General Residential dominant. Median sale $605K over the last 24 months. 85% of decided DAs approved.
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Zoning
Goulburn 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
Goulburn 2580 covers an undefined area within Goulburn Mulwaree Council.
Drill into any lot in Goulburn
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: 52,234 dwellings, with 4,340,620 m² of unused GFA across the suburb.
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Constraints & risks
7% of lots are bushfire-prone — a bushfire assessment is likely required; also: 23% of lots have a heritage listing or sit in a Heritage Conservation Area — expect controls on demolition, alterations, and additions; 1.3% 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
Home builder · serves Goulburn, NSW
86 Clifford St, Goulburn NSW 2580
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
637 development applications for Goulburn addresses were decided by Goulburn Mulwaree Council over the past 24 months. 538 approved — a 85% 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
87 businesses serving Goulburn and nearby.
Home builder
86 Clifford St, Goulburn NSW 2580
Plumber
Unit 5/1 Hetherington St, Goulburn NSW 2580
Solicitor
93 Bourke St, Goulburn NSW 2580
Roofing contractor
Derwent/31 Sydney Rd, Goulburn NSW 2580
Real estate agency
14 Mitchell St, Goulburn NSW 2580
Real estate agency
10a Bigwood Pl, Goulburn NSW 2580
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Goulburn is dominated by the R1 (General Residential) zone, which covers 5,718 of 12,562 lots (51%). The full mix is: R1 General Residential (51%), R2 Low Density Residential (35%), MU1 Mixed Use (7%), R5 Large Lot Residential (4%), E2 Commercial Centre (4%).
Across Goulburn, the average maximum building height is 9.6 m and the average maximum Floor Space Ratio (FSR) is 1.55:1. 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 — 9,677 lots in Goulburn 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 Goulburn over the past 24 months is $605,000, across 1,282 sales. Median unimproved land value is $281,000.
Median weekly rent for a house in Goulburn is $430. Gross rental yield works out to 3.6%.
Goulburn Mulwaree Council decided 637 development applications for Goulburn addresses over the past 24 months, with 538 approved (85% approval rate). Processing time depends heavily on application complexity, council backlog, and whether the application requires referral to other agencies.
Across Goulburn, 23% with heritage controls, 6.8% bushfire-prone, 0.5% 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.
1,385 of 12,562 lots in Goulburn show identifiable development potential — under-developed for the planning controls, eligible for a granny flat, or capable of subdivision. Average rezoning signal score: 25.5 / 100.
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Compare zoning, development potential, and DA activity across other suburbs in Goulburn Mulwaree Council and nearby postcodes.
Plumber · serves Goulburn, NSW
Unit 5/1 Hetherington St, Goulburn NSW 2580
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 Goulburn.
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 2580 — population, age, household composition, income, tenure.
abs.gov.au
Zoning, height, FSR, and overlays parsed from the Goulburn Mulwaree 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 →