Highly restricted land
≈52% of Brimbank’s residential land is highly restricted.
Driven mostly by low-density-only zoning. Brimbank ranks #16 of 32 councils in Melbourne, and #114 of 133 capital city councils nationally.
Source: Geometric union of 2-storey, low-density, detached-only, and heritage controls across Brimbank. ABS LGA code 21180. 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 Brimbank ranks in Melbourne
Brimbank ranks #16 of 32 Melbourne-area councils for highly restricted residential land.
Highly restricted
Brimbank: ≈52% · rank #16 of 32
2-storey cap
- 1. Yarra Ranges≈88%
- 2. Knox≈83%
- ⋯
- 13. Glen Eira≈55%
- 14. Merri-bek≈54%
- 15. Brimbank≈51%
- 16. Whitehorse≈48%
- 17. Hume≈43%
- ⋯
- 31. Darebin≈7%
- 32. Moonee Valley≈0%
Low-density
- 1. Yarra Ranges≈88%
- 2. Knox≈83%
- ⋯
- 9. Merri-bek≈54%
- 10. Yarra≈52%
- 11. Brimbank≈52%
- 12. Whitehorse≈48%
- 13. Manningham≈45%
- ⋯
- 31. Wyndham≈2%
- 32. Moonee Valley≈0%
Heritage
- 1. Yarra≈67%
- 2. Port Phillip≈49%
- ⋯
- 16. Manningham≈2%
- 17. Nillumbik≈2%
- 18. Brimbank≈2%
- 19. Mornington Peninsula≈2%
- 20. Frankston≈1%
- ⋯
- 31. Knox≈0%
- 32. Mitchell≈0%
Highly restricted
- 1. Yarra Ranges≈90%
- 2. Boroondara≈84%
- ⋯
- 14. Merri-bek≈59%
- 15. Port Phillip≈56%
- 16. Brimbank≈52%
- 17. Whitehorse≈49%
- 18. Melbourne≈44%
- ⋯
- 31. Darebin≈11%
- 32. Moonee Valley≈11%
Source: Brimbank ranked against other Melbourne-area councils on each restriction metric (ex-rural shares). Methodology →
Suburbs in Brimbank
22 suburbs sit inside this council.
ABS Suburb & Locality (SAL) boundaries that fall at least 30% inside Brimbank.
- Keilor Park≈99%
- Brooklyn (Vic.)≈98%
- Keilor Lodge≈98%
- Delahey≈97%
- Keilor≈94%
- Derrimut≈90%
- Kealba≈88%
- Keilor Downs≈78%
- Albanvale≈74%
- Cairnlea≈67%
- Taylors Lakes≈63%
- Kings Park (Vic.)≈62%
- Sunshine West≈54%
- Deer Park≈51%
- Ardeer≈46%
- Sydenham (Vic.)≈44%
- Sunshine (Vic.)≈44%
- Albion (Vic.)≈28%
- St Albans (Vic.)≈16%
- Sunshine North≈3%
- Tullamarine≈3%
- Keilor East≈0%
Melbourne context
Brimbank ranks #16 of 32 councils in Melbourne for highly restricted residential land.
- Yarra Ranges ≈90%
- Boroondara ≈84%
- Yarra ≈84%
- Knox ≈83%
- Manningham ≈74%
- Kingston (Vic.) ≈72%
- Hobsons Bay ≈70%
- Mitchell ≈69%
- Cardinia ≈69%
- Bayside (Vic.) ≈67%
- Nillumbik ≈64%
- Glen Eira ≈61%
- Melton ≈60%
- Merri-bek ≈59%
- Port Phillip ≈56%
- Brimbank ≈52%
- Whitehorse ≈49%
- Melbourne ≈44%
- Hume ≈44%
- Wyndham ≈43%
- Maroondah ≈43%
- Stonnington ≈43%
- Casey ≈41%
- Banyule ≈40%
- Whittlesea ≈34%
- Monash ≈28%
- Greater Dandenong ≈27%
- Mornington Peninsula ≈26%
- Frankston ≈23%
- Maribyrnong ≈17%
- Darebin ≈11%
- Moonee Valley ≈11%
Detailed zoning map
Brimbank’s residential planning controls, polygon-by-polygon
Every residential zone in Brimbank
- Neighbourhood Residential ZoneNRZ1, NRZ223 km²51.6%
- General Residential ZoneGRZ1, GRZ217 km²38.9%
- Residential 1 Zone (legacy)R1Z<1 km²<0.1%
- Residential Growth ZoneRGZ12 km²4.0%
- Activity Centre ZoneACZ11 km²1.5%
- Commercial 1 ZoneC1Z1 km²2.0%
- Comprehensive Development ZoneCDZ1, CDZ21 km²1.7%
- Mixed Use ZoneMUZ<1 km²0.5%
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.