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Unincorporated ACT

0 residential parcels covering 109.4 km².

Highly restricted land

≈76% of Unincorporated ACT’s residential land is highly restricted.

Driven mostly by 2-storey height caps. Unincorporated ACT ranks #1 of 1 councils in Canberra, and #85 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 Unincorporated ACT. ABS LGA code 89399. 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 Unincorporated ACT ranks in Canberra

Unincorporated ACT ranks #1 of 1 Canberra-area councils for highly restricted residential land.

Highly restricted

Unincorporated ACT: ≈76% · rank #1 of 1

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

2-storey cap

  1. 1. Unincorporated ACT≈76%

Low-density

  1. 1. Unincorporated ACT≈76%

Heritage

  1. 1. Unincorporated ACT≈2%

Highly restricted

  1. 1. Unincorporated ACT≈76%

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

Suburbs in Unincorporated ACT

96 suburbs sit inside this council.

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

  1. Banks≈100%
  2. Dunlop≈100%
  3. Ngunnawal≈100%
  4. Nicholls≈100%
  5. O’Malley≈100%
  6. Oxley (ACT)≈100%
  7. Palmerston (ACT)≈100%
  8. Amaroo (ACT)≈99%
  9. Ainslie≈99%
  10. Higgins≈96%
  11. Giralang≈95%
  12. Crace≈94%
  13. Richardson≈94%
  14. Gordon (ACT)≈93%
  15. Chapman≈91%
  16. Calwell≈90%
  17. Gowrie (ACT)≈90%
  18. Rivett≈89%
  19. Conder≈89%
  20. Narrabundah≈89%
  21. Chisholm (ACT)≈89%
  22. Stirling (ACT)≈89%
  23. Whitlam≈88%
  24. Torrens≈88%
  25. Red Hill (ACT)≈88%
  26. Melba≈88%
  27. Spence (ACT)≈88%
  28. Farrer≈87%
  29. Campbell≈87%
  30. Macgregor (ACT)≈86%
  31. Florey≈86%
  32. Hawker (ACT)≈86%
  33. Aranda≈85%
  34. Evatt≈85%
  35. Waramanga≈85%
  36. Hackett≈85%
  37. Isaacs≈85%
  38. Fadden≈85%
  39. Kambah≈85%
  40. Downer≈85%
  41. Fraser≈85%
  42. Yarralumla≈84%
  43. Moncrieff≈84%
  44. McKellar≈84%
  45. Duffy≈84%
  46. Scullin≈83%
  47. Bonython≈83%
  48. O’Connor (ACT)≈82%
  49. Hughes (ACT)≈82%
  50. Isabella Plains≈82%
  51. Watson≈82%
  52. Theodore (ACT)≈81%
  53. Wanniassa≈81%
  54. Griffith (ACT)≈81%
  55. Weston (ACT)≈81%
  56. Monash (ACT)≈81%
  57. Flynn (ACT)≈81%
  58. Bonner≈80%
  59. Latham (ACT)≈79%
  60. Pearce≈79%
  61. Gilmore (ACT)≈77%
  62. Denman Prospect≈75%
  63. Curtin≈75%
  64. Kaleen≈75%
  65. Cook≈75%
  66. Fisher (ACT)≈75%
  67. Garran≈74%
  68. Casey≈73%
  69. Charnwood≈72%
  70. Holt≈72%
  71. Lawson (ACT)≈71%
  72. Holder (ACT)≈71%
  73. Forrest (ACT)≈67%
  74. Deakin≈66%
  75. Wright≈65%
  76. Weetangera≈63%
  77. Chifley (ACT)≈56%
  78. Mawson≈55%
  79. Lyneham≈54%
  80. Coombs≈53%
  81. Lyons (ACT)≈52%
  82. Turner≈46%
  83. Forde≈46%
  84. Macquarie≈45%
  85. Taylor≈36%
  86. Page≈30%
  87. Braddon≈28%
  88. Dickson≈24%
  89. Harrison≈19%
  90. Bruce (ACT)≈18%
  91. Phillip≈9%
  92. Kingston (ACT)≈8%
  93. Gungahlin≈6%
  94. Belconnen≈0%
  95. Franklin (ACT)≈0%
  96. Greenway≈0%
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Canberra context

Unincorporated ACT ranks #1 of 1 councils in Canberra for highly restricted residential land.

  1. Unincorporated ACT ≈76%
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Detailed zoning map

Unincorporated ACT’s residential planning controls, polygon-by-polygon

Every residential zone in Unincorporated ACT

  1. SuburbanRZ185 km²73.2%
  2. Suburban CoreRZ213 km²11.5%
  3. Urban ResidentialRZ34 km²3.6%
  4. Medium Density ResidentialRZ43 km²2.2%
  5. High Density ResidentialRZ51 km²1.1%
  6. CoreCZ11 km²1.3%
  7. BusinessCZ22 km²1.8%
  8. ServicesCZ31 km²1.2%
  9. Local CentreCZ4<1 km²0.4%
  10. Mixed UseCZ52 km²1.7%
  11. Leisure and AccommodationCZ62 km²1.9%
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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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