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Playford

0 residential parcels covering 31.1 km².

Highly restricted land

≈67% of Playford’s residential land is highly restricted.

Driven mostly by 2-storey height caps. Playford ranks #21 of 22 councils in Adelaide, and #103 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 Playford. ABS LGA code 45680. 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 Playford ranks in Adelaide

Playford ranks #21 of 22 Adelaide-area councils for highly restricted residential land.

Highly restricted

Playford: ≈67% · rank #21 of 22

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

2-storey cap

  1. 1. Adelaide Plains≈100%
  2. 2. Adelaide Hills≈98%
  3. ⋯
  4. 19. Light≈76%
  5. 20. Mount Barker≈72%
  6. 21. Playford≈67%
  7. 22. Adelaide≈33%

Low-density

  1. 1. Burnside≈90%
  2. 2. Mitcham≈90%
  3. ⋯
  4. 13. Adelaide Hills≈17%
  5. 14. Light≈17%
  6. 15. Playford≈14%
  7. 16. Port Adelaide Enfield≈10%
  8. 17. Campbelltown (SA)≈9%
  9. ⋯
  10. 21. Adelaide≈0%
  11. 22. Adelaide Plains≈0%

Heritage

  1. 1. Unley≈76%
  2. 2. Adelaide≈43%
  3. ⋯
  4. 17. Tea Tree Gully≈1%
  5. 18. Marion≈0%
  6. 19. Playford≈0%
  7. 20. Adelaide Plains≈0%
  8. 21. Salisbury≈0%
  9. 22. Light≈0%

Highly restricted

  1. 1. Adelaide Hills≈100%
  2. 2. Adelaide Plains≈100%
  3. ⋯
  4. 19. Light≈76%
  5. 20. Mount Barker≈73%
  6. 21. Playford≈67%
  7. 22. Adelaide≈44%

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

Suburbs in Playford

21 suburbs sit inside this council.

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

  1. Hillbank≈100%
  2. Virginia (SA)≈100%
  3. Elizabeth Park≈99%
  4. Craigmore≈99%
  5. Elizabeth East≈99%
  6. Elizabeth Downs≈99%
  7. Angle Vale≈98%
  8. Elizabeth Grove≈96%
  9. Elizabeth Vale≈93%
  10. Elizabeth South≈85%
  11. Munno Para West≈74%
  12. Elizabeth North≈68%
  13. Blakeview≈58%
  14. Elizabeth≈41%
  15. Andrews Farm≈34%
  16. Smithfield (SA)≈31%
  17. Davoren Park≈14%
  18. Smithfield Plains≈12%
  19. Munno Para Downs≈3%
  20. Munno Para≈0%
  21. Buckland Park≈0%
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Adelaide context

Playford ranks #21 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

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

Every residential zone in Playford

  1. Established NeighbourhoodEN1 km²1.1%
  2. Housing Diversity NeighbourhoodHDN1 km²1.8%
  3. Hills NeighbourhoodHN5 km²8.0%
  4. Master Planned TownshipMPT9 km²15.8%
  5. Township Activity CentreTAC<1 km²0.3%
  6. Township Main StreetTMS<1 km²0.1%
  7. General NeighbourhoodGN13 km²23.4%
  8. Master Planned NeighbourhoodMPN27 km²46.3%
  9. Local Activity CentreLAC<1 km²0.2%
  10. Suburban Activity CentreSAC1 km²1.5%
  11. Urban Activity CentreUAC1 km²1.5%
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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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