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Brisbane

441,047 residential parcels covering 296.7 km².

Highly restricted land

≈88% of Brisbane’s residential land is highly restricted.

Driven mostly by 2-storey height caps. Brisbane ranks #2 of 5 councils in Brisbane, and #50 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 Brisbane. ABS LGA code 31000. 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 Brisbane ranks in Brisbane

Brisbane ranks #2 of 5 Brisbane-area councils for highly restricted residential land.

Highly restricted

Brisbane: ≈88% · rank #2 of 5

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

2-storey cap

  1. 1. Redland≈89%
  2. 2. Brisbane≈87%
  3. 3. Ipswich≈85%
  4. 4. Logan≈80%
  5. 5. Moreton Bay≈73%

Low-density

  1. 1. Brisbane≈80%
  2. 2. Redland≈77%
  3. 3. Ipswich≈76%
  4. 4. Logan≈50%
  5. 5. Moreton Bay≈2%

Heritage

  1. 1. Ipswich≈1%
  2. 2. Brisbane≈1%
  3. 3. Logan≈1%
  4. 4. Moreton Bay≈1%
  5. 5. Redland≈0%

Highly restricted

  1. 1. Redland≈89%
  2. 2. Brisbane≈88%
  3. 3. Logan≈88%
  4. 4. Ipswich≈86%
  5. 5. Moreton Bay≈73%

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

Suburbs in Brisbane

164 suburbs sit inside this council.

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

  1. Anstead≈100%
  2. Balmoral (Qld)≈100%
  3. Brookfield (Qld)≈100%
  4. Doolandella≈100%
  5. Fig Tree Pocket≈100%
  6. Hemmant≈100%
  7. Kalinga≈100%
  8. Kenmore Hills≈100%
  9. Lota≈100%
  10. Mackenzie (Brisbane - Qld)≈100%
  11. Mount Crosby≈100%
  12. Seventeen Mile Rocks≈100%
  13. Stretton≈100%
  14. Wakerley≈100%
  15. Bridgeman Downs≈100%
  16. Ellen Grove≈100%
  17. Chapel Hill (Qld)≈100%
  18. Jamboree Heights≈100%
  19. Chelmer≈100%
  20. Robertson (Qld)≈100%
  21. Chermside West≈100%
  22. Westlake≈100%
  23. Rochedale≈100%
  24. Bardon≈100%
  25. Karana Downs≈100%
  26. Brighton (Qld)≈100%
  27. Kuraby≈99%
  28. Upper Kedron≈99%
  29. Mansfield (Qld)≈99%
  30. Wavell Heights≈99%
  31. Tarragindi≈99%
  32. Wishart (Qld)≈99%
  33. Algester≈99%
  34. Riverhills≈99%
  35. Parkinson≈99%
  36. Seven Hills (Qld)≈99%
  37. Carina Heights≈99%
  38. Shorncliffe≈99%
  39. Boondall≈99%
  40. Carina (Qld)≈99%
  41. Drewvale≈99%
  42. Virginia (Qld)≈99%
  43. Stafford Heights≈99%
  44. Manly West≈99%
  45. Hendra≈99%
  46. Runcorn≈99%
  47. Sinnamon Park≈99%
  48. The Gap (Brisbane - Qld)≈99%
  49. Tingalpa≈99%
  50. Moggill≈99%
  51. McDowall≈99%
  52. Bracken Ridge≈98%
  53. Belmont (Qld)≈98%
  54. Grange (Qld)≈98%
  55. Durack (Qld)≈98%
  56. Camp Hill≈98%
  57. Geebung≈98%
  58. Ashgrove≈98%
  59. Hawthorne≈98%
  60. Middle Park (Qld)≈98%
  61. Holland Park West≈97%
  62. Nudgee≈97%
  63. Graceville≈97%
  64. Eight Mile Plains≈97%
  65. Holland Park≈97%
  66. Sunnybank Hills≈96%
  67. Paddington (Qld)≈96%
  68. Bellbowrie≈96%
  69. Keperra≈96%
  70. Red Hill (Brisbane - Qld)≈96%
  71. Calamvale≈96%
  72. Wynnum West≈96%
  73. Kenmore≈95%
  74. Acacia Ridge≈95%
  75. Taigum≈95%
  76. Deagon≈95%
  77. St Lucia≈94%
  78. Ferny Grove≈94%
  79. Inala≈94%
  80. Forest Lake≈94%
  81. Kedron≈94%
  82. Bald Hills (Qld)≈94%
  83. Oxley (Qld)≈94%
  84. Carindale≈93%
  85. Macgregor (Qld)≈93%
  86. Mount Gravatt East≈92%
  87. Bulimba≈92%
  88. Sandgate (Qld)≈92%
  89. Heathwood≈92%
  90. Salisbury (Qld)≈92%
  91. Everton Park≈92%
  92. Stafford≈91%
  93. Sunnybank≈91%
  94. Herston≈91%
  95. Aspley≈90%
  96. Banyo≈90%
  97. Highgate Hill≈89%
  98. Jindalee (Qld)≈89%
  99. Rocklea (Qld)≈88%
  100. Enoggera≈88%
  101. Kelvin Grove≈87%
  102. Corinda≈87%
  103. Coopers Plains≈87%
  104. Mount Gravatt≈86%
  105. Mitchelton≈85%
  106. Wynnum≈85%
  107. Zillmere≈85%
  108. Coorparoo≈83%
  109. Carseldine≈83%
  110. Norman Park≈83%
  111. Sherwood (Qld)≈82%
  112. Mount Ommaney≈82%
  113. Dutton Park≈82%
  114. Wooloowin≈82%
  115. New Farm≈81%
  116. East Brisbane≈81%
  117. Petrie Terrace≈81%
  118. Annerley≈81%
  119. Fairfield (Qld)≈81%
  120. Murarrie≈81%
  121. Indooroopilly≈81%
  122. Gordon Park≈81%
  123. Morningside≈80%
  124. Newmarket≈80%
  125. Alderley≈80%
  126. Greenslopes≈80%
  127. Wilston≈79%
  128. Moorooka≈78%
  129. Northgate (Qld)≈78%
  130. Toowong≈78%
  131. Yeronga≈77%
  132. Chuwar≈76%
  133. Darra≈76%
  134. Manly (Qld)≈76%
  135. Cannon Hill≈75%
  136. Ascot (Brisbane - Qld)≈74%
  137. Auchenflower≈73%
  138. Clayfield≈72%
  139. Taringa≈70%
  140. Pallara≈69%
  141. Gaythorne≈67%
  142. Nundah≈63%
  143. Teneriffe≈63%
  144. West End (Brisbane - Qld)≈63%
  145. Yeerongpilly≈60%
  146. Upper Mount Gravatt≈59%
  147. Windsor (Qld)≈58%
  148. Woolloongabba≈48%
  149. Milton (Qld)≈47%
  150. Chermside≈47%
  151. Hamilton (Qld)≈44%
  152. Bowen Hills≈38%
  153. Spring Hill (Qld)≈37%
  154. Brisbane City≈37%
  155. Kangaroo Point (Qld)≈37%
  156. Albion (Brisbane - Qld)≈34%
  157. Fortitude Valley≈28%
  158. Lutwyche≈25%
  159. Fitzgibbon≈23%
  160. South Brisbane≈20%
  161. Stones Corner≈12%
  162. Newstead (Qld)≈5%
  163. Richlands (Qld)≈4%
  164. Eagle Farm≈0%
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Brisbane context

Brisbane ranks #2 of 5 councils in Brisbane for highly restricted residential land.

  1. Redland ≈89%
  2. Brisbane ≈88%
  3. Logan ≈88%
  4. Ipswich ≈86%
  5. Moreton Bay ≈73%
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Detailed zoning map

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

Every residential zone in Brisbane

  1. Character residentialCR29 km²11.3%
  2. Low density residentialLDR174 km²68.9%
  3. Low to medium density residentialLMDR<1 km²<0.1%
  4. Low-medium density residentialLMR28 km²11.0%
  5. Medium density residentialMDR3 km²1.3%
  6. High density residentialHDR2 km²0.8%
  7. District centreDC5 km²2.0%
  8. Major centreMC1 km²0.3%
  9. Neighbourhood centreNC1 km²0.6%
  10. Principal centrePC2 km²0.8%
  11. Priority Development AreaPDA4 km²1.7%
  12. Mixed useMU3 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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