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Redland

59,120 residential parcels covering 53.6 km².

Highly restricted land

≈89% of Redland’s residential land is highly restricted.

Driven mostly by 2-storey height caps. Redland ranks #1 of 5 councils in Brisbane, and #48 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 Redland. ABS LGA code 36250. 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 Redland ranks in Brisbane

Redland ranks #1 of 5 Brisbane-area councils for highly restricted residential land.

Highly restricted

Redland: ≈89% · rank #1 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: Redland ranked against other Brisbane-area councils on each restriction metric (ex-rural shares). Methodology →

Suburbs in Redland

11 suburbs sit inside this council.

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

  1. Mount Cotton≈99%
  2. Thornlands≈97%
  3. Redland Bay≈97%
  4. Alexandra Hills≈93%
  5. Birkdale≈91%
  6. Wellington Point≈91%
  7. Ormiston≈85%
  8. Victoria Point (Qld)≈85%
  9. Capalaba≈84%
  10. Thorneside≈79%
  11. Cleveland (Qld)≈73%
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Brisbane context

Redland ranks #1 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

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

Every residential zone in Redland

  1. Low density residentialLDR40 km²83.5%
  2. Low to medium density residentialLMDR2 km²4.4%
  3. Medium density residentialMDR4 km²8.2%
  4. District centreDC<1 km²0.3%
  5. Local centreLC<1 km²0.2%
  6. Major centreMC<1 km²0.5%
  7. Neighbourhood centreNC<1 km²0.4%
  8. Principal centrePC1 km²1.2%
  9. Mixed useMU1 km²1.4%
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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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