General Residential dominant. Median sale $195K over the last 24 months. 90% of decided DAs approved.
Broken Hill 2880 spans 2 councils: Broken Hill City Council (12,690 lots), Unincorporated - Far West Area (907 lots). The dominant council (Broken Hill City Council) sets the canonical URL for this page.
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Zoning
Broken Hill 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
Broken Hill 2880 covers an undefined area within Broken Hill City Council.
Drill into any lot in Broken Hill
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.
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
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Constraints & risks
10% of lots are bushfire-prone — a bushfire assessment is likely required; also: 18% of lots carry heritage controls; 3.7% 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
Real estate agency · serves Broken Hill, NSW
221 Oxide St, Broken Hill NSW 2880
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
256 development applications for Broken Hill addresses were decided by Broken Hill City Council over the past 24 months. 230 approved — a 90% 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
36 businesses serving Broken Hill and nearby.
Real estate agency
221 Oxide St, Broken Hill NSW 2880
Solar energy company
66 Crystal St, Broken Hill NSW 2880
Electrician
179 Harris St, Broken Hill NSW 2880
Electrician
553 Cummins St, Broken Hill NSW 2880
Real estate agency
355 Argent St, Broken Hill NSW 2880
Air conditioning store
66 Crystal St, Broken Hill NSW 2880
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Broken Hill is dominated by the R1 (General Residential) zone, which covers 10,515 of 13,597 lots (86%). The full mix is: R1 General Residential (86%), E1 Local Centre (4%), RU2 Rural Landscape (4%), C2 Centre Support (3%), MU1 Mixed Use (3%).
Yes — 9,802 lots in Broken Hill 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 Broken Hill over the past 24 months is $195,000, across 965 sales. Median unimproved land value is $34,000.
Median weekly rent for a house in Broken Hill is $306. Gross rental yield works out to 7.1%.
Broken Hill City Council decided 256 development applications for Broken Hill addresses over the past 24 months, with 230 approved (90% approval rate). Processing time depends heavily on application complexity, council backlog, and whether the application requires referral to other agencies.
Across Broken Hill, 18% with heritage controls, 10.2% bushfire-prone, 0.3% near contaminated sites. These are suburb-wide percentages — every lot has its own combination. A planning report on a specific address shows exactly which controls apply.
0 of 13,597 lots in Broken Hill show identifiable development potential — under-developed for the planning controls, eligible for a granny flat, or capable of subdivision. Average rezoning signal score: 19.9 / 100.
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Compare zoning, development potential, and DA activity across other suburbs in Broken Hill City Council and nearby postcodes.
Solar energy company · serves Broken Hill, NSW
66 Crystal St, Broken Hill NSW 2880
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 Broken Hill.
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 2880 — population, age, household composition, income, tenure.
abs.gov.au
Zoning, height, FSR, and overlays parsed from the Broken Hill City 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 →