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Onkaparinga

0 residential parcels covering 56.4 km².

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.

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 #16 of 22 Adelaide-area councils for highly restricted residential land.

Highly restricted

Onkaparinga: 85% · rank #16 of 22

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

2-storey cap

  1. 1. Adelaide Plains100%
  2. 2. Adelaide Hills98%
  3. 14. Marion87%
  4. 15. Prospect85%
  5. 16. Onkaparinga84%
  6. 17. West Torrens81%
  7. 18. Gawler80%
  8. 21. Mount Barker69%
  9. 22. Adelaide33%

Low-density

  1. 1. Burnside90%
  2. 2. Mitcham90%
  3. 10. Charles Sturt25%
  4. 11. Gawler21%
  5. 12. Onkaparinga18%
  6. 13. Adelaide Hills17%
  7. 14. Light17%
  8. 21. Adelaide0%
  9. 22. Adelaide Plains0%

Heritage

  1. 1. Unley76%
  2. 2. Adelaide43%
  3. 13. West Torrens6%
  4. 14. Mitcham3%
  5. 15. Onkaparinga2%
  6. 16. Campbelltown (SA)1%
  7. 17. Tea Tree Gully1%
  8. 21. Salisbury0%
  9. 22. Light0%

Highly restricted

  1. 1. Adelaide Hills100%
  2. 2. Adelaide Plains100%
  3. 14. Marion87%
  4. 15. Prospect85%
  5. 16. Onkaparinga85%
  6. 17. Gawler83%
  7. 18. West Torrens82%
  8. 21. Playford70%
  9. 22. Adelaide44%

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