Highly restricted land
≈98% of Kingborough’s residential land is highly restricted.
Driven mostly by 2-storey height caps. Kingborough ranks #2 of 7 councils in Hobart, and #8 of 133 capital city councils nationally.
Source: Geometric union of 2-storey, low-density, detached-only, and heritage controls across Kingborough. ABS LGA code 63610. 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 Kingborough ranks in Hobart
Kingborough ranks #2 of 7 Hobart-area councils for highly restricted residential land.
Highly restricted
Kingborough: ≈98% · rank #2 of 7
2-storey cap
- 1. Glenorchy≈98%
- 2. Kingborough≈98%
- 3. Clarence≈98%
- 4. Sorell≈95%
- ⋯
- 6. Brighton≈94%
- 7. Derwent Valley≈0%
Low-density
- 1. Kingborough≈40%
- 2. Hobart≈16%
- 3. Sorell≈12%
- ⋯
- 6. Brighton≈4%
- 7. Derwent Valley≈0%
Heritage
- 1. Hobart≈9%
- 2. Glenorchy≈3%
- ⋯
- 4. Clarence≈1%
- 5. Sorell≈1%
- 6. Kingborough≈0%
- 7. Derwent Valley≈0%
Highly restricted
- 1. Glenorchy≈98%
- 2. Kingborough≈98%
- 3. Clarence≈98%
- 4. Sorell≈96%
- ⋯
- 6. Brighton≈94%
- 7. Derwent Valley≈0%
Source: Kingborough ranked against other Hobart-area councils on each restriction metric (ex-rural shares). Methodology →
Suburbs in Kingborough
11 suburbs sit inside this council.
ABS Suburb & Locality (SAL) boundaries that fall at least 30% inside Kingborough.
Hobart context
Kingborough ranks #2 of 7 councils in Hobart for highly restricted residential land.
- Glenorchy ≈98%
- Kingborough ≈98%
- Clarence ≈98%
- Sorell ≈96%
- Hobart ≈96%
- Brighton ≈94%
- Derwent Valley ≈0%