Other Animals

There are limitations on the number of poultry, roosters and cockerels allowed on urban and non-urban properties.

An approval is required to keep birds if you have:

• More than 25 birds on an urban property.
• More than 20 poultry on an urban property that is 800m2 or greater.

Poultry fact sheet(PDF, 193KB)

For information on all animals regulated through council, refer to our local laws:

To find out more about approvals for keeping more than the above number of birds or to apply for a licence, refer to Additional Animals

1. Keeping pigs is prohibited on an urban property or a property less than 10,000m2 .
2. On a property greater than 10,000m2 but less than 20,000m2 , keeping more than 2 pigs is prohibited.

1. Keeping horses, mules, donkeys, camels, cattle, sheep, deer, alpacas, llamas and goats is prohibited on a property less than 4,000m2 .
2. On an urban property, keeping more than 1 animal from the list of animals in column 1* for every 4,000m2 is prohibited.

Examples for clause 2 – On a 4,000m2 urban property, a person could keep 1 animal in total. On an 8,000m2 urban property, a person could keep 2 animals in total, such as 2 horses or 1 horse and 1 cow.

*Refer to Subordinate Local Law No.2 (Animal Management) 2011(PDF, 5MB)

1. Keeping geese, ducks, turkeys, pheasants or similar birds is prohibited on an urban property or a property less than 4,000m2.
2. On a property greater than 4,000m2 but less than 10,000m2 , keeping more than 12 birds in aggregate of geese, ducks, turkeys, pheasants or similar birds is prohibited.

Keeping peacocks, peahens and guinea fowl is prohibited on an urban property or a property less than 4,000m2 .

Keeping ratites (emus, ostriches and other similar birds) is prohibited on an urban property or a property less than 4,000m2 .