The suburbs that are home to Sydney’s biggest NIMBYs
Councils in Sydney’s eastern suburbs and lower north shore are the city’s most anti-development local government areas, with new research showing aggressive NIMBYism is driving property prices higher amid chronic under-building.
Council areas including Woollahra, Hunters Hill and Mosman had the lowest levels of new dwelling construction in Sydney between 2016 and 2021, according to analysis of census data by the Centre for Independent Studies.
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