General Residential dominant. Median sale $375K over the last 24 months. 90% of decided DAs approved.
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Zoning
Harden 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
Harden 2587 covers an undefined area within Hilltops Council.
Drill into any lot in Harden
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
8% of lots carry heritage controls; also: 1.1% of lots are within 100m of a recorded contaminated site; 0.4% 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
Real estate agent · serves Harden, NSW
54 Neill St, Harden NSW 2587
Market
Sales, rent, and yield data drawn from NSW Property Sales Information and rental bond data over the past 24 months.
DA activity
49 development applications for Harden addresses were decided by Hilltops Council over the past 24 months. 44 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
5 businesses serving Harden and nearby.
Real estate agent
54 Neill St, Harden NSW 2587
Business management consultant
314 Albury St, Harden NSW 2587
Real estate agent
16 Neill St, Harden NSW 2587
Landscaping supply store
1 Albury St, Harden NSW 2587
Concrete contractor
1 Albury St, Harden NSW 2587
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Harden is dominated by the R1 (General Residential) zone, which covers 1,198 of 1,874 lots (67%). The full mix is: R1 General Residential (67%), RU1 Primary Production (12%), R5 Large Lot Residential (10%), MU1 Mixed Use (9%), E3 Productivity Support (2%).
Yes — 1,357 lots in Harden 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 Harden over the past 24 months is $375,000, across 79 sales. Median unimproved land value is $106,000.
Median weekly rent for a house in Harden is $420. Gross rental yield works out to 6.0%.
Hilltops Council decided 49 development applications for Harden addresses over the past 24 months, with 44 approved (90% approval rate). Processing time depends heavily on application complexity, council backlog, and whether the application requires referral to other agencies.
Across Harden, 8% with heritage controls, 1.1% 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 1,874 lots in Harden show identifiable development potential — under-developed for the planning controls, eligible for a granny flat, or capable of subdivision. Average rezoning signal score: 12.3 / 100.
Continue exploring
Compare zoning, development potential, and DA activity across other suburbs in Hilltops Council and nearby postcodes.
Business management consultant · serves Harden, NSW
314 Albury St, Harden NSW 2587
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 Harden.
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 2587 — population, age, household composition, income, tenure.
abs.gov.au
Zoning, height, FSR, and overlays parsed from the Hilltops 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 →