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Holdfast Bay

0 residential parcels covering 8.5 km².

Highly restricted land

≈95% of Holdfast Bay’s residential land is highly restricted.

Driven mostly by 2-storey height caps. Holdfast Bay ranks #6 of 22 councils in Adelaide, and #23 of 133 capital city councils nationally.

Highly restricted residential
Not highly restricted residential

Source: Geometric union of 2-storey, low-density, detached-only, and heritage controls across Holdfast Bay. ABS LGA code 42600. Methodology →

Note: Figures and the map cover only the parts of this area inside the capital’s Significant Urban Area; land beyond the SUA boundary is excluded from our modelling.

Where Holdfast Bay ranks in Adelaide

Holdfast Bay ranks #6 of 22 Adelaide-area councils for highly restricted residential land.

Highly restricted

Holdfast Bay: ≈95% · rank #6 of 22

0% (least restrictive)(most restrictive) 100%

2-storey cap

  1. 1. Adelaide Plains≈100%
  2. 2. Adelaide Hills≈98%
  3. ⋯
  4. 8. Walkerville≈93%
  5. 9. Salisbury≈92%
  6. 10. Holdfast Bay≈92%
  7. 11. Unley≈92%
  8. 12. Norwood Payneham and St Peters≈91%
  9. ⋯
  10. 21. Playford≈67%
  11. 22. Adelaide≈33%

Low-density

  1. 1. Burnside≈90%
  2. 2. Mitcham≈90%
  3. ⋯
  4. 7. Marion≈42%
  5. 8. West Torrens≈34%
  6. 9. Holdfast Bay≈25%
  7. 10. Charles Sturt≈25%
  8. 11. Gawler≈21%
  9. ⋯
  10. 21. Adelaide≈0%
  11. 22. Adelaide Plains≈0%

Heritage

  1. 1. Unley≈76%
  2. 2. Adelaide≈43%
  3. ⋯
  4. 8. Charles Sturt≈12%
  5. 9. Mount Barker≈9%
  6. 10. Holdfast Bay≈9%
  7. 11. Adelaide Hills≈7%
  8. 12. Port Adelaide Enfield≈6%
  9. ⋯
  10. 21. Salisbury≈0%
  11. 22. Light≈0%

Highly restricted

  1. 1. Adelaide Hills≈100%
  2. 2. Adelaide Plains≈100%
  3. ⋯
  4. 4. Mitcham≈98%
  5. 5. Campbelltown (SA)≈96%
  6. 6. Holdfast Bay≈95%
  7. 7. Charles Sturt≈94%
  8. 8. Tea Tree Gully≈94%
  9. ⋯
  10. 21. Playford≈67%
  11. 22. Adelaide≈44%

Source: Holdfast Bay ranked against other Adelaide-area councils on each restriction metric (ex-rural shares). Methodology →

Suburbs in Holdfast Bay

8 suburbs sit inside this council.

ABS Suburb & Locality (SAL) boundaries that fall at least 30% inside Holdfast Bay.

  1. Glenelg East≈100%
  2. Somerton Park≈100%
  3. South Brighton≈99%
  4. North Brighton≈99%
  5. Hove≈96%
  6. Glenelg North≈93%
  7. Brighton (SA)≈92%
  8. Glenelg (SA)≈60%
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Adelaide context

Holdfast Bay ranks #6 of 22 councils in Adelaide for highly restricted residential land.

  1. Adelaide Hills ≈100%
  2. Adelaide Plains ≈100%
  3. Burnside ≈98%
  4. Mitcham ≈98%
  5. Campbelltown (SA) ≈96%
  6. Holdfast Bay ≈95%
  7. Charles Sturt ≈94%
  8. Tea Tree Gully ≈94%
  9. Walkerville ≈93%
  10. Unley ≈92%
  11. Norwood Payneham and St Peters ≈92%
  12. Salisbury ≈92%
  13. Port Adelaide Enfield ≈92%
  14. Marion ≈87%
  15. Onkaparinga ≈86%
  16. Prospect ≈85%
  17. Gawler ≈83%
  18. West Torrens ≈81%
  19. Light ≈76%
  20. Mount Barker ≈73%
  21. Playford ≈67%
  22. Adelaide ≈44%
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Detailed zoning map

Holdfast Bay’s residential planning controls, polygon-by-polygon

Every residential zone in Holdfast Bay

  1. Established NeighbourhoodEN2 km²20.7%
  2. Housing Diversity NeighbourhoodHDN1 km²7.3%
  3. Hills NeighbourhoodHN<1 km²<0.1%
  4. Suburban NeighbourhoodSN<1 km²0.4%
  5. Waterfront NeighbourhoodWN<1 km²2.3%
  6. General NeighbourhoodGN6 km²61.0%
  7. Master Planned NeighbourhoodMPN<1 km²0.1%
  8. Urban Renewal NeighbourhoodURN<1 km²2.9%
  9. Local Activity CentreLAC<1 km²0.4%
  10. Suburban Activity CentreSAC<1 km²1.7%
  11. Suburban BusinessSB<1 km²0.4%
  12. Urban Corridor (Main Street)UC(MS)<1 km²1.2%
  13. Urban NeighbourhoodUN<1 km²1.3%
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Source: State-published zoning data, residential ex-rural, bounded to the Significant Urban Area. Areas measure the zone polygons drawn here, which include road reserve and unsubdivided land, so they are a different measure from the lot-by-lot areas behind this page’s restricted-land figures.

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