Highly restricted land
≈85% of Onkaparinga’s residential land is highly restricted.
Driven mostly by 2-storey height caps. Onkaparinga ranks #16 of 22 councils in Adelaide, and #67 of 133 capital city councils nationally.
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 #16 of 22 Adelaide-area councils for highly restricted residential land.
Highly restricted
Onkaparinga: ≈85% · rank #16 of 22
2-storey cap
- 1. Adelaide Plains≈100%
- 2. Adelaide Hills≈98%
- ⋯
- 14. Marion≈87%
- 15. Prospect≈85%
- 16. Onkaparinga≈84%
- 17. West Torrens≈81%
- 18. Gawler≈80%
- ⋯
- 21. Mount Barker≈69%
- 22. Adelaide≈33%
Low-density
- 1. Burnside≈90%
- 2. Mitcham≈90%
- ⋯
- 10. Charles Sturt≈25%
- 11. Gawler≈21%
- 12. Onkaparinga≈18%
- 13. Adelaide Hills≈17%
- 14. Light≈17%
- ⋯
- 21. Adelaide≈0%
- 22. Adelaide Plains≈0%
Heritage
- 1. Unley≈76%
- 2. Adelaide≈43%
- ⋯
- 13. West Torrens≈6%
- 14. Mitcham≈3%
- 15. Onkaparinga≈2%
- 16. Campbelltown (SA)≈1%
- 17. Tea Tree Gully≈1%
- ⋯
- 21. Salisbury≈0%
- 22. Light≈0%
Highly restricted
- 1. Adelaide Hills≈100%
- 2. Adelaide Plains≈100%
- ⋯
- 14. Marion≈87%
- 15. Prospect≈85%
- 16. Onkaparinga≈85%
- 17. Gawler≈83%
- 18. West Torrens≈82%
- ⋯
- 21. Playford≈70%
- 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.
- Maslin Beach≈100%
- O’Halloran Hill≈100%
- Old Noarlunga≈100%
- Onkaparinga Hills≈100%
- Port Willunga≈100%
- Reynella East≈100%
- Willunga≈100%
- Huntfield Heights≈100%
- Sellicks Beach≈100%
- O’Sullivan Beach≈100%
- Coromandel Valley≈99%
- Happy Valley (SA)≈99%
- Hackham West≈99%
- Port Noarlunga South≈99%
- Old Reynella≈99%
- Flagstaff Hill≈99%
- McLaren Vale≈98%
- Woodcroft (SA)≈97%
- Seaford Rise≈96%
- Reynella≈94%
- Aberfoyle Park≈91%
- Port Noarlunga≈90%
- Aldinga Beach≈88%
- Morphett Vale≈87%
- Moana≈76%
- Seaford Meadows≈67%
- Noarlunga Downs≈66%
- Seaford (SA)≈64%
- Hackham≈59%
- Christie Downs≈57%
- Christies Beach≈51%
- Noarlunga Centre≈0%
- Seaford Heights≈0%
Adelaide context
Onkaparinga ranks #16 of 22 councils in Adelaide for highly restricted residential land.
- Adelaide Hills ≈100%
- Adelaide Plains ≈100%
- Burnside ≈98%
- Mitcham ≈98%
- Charles Sturt ≈95%
- Campbelltown (SA) ≈95%
- Holdfast Bay ≈94%
- Tea Tree Gully ≈94%
- Walkerville ≈93%
- Unley ≈92%
- Norwood Payneham and St Peters ≈92%
- Salisbury ≈92%
- Port Adelaide Enfield ≈91%
- Marion ≈87%
- Prospect ≈85%
- Onkaparinga ≈85%
- Gawler ≈83%
- West Torrens ≈82%
- Light ≈76%
- Mount Barker ≈72%
- Playford ≈70%
- Adelaide ≈44%