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The Council of the Shire of Hornsby

2,083 rural lots across 12 suburbs. Dominant land use: Residential and farm infrastructure.

2,083
Rural lots
5,817 ha
Rural land
Good grazing
Typical capability (class 4)
193 tCO₂e/ha
Mean above-ground biomass

The Council of the Shire of Hornsby — rural suburbs

© NSW Government · Digital Earth Australia · CSIRO

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.

Suburb circles · sized by rural lots
10 500 5,000+
Overlays © NSW Government
Capability

Land & soil capability mix

Distribution of land-capability classes across the 2,083 rural lots in The Council of the Shire of Hornsby.

Class 4 Good grazing
Class 1–20%
Class 3–478%
Class 5–64%
Class 7–818%
NSW DPI Land & Soil Capability v4 — Class 1 is prime cropping land, Class 8 is conservation only. Polygon-intersect with each rural lot.
Climate

Rainfall, temperature, growing window

Long-term climate averages across rural lots in this council.

Annual rainfall
961 mm
Moderate rainfall
Mean max temp
23.3 °C
annual average daily max
Extreme heat days
10 / year
Mild summers
Frost days
4 / year
Frost-free
Aridity index
0.68 P/PET
Humid

Climate values are the average across rural lots in this area, drawn from Bureau of Meteorology 30-year normals.

Carbon

Carbon profile

Above-ground biomass — woody vegetation already on the land.

193 tCO₂e/ha
mean across rural lots
1.11 M tCO₂e
total estimated
Satellite above-ground biomass, summarised per lot.
Vegetation

Cover profile

Digital Earth Australia Fractional Cover, from Sentinel-2 imagery.

Green cover63%
Forest cover32%
Water

Surface water rights and groundwater

Water-sharing-plan coverage and bore proximity across rural lots.

Water access

Surface and groundwater

Water-sharing-plan coverage and bore proximity across rural lots.

100%
in a water sharing plan
0%
with groundwater access
Nearest registered bore
0.4
km away
Bore on or beside the property is typical.
Plan: Water Sharing Plan for the Greater Metropolitan Region Unregulated River Water Sources 2023

Source: NSW DCCEEW Water Sharing Plans · NSW DCCEEW Groundwater Bores Register.

Risks & constraints

Hazard exposure across rural lots

Share of rural lots in The Council of the Shire of Hornsby intersecting each hazard or planning constraint.

Bushfire-prone 82%
Threatened ecological 31%
TEC mapping — clearing constraints apply.
Heritage-listed 3%
No exposure
Flood-prone · Groundwater vulnerable · Salinity-prone · Landslide-prone · Mine subsidence · Acid-sulfate soils · Contamination history · Coastal environment · In mining title
Infrastructure

Access and grid connection

Mean distances from rural lots to roads, schools, hospitals, transmission and substations across The Council of the Shire of Hornsby.

Connectivity

Roads, rail, schools

Classified road 729 m
Nearest school 1.8 km
Rail station 8.0 km
Energy

Grid + transmission

Substation 4.1 km · 330 kV
Transmission line 700 m · 330 kV
Transmission line on-doorstep — viable for utility-scale solar.
Services

Health + water

Nearest hospital 10.0 km
Water treatment 3.1 km
Rural market
High confidence

Land sale activity

Registered rural-zoned sales across The Council of the Shire of Hornsby, last 5 years.

$1.98M
per hectare (median)
77
sales (last 5 yrs)
Land use

Dominant rural land use

From the ABARES Catchment Scale Land Use classification.

Residential and farm infrastructure

The largest-share land-use category across rural lots in The Council of the Shire of Hornsby.

Market trends

Council-wide pulse

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.

Price change · 12 mo
+0.5%
median price across all sales (residential + rural)
Price change · 3 mo
+8.8%
Sales volume · 12 mo
+2.4%
year-on-year change in sale count
Median weekly rent
$725
+12.9% y/y
Gross rental yield
1.59%
Days on market
58 days
9 active listings

Trend indicators reflect the broader suburb market (rural + residential). $/ha rural rate above is the rural-only benchmark.

Rural suburbs in The Council of the Shire of Hornsby (7)

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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
Mining & resources

Subsurface activity nearby

Active mining titles, coal-mine proximity and critical-mineral occurrences across The Council of the Shire of Hornsby.

In mining title
0%
of rural lots
Nearest mine
28.0 km
mean across lots
Coal < 10 km
0%
of rural lots
Nearest critical mineral
139.8 km
Au, (Ag, Fe)
Land character
Geology Lachlan Orogen Wine region South Coast

About The Council of the Shire of Hornsby

What's the dominant rural land use in The Council of the Shire of Hornsby?

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.

What's the climate of The Council of the Shire of Hornsby's rural land?

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.

What's the rural land market like in The Council of the Shire of Hornsby?

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.

What data sources are used?

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.