5,109 rural lots across 19 suburbs. Dominant land use: Residential and farm infrastructure.
Council boundary outlined; each circle is one rural suburb sized by rural-lot count. Click a circle to open the suburb page. Toggle the Capability / Bushfire / Flood overlays in the top-left.
Distribution of NSW DPI Land & Soil Capability classes across the 5,109 rural lots in The Hills Shire Council.
30-year climate normals from BOM weather stations, averaged across rural lots in this council.
Climate values are the average across rural lots in this suburb, drawn from BOM 30-year normals (~1,820 weather stations, KNN to lot centroids).
Above-ground biomass — woody vegetation already on the land.
DEA Fractional Cover from Sentinel-2 (25m).
Water-sharing-plan coverage and bore proximity across rural lots.
Water-sharing-plan coverage and bore proximity across rural lots.
Source: NSW DCCEEW Water Sharing Plans · NSW DCCEEW Groundwater Bores Register.
Share of rural lots in The Hills Shire Council intersecting each hazard or planning constraint.
Mean distances from rural lots to roads, schools, hospitals, transmission and substations across The Hills Shire Council.
Registered RU-zoned sales across The Hills Shire Council, last 5 years.
From ABARES Catchment Scale Land Use.
The largest-share land-use category across rural lots in The Hills Shire Council.
12-month price and volume movement, rent and yield. Reflects the broader market across The Hills Shire Council; the rural-only $/ha rate above is the rural benchmark.
Trend indicators reflect the broader suburb market (rural + residential). $/ha rural rate above is the rural-only benchmark.
Click any column header to sort. Capability is the median LSC class across rural lots; carbon is mean tCO₂e/ha; $/ha is the median 5-year rural sale rate (H/M/L pill = data confidence).
| Suburb | Rural lots↓ |
|---|---|
| Kenthurst 2156 | 1,536 |
| Glenorie 2157 | 1,057 |
| Dural 2158 | 933 |
| Maraylya 2765 | 446 |
| Annangrove 2156 | 438 |
| Cattai 2756 | 364 |
| Middle Dural 2158 | 360 |
| Maroota 2756 | 313 |
| South Maroota 2756 | 272 |
| Lower Portland 2756 | 239 |
| Sackville North 2756 | 183 |
| Glenhaven 2156 | 174 |
| Nelson 2765 | 172 |
| Wisemans Ferry 2775 | 44 |
| Leets Vale 2775 | 42 |
| Gables 2765 | 34 |
| West Pennant Hills 2125 | 21 |
| Rouse Hill 2155 | 9 |
| Carlingford 2118 | 6 |
Active mining titles, coal-mine proximity and critical-mineral occurrences across The Hills Shire Council.
Other rural councils in the same region.
Across 5,109 rural lots in The Hills Shire Council, the dominant land use is Residential and farm infrastructure. The typical land-capability class is Good grazing — from the NSW DPI Land & Soil Capability v4 polygon layer.
Rural lots in The Hills Shire Council average 957 mm annual rainfall, mean daily max temperature 23.3°C, and 4 frost days per year. Aridity index 0.67 — drawn from BOM 30-year normals.
Median rural rate across The Hills Shire Council is $1.39M/ha based on 265 registered RU-zoned sales in the last 5 years (high confidence).
Land capability is the NSW DPI Land & Soil Capability v4 polygon layer. Carbon stock is the ESA CCI Biomass 2023 satellite product (~100m). Vegetation cover (green / forest) is DEA Fractional Cover (Sentinel-2). Climate is BOM 30-year normals from ~1,820 weather stations. Rural market is from registered NSW property sales filtered to RU-zoned lots.