2,083 rural lots across 12 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 land-capability classes across the 2,083 rural lots in The Council of the Shire of Hornsby.
Long-term climate averages across rural lots in this council.
Climate values are the average across rural lots in this area, drawn from Bureau of Meteorology 30-year normals.
Above-ground biomass — woody vegetation already on the land.
Digital Earth Australia Fractional Cover, from Sentinel-2 imagery.
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 Council of the Shire of Hornsby intersecting each hazard or planning constraint.
Mean distances from rural lots to roads, schools, hospitals, transmission and substations across The Council of the Shire of Hornsby.
Registered rural-zoned sales across The Council of the Shire of Hornsby, last 5 years.
From the ABARES Catchment Scale Land Use classification.
The largest-share land-use category across rural lots in The Council of the Shire of Hornsby.
12-month price and volume movement, rent and yield. Reflects the broader market across The Council of the Shire of Hornsby; the rural-only rate above is the rural benchmark.
Trend indicators reflect the broader suburb market (rural + residential). $/ha rural rate above is the rural-only benchmark.
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| Suburb | Rural lots↓ |
|---|---|
| Galston 2159 | 521 |
| Arcadia 2159 | 376 |
| Fiddletown 2159 | 64 |
| Canoelands 2157 | 47 |
| Berrilee 2159 | 46 |
| Forest Glen 2157 | 29 |
| Castle Hill 2154 | 7 |
Active mining titles, coal-mine proximity and critical-mineral occurrences across The Council of the Shire of Hornsby.
Other rural councils in the same region.
Across 2,083 rural lots in The Council of the Shire of Hornsby, the dominant land use is Residential and farm infrastructure. Typical land capability is good grazing.
Rural lots in The Council of the Shire of Hornsby average 961 mm annual rainfall, mean daily max temperature 23.3°C, and 4 frost days per year. Aridity index 0.68.
The median rural rate across The Council of the Shire of Hornsby is $1.98M/ha based on 77 registered rural-zoned sales in the last 5 years.
Land capability comes from the NSW Land & Soil Capability mapping. Carbon stock is derived from the ESA Climate Change Initiative Biomass product. Vegetation cover is Digital Earth Australia Fractional Cover from Sentinel-2. Rural market activity is from registered NSW property sales on rural-zoned lots. Land use is the ABARES Catchment Scale Land Use category, and lot identity comes from the NSW Digital Cadastral Database.
Rural lots are those in a rural (RU) zone under the local environmental plan.