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Mitcham

0 residential parcels covering 23.8 km².

Highly restricted land

≈98% of Mitcham’s residential land is highly restricted.

Driven mostly by 2-storey height caps. Mitcham ranks #4 of 22 councils in Adelaide, and #12 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 Mitcham. ABS LGA code 44340. 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 Mitcham ranks in Adelaide

Mitcham ranks #4 of 22 Adelaide-area councils for highly restricted residential land.

Highly restricted

Mitcham: ≈98% · rank #4 of 22

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

2-storey cap

  1. 1. Adelaide Plains≈100%
  2. 2. Adelaide Hills≈98%
  3. 3. Mitcham≈98%
  4. 4. Burnside≈98%
  5. 5. Campbelltown (SA)≈95%
  6. ⋯
  7. 21. Playford≈67%
  8. 22. Adelaide≈33%

Low-density

  1. 1. Burnside≈90%
  2. 2. Mitcham≈90%
  3. 3. Unley≈83%
  4. 4. Prospect≈82%
  5. ⋯
  6. 21. Adelaide≈0%
  7. 22. Adelaide Plains≈0%

Heritage

  1. 1. Unley≈76%
  2. 2. Adelaide≈43%
  3. ⋯
  4. 12. Port Adelaide Enfield≈6%
  5. 13. West Torrens≈6%
  6. 14. Mitcham≈3%
  7. 15. Onkaparinga≈2%
  8. 16. Campbelltown (SA)≈1%
  9. ⋯
  10. 21. Salisbury≈0%
  11. 22. Light≈0%

Highly restricted

  1. 1. Adelaide Hills≈100%
  2. 2. Adelaide Plains≈100%
  3. 3. Burnside≈98%
  4. 4. Mitcham≈98%
  5. 5. Campbelltown (SA)≈96%
  6. 6. Holdfast Bay≈95%
  7. ⋯
  8. 21. Playford≈67%
  9. 22. Adelaide≈44%

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

Suburbs in Mitcham

24 suburbs sit inside this council.

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

  1. Clapham≈100%
  2. Clarence Gardens≈100%
  3. Colonel Light Gardens≈100%
  4. Craigburn Farm≈100%
  5. Eden Hills≈100%
  6. Glenalta≈100%
  7. Hawthorndene≈100%
  8. Lower Mitcham≈100%
  9. Melrose Park (SA)≈100%
  10. Mitcham (SA)≈100%
  11. Netherby (SA)≈100%
  12. St Marys (SA)≈100%
  13. Bellevue Heights≈100%
  14. Belair≈100%
  15. Westbourne Park≈97%
  16. Torrens Park≈97%
  17. Pasadena≈96%
  18. Daw Park≈96%
  19. Kingswood (SA)≈96%
  20. Cumberland Park≈94%
  21. Hawthorn (SA)≈94%
  22. Blackwood (SA)≈94%
  23. Panorama≈91%
  24. Bedford Park≈46%
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Adelaide context

Mitcham ranks #4 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

Mitcham’s residential planning controls, polygon-by-polygon

Every residential zone in Mitcham

  1. Established NeighbourhoodEN4 km²13.4%
  2. Hills NeighbourhoodHN13 km²49.9%
  3. Suburban NeighbourhoodSN7 km²26.1%
  4. General NeighbourhoodGN2 km²7.4%
  5. Urban Renewal NeighbourhoodURN<1 km²0.4%
  6. Local Activity CentreLAC<1 km²<0.1%
  7. Suburban Activity CentreSAC<1 km²1.1%
  8. Business NeighbourhoodBN<1 km²0.2%
  9. Suburban BusinessSB<1 km²<0.1%
  10. Urban Corridor (Living)UC(L)<1 km²0.7%
  11. Urban NeighbourhoodUN<1 km²0.5%
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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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