Westlake Village, CA
North Ranch
North Ranch is a large-lot, single-family estate neighborhood built directly against North Ranch Open Space, a 2,604-acre preserve of sandstone cliffs, coastal sage scrub, and oak woodland managed largely by COSCA; homes back onto wildland along much of the perimeter rather than onto other development. It isn't one gated community: a master property-owners' association, Westlake North Ranch POA, covers roughly 4,700 acres across nine tracts, alongside several smaller sub-HOAs; one enclave sometimes marketed as guard-gated, Country Club Estates, couldn't be confirmed as gated against any HOA's own governing documents. North Ranch Country Club anchors the neighborhood socially with a private 27-hole course across three nines, renovated in part in 2024, though membership isn't required to live here. The direct wildland interface that defines the setting carried a real cost in November 2018, when North Ranch was under mandatory evacuation during the Woolsey Fire, with documented home losses on some streets, a fact any buyer weighing wildfire exposure here should check against a specific parcel. Despite being marketed almost universally as Westlake Village, North Ranch sits entirely within the City of Thousand Oaks, Ventura County, zoned to Conejo Valley Unified schools rather than Las Virgenes.
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What defines it
- Marketed as Westlake Village, but the neighborhood sits entirely within the City of Thousand Oaks
- Backs directly onto North Ranch Open Space, a 2,604-acre preserve of sandstone cliffs and oak woodland
- Governed by a master property-owners' association, Westlake North Ranch POA, covering 4,701.49 acres across nine tracts
- North Ranch Country Club's private course runs 27 holes across three nines, with a 2024 renovation of two of them
- Under mandatory evacuation during the 2018 Woolsey Fire, with documented home losses
The Housing Stock
North Ranch's homes sit within one master property-owners' association plus several smaller sub-HOAs rather than one uniformly built tract, with lot size and proximity to the adjoining open space driving more of the variation than any single subdivision phase.
Frequently asked
Is North Ranch actually in Westlake Village?
No. It is universally marketed as Westlake Village, but it sits entirely within the City of Thousand Oaks, Ventura County. The City of Westlake Village's own planning director has said on record that North Ranch residents often assume otherwise and don't realize they live in Thousand Oaks.
What school district and schools serve North Ranch?
Conejo Valley Unified School District. Direct queries against the district's own boundary tool at several North Ranch locations all returned the same three schools: Westlake Hills Elementary, Colina Middle School, and Westlake High School. Always confirm an exact address against the district's own boundary tool before relying on it for a specific property.
Is North Ranch a gated community?
Not as a whole. It is governed by a master property-owners' association, Westlake North Ranch POA, plus several separate sub-HOAs recorded with the City of Thousand Oaks. Some individual enclaves are described elsewhere as guard-gated, but that could not be confirmed against any association's own governing documents.
Is North Ranch Country Club open to the public?
No, it is a private club with two membership tiers, one including golf and one athletic-only. Specific dues and initiation fees aren't published online, and living in North Ranch does not require membership, since the club is a separate legal entity from any residential association.
How big is North Ranch?
The City of Thousand Oaks' records put the master homeowners' association covering North Ranch at 4,701.49 acres spread across nine recorded tracts, a considerably more precise number than the rounded figures real estate sites tend to quote.
Is North Ranch at wildfire risk?
It sits directly against a 2,604-acre wildland open space and was under mandatory evacuation, with documented home losses, during the 2018 Woolsey Fire. The county fire district serving Thousand Oaks adopted updated state fire-hazard-severity-zone maps effective July 2025. Check a specific parcel against the county's current hazard map before purchase.
