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West Torrens

0 residential parcels covering 15.0 km².

Highly restricted land

≈81% of West Torrens’s residential land is highly restricted.

Driven mostly by 2-storey height caps. West Torrens ranks #18 of 22 councils in Adelaide, and #74 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 West Torrens. ABS LGA code 48410. 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 West Torrens ranks in Adelaide

West Torrens ranks #18 of 22 Adelaide-area councils for highly restricted residential land.

Highly restricted

West Torrens: ≈81% · rank #18 of 22

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

2-storey cap

  1. 1. Adelaide Plains≈100%
  2. 2. Adelaide Hills≈98%
  3. ⋯
  4. 16. Prospect≈85%
  5. 17. Gawler≈83%
  6. 18. West Torrens≈81%
  7. 19. Light≈76%
  8. 20. Mount Barker≈72%
  9. 21. Playford≈67%
  10. 22. Adelaide≈33%

Low-density

  1. 1. Burnside≈90%
  2. 2. Mitcham≈90%
  3. ⋯
  4. 6. Norwood Payneham and St Peters≈53%
  5. 7. Marion≈42%
  6. 8. West Torrens≈34%
  7. 9. Holdfast Bay≈25%
  8. 10. Charles Sturt≈25%
  9. ⋯
  10. 21. Adelaide≈0%
  11. 22. Adelaide Plains≈0%

Heritage

  1. 1. Unley≈76%
  2. 2. Adelaide≈43%
  3. ⋯
  4. 11. Adelaide Hills≈7%
  5. 12. Port Adelaide Enfield≈6%
  6. 13. West Torrens≈6%
  7. 14. Mitcham≈3%
  8. 15. Onkaparinga≈2%
  9. ⋯
  10. 21. Salisbury≈0%
  11. 22. Light≈0%

Highly restricted

  1. 1. Adelaide Hills≈100%
  2. 2. Adelaide Plains≈100%
  3. ⋯
  4. 16. Prospect≈85%
  5. 17. Gawler≈83%
  6. 18. West Torrens≈81%
  7. 19. Light≈76%
  8. 20. Mount Barker≈73%
  9. 21. Playford≈67%
  10. 22. Adelaide≈44%

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

Suburbs in West Torrens

15 suburbs sit inside this council.

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

  1. Fulham (SA)≈100%
  2. Novar Gardens≈100%
  3. West Beach (SA)≈100%
  4. Brooklyn Park≈97%
  5. Lockleys≈96%
  6. Richmond (SA)≈96%
  7. Glandore≈94%
  8. North Plympton≈91%
  9. Torrensville≈89%
  10. Mile End≈83%
  11. Underdale≈81%
  12. Camden Park (SA)≈80%
  13. Thebarton≈54%
  14. Kurralta Park≈48%
  15. Plympton≈25%
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Adelaide context

West Torrens ranks #18 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

West Torrens’s residential planning controls, polygon-by-polygon

Every residential zone in West Torrens

  1. Established NeighbourhoodEN3 km²18.3%
  2. Housing Diversity NeighbourhoodHDN3 km²18.9%
  3. Suburban NeighbourhoodSN3 km²16.6%
  4. General NeighbourhoodGN6 km²34.8%
  5. Urban Renewal NeighbourhoodURN<1 km²1.4%
  6. Local Activity CentreLAC<1 km²0.3%
  7. Suburban Activity CentreSAC<1 km²1.4%
  8. Urban Corridor (Boulevard)UC(Bo)1 km²4.1%
  9. Urban Corridor (Business)UC(Bu)<1 km²1.7%
  10. Urban Corridor (Living)UC(L)<1 km²0.7%
  11. Urban Corridor (Main Street)UC(MS)<1 km²1.4%
  12. 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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