Australian Zoning Atlas

How planning controls shape our cities.

By understanding how our nation’s land use controls work, we can determine what we can change.

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Sorted by share of residential land within 20km that’s highly restricted —most restrictive top-left.

TAS

≈97%

#1 of 8 · most to least restrictive

≈92%

#2 of 8 · most to least restrictive

≈88%

#3 of 8 · most to least restrictive

QLD

≈87%

#4 of 8 · most to least restrictive

≈86%

#5 of 8 · most to least restrictive

NSW

≈81%

#6 of 8 · most to least restrictive

ACT

≈74%

#7 of 8 · most to least restrictive

VIC

≈43%

#8 of 8 · most to least restrictive

Residential land

Highly restricted

Not highly restricted residential

Eight capital cities only—the rest of the continent has no zoning data.