Primary Production Small Lots dominant. Median sale $675K over the last 24 months. 92% of decided DAs approved.
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Zoning
Austral is dominated by RU4 — Primary Production Small Lots. 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
Austral 2179 covers an undefined area within Liverpool City Council.
Drill into any lot in Austral
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
show at least one development signal
average uplift signal across the suburb
Theoretical capacity if every lot built to its limit: 8,279 dwellings, with 754,175 m² of unused GFA across the suburb.
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Constraints & risks
a small share of lots (4.9%) intersect flood mapping; also: 13% of lots are bushfire-prone — a bushfire assessment is likely required; 0% of lots carry heritage controls; 18.6% of lots intersect a Threatened Ecological Community; 100.0% of lots fall within a flight-noise contour.
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
Architecture firm · serves Austral, NSW
2 Carne Cl, Austral NSW 2179
Market
Sales, rent, and yield data drawn from NSW Property Sales Information and rental bond data over the past 24 months.
DA activity
2,271 development applications for Austral addresses were decided by Liverpool City Council over the past 24 months. 2,085 approved — a 92% 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
33 businesses serving Austral and nearby.
Architecture firm
2 Carne Cl, Austral NSW 2179
Plumber
175 Fourteenth Ave, Austral NSW 2179
Real estate agency
256 Edmondson Ave, Austral NSW 2179
Real estate consultant
444 Twelfth Ave, Austral NSW 2179
Custom home builder
45 Kelly St, Austral NSW 2179
Real estate developer
230 Thirteenth Ave, Austral NSW 2179
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Austral is dominated by the RU4 (Primary Production Small Lots) zone, which covers 2 of 8,411 lots (100%). The full mix is: RU4 Primary Production Small Lots (100%).
Across Austral, the average maximum building height is 9.4 m and the average maximum Floor Space Ratio (FSR) is 0.91:1. 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.
Most lots in Austral aren't eligible for a granny flat under SEPP (Housing) 2021 — typically because the dominant zoning (RU4) doesn't permit it, or lot sizes fall below the minimum. Always verify on the specific address.
The median sale price in Austral over the past 24 months is $675,000, across 1,804 sales. Median unimproved land value is $601,000.
Median weekly rent for a house in Austral is $600. Gross rental yield works out to 4.3%.
Liverpool City Council decided 2,271 development applications for Austral addresses over the past 24 months, with 2,085 approved (92% approval rate). Processing time depends heavily on application complexity, council backlog, and whether the application requires referral to other agencies.
Across Austral, 4.9% flood-affected, 0% with heritage controls, 13.4% 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.
46 of 8,411 lots in Austral show identifiable development potential — under-developed for the planning controls, eligible for a granny flat, or capable of subdivision. Average rezoning signal score: 5.1 / 100.
Continue exploring
Compare zoning, development potential, and DA activity across other suburbs in Liverpool City Council and nearby postcodes.
Plumber · serves Austral, NSW
175 Fourteenth Ave, Austral NSW 2179
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 Austral.
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 2179 — population, age, household composition, income, tenure.
abs.gov.au
Zoning, height, FSR, and overlays parsed from the Liverpool 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 →