relative to the controls, eligible for a granny flat, or sized for subdivision.
lots with remaining GFA capacity
under SEPP (Housing) 2021
lots that may support subdivision
adjoining lots with combined upside
show at least one development signal
average uplift signal across the suburb
Theoretical capacity if every lot built to its limit: 61 dwellings, with 4,974 m² of unused GFA across the suburb.
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Constraints & risks
41% of lots are bushfire-prone — a bushfire assessment is likely required; also: 16% of lots carry heritage controls; 9.4% of lots intersect a Threatened Ecological Community.
Suburb-wide percentages — your specific lot may have all, some, or none of these.
Mapped flood-prone land
RFS bushfire-prone land mapping
Heritage item or Conservation Area
Within 100 m of EPA-listed site
Mapped TEC vegetation
Coastal hazard mapping
ANEF / aircraft noise
Market · serves Bellingen, NSW
Cnr Ford, Park &, Church St, Bellingen NSW 2454
Market
Sales, rent, and yield data drawn from NSW Property Sales Information and rental bond data over the past 24 months.
Greater Sydney Region Plan / NSW Department of Planning forecast.
DA activity
126 development applications for Bellingen addresses were decided by Bellingen Shire Council over the past 24 months. 105 approved — a 83% approval rate.
Demographics & lifestyle
ABS Census 2021 population data combined with lot-level amenity, healthcare, lifestyle, and crime indices.
Walkable amenity within 1 km
GP / hospital / pharmacy proximity
Cafés, parks, schools, transport
ZoneDSS Marketplace
17 businesses serving Bellingen and nearby.
Market
Cnr Ford, Park &, Church St, Bellingen NSW 2454
Property management company
7 Hyde St, Bellingen NSW 2454
Real estate agency
8 Church St, Bellingen NSW 2454
Gardener
39 Crown St, Bellingen NSW 2454
Real estate agency
61 Hyde St, Bellingen NSW 2454
Legal services
16 William St, Bellingen NSW 2454
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Bellingen is dominated by the R1 (General Residential) zone, which covers 1,434 of 2,115 lots (74%). The full mix is: R1 General Residential (74%), RU1 Primary Production (9%), E1 Local Centre (7%), R5 Large Lot Residential (6%), RU4 Primary Production Small Lots (4%).
Across Bellingen, the average maximum building height is 10.0 m and the average maximum Floor Space Ratio (FSR) is 0.80:1. Individual lots can vary materially — height and FSR are set per zone in the Local Environmental Plan (LEP) and can be modified by overlays. For an exact figure on a specific address, generate a planning report.
Yes — 1,516 lots in Bellingen appear eligible for a granny flat under SEPP (Housing) 2021, based on lot size, zoning, and frontage. Eligibility is lot-specific: get a planning report on your address to confirm.
The median sale price in Bellingen over the past 24 months is $842,500, across 132 sales. Median unimproved land value is $419,000.
Median weekly rent for a house in Bellingen is $500. Gross rental yield works out to 3.6%.
Bellingen Shire Council decided 126 development applications for Bellingen addresses over the past 24 months, with 105 approved (83% approval rate). Processing time depends heavily on application complexity, council backlog, and whether the application requires referral to other agencies.
Across Bellingen, 16% with heritage controls, 40.7% bushfire-prone. These are suburb-wide percentages — every lot has its own combination. A planning report on a specific address shows exactly which controls apply.
1 of 2,115 lots in Bellingen show identifiable development potential — under-developed for the planning controls, eligible for a granny flat, or capable of subdivision. Average rezoning signal score: 16.9 / 100.
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Compare zoning, development potential, and DA activity across other suburbs in Bellingen Shire Council and nearby postcodes.
Property management company · serves Bellingen, NSW
7 Hyde St, Bellingen NSW 2454
Suburb-wide stats are useful for context. For a buy-or-walk decision on a specific lot, you need every control, every constraint, and every clause cited to source.
Run a report — from A$2914-section report · LEP + SEPP + DCP cross-referenced · cited to source
Verify with official sources
Don't take our word for it. Every figure on this page is computed from authoritative New South Wales Government data — and you can verify any of it directly with the source.
Official zoning, height, FSR, and overlay maps for any NSW address. The primary source for everything on this page.
planningportal.nsw.gov.au
Cadastral lot boundaries, aerial imagery, easements, and environmental overlays from NSW Spatial Services.
maps.six.nsw.gov.au
State-listed heritage items and Heritage Conservation Areas. Search by suburb to see what's listed in Bellingen.
hms.heritage.nsw.gov.au
Sites notified to the EPA under the Contaminated Land Management Act. Critical for due diligence on any address.
apps.epa.nsw.gov.au
Rural Fire Service map of bushfire-prone land categories. Triggers BAL assessment requirements for new builds.
rfs.nsw.gov.au
Australian Bureau of Statistics QuickStats for postcode 2454 — population, age, household composition, income, tenure.
abs.gov.au
Zoning, height, FSR, and overlays parsed from the Bellingen Shire Council Local Environmental Plan, applicable State Environmental Planning Policies, and the Development Control Plan. Property sales drawn from NSW Property Sales Information. DA history aggregated from the NSW Planning Portal. Heritage, flood, bushfire, contaminated land, TEC, sea-level rise, and aircraft noise overlays from the NSW Spatial Services and EPA registers. Population, age, income, and tenure from ABS Census 2021. Aggregated by ZoneDSS · last updated 2026-04-27.
Suburb-wide statistics — your specific lot may vary. Always run a planning report on the actual address before making a decision. How ZoneDSS works →