General Residential dominant. Median sale $705K over the last 24 months. 90% of decided DAs approved.
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Zoning
East Maitland 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
East Maitland 2323 covers an undefined area within Maitland City Council.
Drill into any lot in East Maitland
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
within a TOD corridor (uplift expected)
average uplift signal across the suburb · 4 high-signal lots
Theoretical capacity if every lot built to its limit: 7,713 dwellings, with 580,638 m² of unused GFA across the suburb.
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Constraints & risks
a small share of lots (0.8%) intersect flood mapping; also: 14% of lots are bushfire-prone — a bushfire assessment is likely required; 10% of lots carry heritage controls; 1.6% 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
Process server · serves East Maitland, NSW
18D/121 Lawes St, East Maitland NSW 2323
Market
Sales, rent, and yield data drawn from NSW Property Sales Information and rental bond data over the past 24 months.
DA activity
302 development applications for East Maitland addresses were decided by Maitland City Council over the past 24 months. 271 approved — a 90% approval rate. Average processing time: 25 days.
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
53 businesses serving East Maitland and nearby.
Process server
18D/121 Lawes St, East Maitland NSW 2323
Real estate agency
Ground Floor, 6 Mitchell Dr, East Maitland NSW 2323
House cleaning service
48 William St, East Maitland NSW 2323
Fence contractor
36 Macrae St, East Maitland NSW 2323
Financial planner
93 Lawes St, East Maitland NSW 2323
Construction company
105 Melbourne St, East Maitland NSW 2323
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East Maitland is dominated by the R1 (General Residential) zone, which covers 4,406 of 5,130 lots (90%). The full mix is: R1 General Residential (90%), MU1 Mixed Use (3%), RU1 Primary Production (3%), RE1 Public Recreation (2%), E1 Local Centre (2%).
Across East Maitland, the average maximum building height is 8.9 m and the average maximum Floor Space Ratio (FSR) is 2.00:1. 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 — 4,286 lots in East Maitland 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 East Maitland over the past 24 months is $705,000, across 523 sales. Median unimproved land value is $453,000.
Median weekly rent for a house in East Maitland is $540. Gross rental yield works out to 3.6%.
Maitland City Council decided 302 development applications for East Maitland addresses over the past 24 months, with 271 approved (90% approval rate). Average processing time is 25 days. Processing time depends heavily on application complexity, council backlog, and whether the application requires referral to other agencies.
Across East Maitland, 0.8% flood-affected, 10% with heritage controls, 14.4% 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.
130 of 5,130 lots in East Maitland show identifiable development potential — under-developed for the planning controls, eligible for a granny flat, or capable of subdivision. 60 lots fall within a Transport Oriented Development corridor. Average rezoning signal score: 24.6 / 100.
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Compare zoning, development potential, and DA activity across other suburbs in Maitland City Council and nearby postcodes.
Real estate agency · serves East Maitland, NSW
Ground Floor, 6 Mitchell Dr, East Maitland NSW 2323
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 East Maitland.
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 2323 — population, age, household composition, income, tenure.
abs.gov.au
Zoning, height, FSR, and overlays parsed from the Maitland 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 →