General Residential dominant. Median sale $791.5K over the last 24 months. 89% of decided DAs approved.
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Zoning
Thornton 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
Thornton 2322 covers an undefined area within Maitland City Council.
Drill into any lot in Thornton
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: 613 dwellings, with 54,830 m² of unused GFA across the suburb.
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Constraints & risks
24% of lots are bushfire-prone — a bushfire assessment is likely required; also: 6.8% of lots intersect a Threatened Ecological Community; 0.1% of lots are exposed to projected sea-level rise.
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
Civil engineer · serves Thornton, NSW
16 Huntingdale Dr, Thornton NSW 2322
Market
Sales, rent, and yield data drawn from NSW Property Sales Information and rental bond data over the past 24 months.
DA activity
208 development applications for Thornton addresses were decided by Maitland City Council over the past 24 months. 184 approved — a 89% 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
58 businesses serving Thornton and nearby.
Civil engineer
16 Huntingdale Dr, Thornton NSW 2322
Pest control service
10 Thomas Coke Dr, Thornton NSW 2322
Roofing supply store
34 Huntingdale Dr, Thornton NSW 2322
Engineering consultant
53 Bonville Ave, Thornton NSW 2322
Construction company
8 Brighton St, Thornton NSW 2322
Landscaping supply store
219 New England Hwy, Thornton NSW 2322
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Thornton is dominated by the R1 (General Residential) zone, which covers 3,849 of 4,340 lots (89%). The full mix is: R1 General Residential (89%), E3 Productivity Support (5%), C4 Mixed Use (4%), RE1 Public Recreation (1%), RU2 Rural Landscape (1%).
Across Thornton, the average maximum building height is 8.0 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 — 3,785 lots in Thornton 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 Thornton over the past 24 months is $791,500, across 461 sales. Median unimproved land value is $432,000.
Median weekly rent for a house in Thornton is $610. Gross rental yield works out to 3.7%.
Maitland City Council decided 208 development applications for Thornton addresses over the past 24 months, with 184 approved (89% 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 Thornton, 24.1% 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.
2 of 4,340 lots in Thornton show identifiable development potential — under-developed for the planning controls, eligible for a granny flat, or capable of subdivision. Average rezoning signal score: 22.7 / 100.
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Compare zoning, development potential, and DA activity across other suburbs in Maitland City Council and nearby postcodes.
Pest control service · serves Thornton, NSW
10 Thomas Coke Dr, Thornton NSW 2322
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 Thornton.
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 2322 — 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 →