General Residential dominant. Median sale $930K over the last 24 months. 88% of decided DAs approved.
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Zoning
Googong 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
Googong 2620 covers an undefined area within Queanbeyan-Palerang Regional Council.
Drill into any lot in Googong
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: 16,662 dwellings, with 1,623,443 m² of unused GFA across the suburb.
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Constraints & risks
16% of lots are bushfire-prone — a bushfire assessment is likely required; also: 1% 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
Custom home builder · serves Googong, NSW
20 Unthank St, Googong NSW 2620
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
471 development applications for Googong addresses were decided by Queanbeyan-Palerang Regional Council over the past 24 months. 414 approved — a 88% approval rate. Average processing time: 27 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
8 businesses serving Googong and nearby.
Custom home builder
20 Unthank St, Googong NSW 2620
Property management company
16 Lynch Ave, Googong NSW 2620
Home builder
Courtney St, Googong NSW 2620
Emergency locksmith service
2 Dolly St, Googong NSW 2620
Real estate agency
7/189 Gorman Dr, Googong NSW 2620
Custom home builder
Old Cooma Rd, Googong NSW 2620
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Googong is dominated by the R1 (General Residential) zone, which covers 3,104 of 3,924 lots (81%). The full mix is: R1 General Residential (81%), C4 Mixed Use (10%), E1 Local Centre (7%), C3 Commercial Core (1%), RU1 Primary Production (1%).
Across Googong, the average maximum building height is 8.9 m and the average maximum Floor Space Ratio (FSR) is 1.52:1. 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 — 3,105 lots in Googong 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 Googong over the past 24 months is $930,000, across 591 sales. Median unimproved land value is $498,000.
Median weekly rent for a house in Googong is $600. Gross rental yield works out to 2.9%.
Queanbeyan-Palerang Regional Council decided 471 development applications for Googong addresses over the past 24 months, with 414 approved (88% approval rate). Average processing time is 27 days. Processing time depends heavily on application complexity, council backlog, and whether the application requires referral to other agencies.
Across Googong, 1% with heritage controls, 15.5% 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.
312 of 3,924 lots in Googong show identifiable development potential — under-developed for the planning controls, eligible for a granny flat, or capable of subdivision. Average rezoning signal score: 25.2 / 100.
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Compare zoning, development potential, and DA activity across other suburbs in Queanbeyan-Palerang Regional Council and nearby postcodes.
Property management company · serves Googong, NSW
16 Lynch Ave, Googong NSW 2620
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 Googong.
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 2620 — population, age, household composition, income, tenure.
abs.gov.au
Zoning, height, FSR, and overlays parsed from the Queanbeyan-Palerang Regional 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 →