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Unley

0 residential parcels covering 9.9 km².

Highly restricted land

≈92% of Unley’s residential land is highly restricted.

Driven mostly by 2-storey height caps. Unley ranks #10 of 22 councils in Adelaide, and #35 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 Unley. ABS LGA code 47980. 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 Unley ranks in Adelaide

Unley ranks #10 of 22 Adelaide-area councils for highly restricted residential land.

Highly restricted

Unley: ≈92% · rank #10 of 22

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

2-storey cap

  1. 1. Adelaide Plains≈100%
  2. 2. Adelaide Hills≈98%
  3. ⋯
  4. 9. Salisbury≈92%
  5. 10. Holdfast Bay≈92%
  6. 11. Unley≈92%
  7. 12. Norwood Payneham and St Peters≈91%
  8. 13. Port Adelaide Enfield≈89%
  9. ⋯
  10. 21. Playford≈67%
  11. 22. Adelaide≈33%

Low-density

  1. 1. Burnside≈90%
  2. 2. Mitcham≈90%
  3. 3. Unley≈83%
  4. 4. Prospect≈82%
  5. 5. Walkerville≈68%
  6. ⋯
  7. 21. Adelaide≈0%
  8. 22. Adelaide Plains≈0%

Heritage

  1. 1. Unley≈76%
  2. 2. Adelaide≈43%
  3. 3. Walkerville≈39%
  4. ⋯
  5. 21. Salisbury≈0%
  6. 22. Light≈0%

Highly restricted

  1. 1. Adelaide Hills≈100%
  2. 2. Adelaide Plains≈100%
  3. ⋯
  4. 8. Tea Tree Gully≈94%
  5. 9. Walkerville≈93%
  6. 10. Unley≈92%
  7. 11. Norwood Payneham and St Peters≈92%
  8. 12. Salisbury≈92%
  9. ⋯
  10. 21. Playford≈67%
  11. 22. Adelaide≈44%

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

Suburbs in Unley

9 suburbs sit inside this council.

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

  1. Clarence Park≈100%
  2. Goodwood (SA)≈100%
  3. Millswood≈100%
  4. Unley Park≈100%
  5. Malvern (SA)≈97%
  6. Myrtle Bank (SA)≈92%
  7. Parkside (SA)≈90%
  8. Fullarton≈85%
  9. Unley≈84%
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Adelaide context

Unley ranks #10 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

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

Every residential zone in Unley

  1. Established NeighbourhoodEN8 km²73.4%
  2. Housing Diversity NeighbourhoodHDN<1 km²1.3%
  3. Suburban NeighbourhoodSN1 km²9.5%
  4. General NeighbourhoodGN<1 km²3.5%
  5. Urban Renewal NeighbourhoodURN<1 km²3.8%
  6. Local Activity CentreLAC<1 km²0.2%
  7. Suburban Activity CentreSAC<1 km²1.2%
  8. Suburban Main StreetSMS<1 km²0.8%
  9. Business NeighbourhoodBN<1 km²2.1%
  10. Urban Corridor (Boulevard)UC(Bo)<1 km²2.0%
  11. Urban Corridor (Business)UC(Bu)<1 km²0.3%
  12. Urban Corridor (Living)UC(L)<1 km²0.6%
  13. Urban Corridor (Main Street)UC(MS)<1 km²1.3%
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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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