Highly restricted land
≈40% of Banyule’s residential land is highly restricted.
Driven mostly by 2-storey height caps. Banyule ranks #24 of 32 councils in Melbourne, and #123 of 133 capital city councils nationally.
Source: Geometric union of 2-storey, low-density, detached-only, and heritage controls across Banyule. ABS LGA code 20660. 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 Banyule ranks in Melbourne
Banyule ranks #24 of 32 Melbourne-area councils for highly restricted residential land.
Highly restricted
Banyule: ≈40% · rank #24 of 32
2-storey cap
- 1. Yarra Ranges≈88%
- 2. Knox≈83%
- ⋯
- 21. Casey≈40%
- 22. Port Phillip≈40%
- 23. Banyule≈38%
- 24. Whittlesea≈33%
- 25. Monash≈28%
- ⋯
- 31. Darebin≈7%
- 32. Moonee Valley≈0%
Low-density
- 1. Yarra Ranges≈88%
- 2. Knox≈83%
- ⋯
- 14. Maroondah≈42%
- 15. Port Phillip≈40%
- 16. Banyule≈38%
- 17. Cardinia≈32%
- 18. Monash≈28%
- ⋯
- 31. Wyndham≈2%
- 32. Moonee Valley≈0%
Heritage
- 1. Yarra≈67%
- 2. Port Phillip≈49%
- ⋯
- 11. Darebin≈8%
- 12. Glen Eira≈8%
- 13. Banyule≈4%
- 14. Yarra Ranges≈3%
- 15. Whitehorse≈2%
- ⋯
- 31. Knox≈0%
- 32. Mitchell≈0%
Highly restricted
- 1. Yarra Ranges≈90%
- 2. Boroondara≈86%
- ⋯
- 22. Maroondah≈43%
- 23. Casey≈41%
- 24. Banyule≈40%
- 25. Whittlesea≈34%
- 26. Monash≈30%
- ⋯
- 31. Darebin≈11%
- 32. Moonee Valley≈11%
Source: Banyule ranked against other Melbourne-area councils on each restriction metric (ex-rural shares). Methodology →
Suburbs in Banyule
18 suburbs sit inside this council.
ABS Suburb & Locality (SAL) boundaries that fall at least 30% inside Banyule.
Melbourne context
Banyule ranks #24 of 32 councils in Melbourne for highly restricted residential land.
- Yarra Ranges ≈90%
- Boroondara ≈86%
- Yarra ≈84%
- Knox ≈83%
- Glen Eira ≈75%
- Manningham ≈74%
- Kingston (Vic.) ≈74%
- Hobsons Bay ≈70%
- Mitchell ≈69%
- Cardinia ≈69%
- Bayside (Vic.) ≈69%
- Nillumbik ≈64%
- Melton ≈60%
- Merri-bek ≈59%
- Port Phillip ≈56%
- Stonnington ≈56%
- Brimbank ≈52%
- Whitehorse ≈50%
- Melbourne ≈44%
- Hume ≈44%
- Wyndham ≈43%
- Maroondah ≈43%
- Casey ≈41%
- Banyule ≈40%
- Whittlesea ≈34%
- Monash ≈30%
- Greater Dandenong ≈27%
- Mornington Peninsula ≈26%
- Frankston ≈23%
- Maribyrnong ≈17%
- Darebin ≈11%
- Moonee Valley ≈11%