Highly restricted land
≈87% of Marion’s residential land is highly restricted.
Driven mostly by 2-storey height caps. Marion ranks #14 of 22 councils in Adelaide, and #54 of 133 capital city councils nationally.
Source: Geometric union of 2-storey, low-density, detached-only, and heritage controls across Marion. ABS LGA code 44060. 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 Marion ranks in Adelaide
Marion ranks #14 of 22 Adelaide-area councils for highly restricted residential land.
Highly restricted
Marion: ≈87% · rank #14 of 22
2-storey cap
- 1. Adelaide Plains≈100%
- 2. Adelaide Hills≈98%
- ⋯
- 12. Norwood Payneham and St Peters≈91%
- 13. Port Adelaide Enfield≈89%
- 14. Marion≈87%
- 15. Onkaparinga≈86%
- 16. Prospect≈85%
- ⋯
- 21. Playford≈67%
- 22. Adelaide≈33%
Low-density
- 1. Burnside≈90%
- 2. Mitcham≈90%
- ⋯
- 5. Walkerville≈68%
- 6. Norwood Payneham and St Peters≈53%
- 7. Marion≈42%
- 8. West Torrens≈34%
- 9. Holdfast Bay≈25%
- ⋯
- 21. Adelaide≈0%
- 22. Adelaide Plains≈0%
Heritage
- 1. Unley≈76%
- 2. Adelaide≈43%
- ⋯
- 16. Campbelltown (SA)≈1%
- 17. Tea Tree Gully≈1%
- 18. Marion≈0%
- 19. Playford≈0%
- 20. Adelaide Plains≈0%
- 21. Salisbury≈0%
- 22. Light≈0%
Highly restricted
- 1. Adelaide Hills≈100%
- 2. Adelaide Plains≈100%
- ⋯
- 12. Salisbury≈92%
- 13. Port Adelaide Enfield≈92%
- 14. Marion≈87%
- 15. Onkaparinga≈86%
- 16. Prospect≈85%
- ⋯
- 21. Playford≈67%
- 22. Adelaide≈44%
Source: Marion ranked against other Adelaide-area councils on each restriction metric (ex-rural shares). Methodology →
Suburbs in Marion
25 suburbs sit inside this council.
ABS Suburb & Locality (SAL) boundaries that fall at least 30% inside Marion.
- O’Halloran Hill≈100%
- Seacombe Heights≈100%
- Sheidow Park≈100%
- Trott Park≈100%
- Seaview Downs≈99%
- Glengowrie≈99%
- Seacliff Park≈99%
- Hallett Cove≈98%
- Clovelly Park≈98%
- Marino≈96%
- Marion≈96%
- South Plympton≈95%
- Glandore≈94%
- Sturt (SA)≈93%
- Dover Gardens≈92%
- Mitchell Park (SA)≈91%
- Warradale≈90%
- Ascot Park≈84%
- Seacombe Gardens≈83%
- Plympton Park≈80%
- Park Holme≈77%
- Edwardstown≈71%
- Morphettville≈67%
- Oaklands Park≈43%
- Tonsley≈1%
Adelaide context
Marion ranks #14 of 22 councils in Adelaide for highly restricted residential land.
- Adelaide Hills ≈100%
- Adelaide Plains ≈100%
- Burnside ≈98%
- Mitcham ≈98%
- Campbelltown (SA) ≈96%
- Holdfast Bay ≈95%
- Charles Sturt ≈94%
- Tea Tree Gully ≈94%
- Walkerville ≈93%
- Unley ≈92%
- Norwood Payneham and St Peters ≈92%
- Salisbury ≈92%
- Port Adelaide Enfield ≈92%
- Marion ≈87%
- Onkaparinga ≈86%
- Prospect ≈85%
- Gawler ≈83%
- West Torrens ≈81%
- Light ≈76%
- Mount Barker ≈73%
- Playford ≈67%
- Adelaide ≈44%
Detailed zoning map
Marion’s residential planning controls, polygon-by-polygon
Every residential zone in Marion
- Established NeighbourhoodEN1 km²3.9%
- Housing Diversity NeighbourhoodHDN1 km²5.0%
- Hills NeighbourhoodHN11 km²41.7%
- Suburban NeighbourhoodSN<1 km²0.3%
- Waterfront NeighbourhoodWN——
- General NeighbourhoodGN12 km²42.8%
- Master Planned NeighbourhoodMPN<1 km²0.4%
- Master Planned RenewalMPR<1 km²0.5%
- Urban Renewal NeighbourhoodURN<1 km²1.8%
- Local Activity CentreLAC<1 km²<0.1%
- Suburban Activity CentreSAC<1 km²1.2%
- Urban Activity CentreUAC<1 km²0.8%
- Urban NeighbourhoodUN<1 km²1.6%
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.