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Onkaparinga

0 residential parcels covering 56.5 km².

Highly restricted land

≈86% of Onkaparinga’s residential land is highly restricted.

Driven mostly by 2-storey height caps. Onkaparinga ranks #15 of 22 councils in Adelaide, and #62 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 Onkaparinga. ABS LGA code 45340. 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 Onkaparinga ranks in Adelaide

Onkaparinga ranks #15 of 22 Adelaide-area councils for highly restricted residential land.

Highly restricted

Onkaparinga: ≈86% · rank #15 of 22

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

2-storey cap

  1. 1. Adelaide Plains≈100%
  2. 2. Adelaide Hills≈98%
  3. ⋯
  4. 13. Port Adelaide Enfield≈89%
  5. 14. Marion≈87%
  6. 15. Onkaparinga≈86%
  7. 16. Prospect≈85%
  8. 17. Gawler≈83%
  9. ⋯
  10. 21. Playford≈67%
  11. 22. Adelaide≈33%

Low-density

  1. 1. Burnside≈90%
  2. 2. Mitcham≈90%
  3. ⋯
  4. 10. Charles Sturt≈25%
  5. 11. Gawler≈21%
  6. 12. Onkaparinga≈18%
  7. 13. Adelaide Hills≈17%
  8. 14. Light≈17%
  9. ⋯
  10. 21. Adelaide≈0%
  11. 22. Adelaide Plains≈0%

Heritage

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

Highly restricted

  1. 1. Adelaide Hills≈100%
  2. 2. Adelaide Plains≈100%
  3. ⋯
  4. 13. Port Adelaide Enfield≈92%
  5. 14. Marion≈87%
  6. 15. Onkaparinga≈86%
  7. 16. Prospect≈85%
  8. 17. Gawler≈83%
  9. ⋯
  10. 21. Playford≈67%
  11. 22. Adelaide≈44%

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

Suburbs in Onkaparinga

33 suburbs sit inside this council.

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

  1. Maslin Beach≈100%
  2. O’Halloran Hill≈100%
  3. Old Noarlunga≈100%
  4. Onkaparinga Hills≈100%
  5. Port Willunga≈100%
  6. Reynella East≈100%
  7. Willunga≈100%
  8. Huntfield Heights≈100%
  9. O’Sullivan Beach≈100%
  10. Coromandel Valley≈99%
  11. Happy Valley (SA)≈99%
  12. Hackham West≈99%
  13. Port Noarlunga South≈99%
  14. Flagstaff Hill≈99%
  15. Old Reynella≈98%
  16. McLaren Vale≈98%
  17. Woodcroft (SA)≈97%
  18. Seaford Rise≈96%
  19. Reynella≈94%
  20. Aberfoyle Park≈91%
  21. Sellicks Beach≈90%
  22. Port Noarlunga≈90%
  23. Aldinga Beach≈88%
  24. Morphett Vale≈87%
  25. Moana≈76%
  26. Seaford Meadows≈67%
  27. Noarlunga Downs≈66%
  28. Seaford (SA)≈64%
  29. Hackham≈59%
  30. Christie Downs≈57%
  31. Christies Beach≈51%
  32. Noarlunga Centre≈0%
  33. Seaford Heights≈0%
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Adelaide context

Onkaparinga ranks #15 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

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

Every residential zone in Onkaparinga

  1. Established NeighbourhoodEN1 km²1.9%
  2. Housing Diversity NeighbourhoodHDN14 km²19.8%
  3. Hills NeighbourhoodHN9 km²13.0%
  4. Master Planned TownshipMPT<1 km²0.3%
  5. Suburban NeighbourhoodSN2 km²2.2%
  6. TownshipT<1 km²0.7%
  7. Township Main StreetTMS<1 km²0.2%
  8. Township NeighbourhoodTN2 km²2.9%
  9. General NeighbourhoodGN34 km²48.5%
  10. Master Planned NeighbourhoodMPN4 km²6.0%
  11. Local Activity CentreLAC<1 km²0.2%
  12. Suburban Activity CentreSAC1 km²1.9%
  13. Suburban Main StreetSMS<1 km²0.6%
  14. Urban Activity CentreUAC1 km²1.2%
  15. Home IndustryHIn<1 km²0.3%
  16. Suburban BusinessSB<1 km²0.1%
  17. Urban NeighbourhoodUN<1 km²0.2%
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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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