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Cardinia

43,179 residential parcels covering 49.1 km².

Highly restricted land

≈69% of Cardinia’s residential land is highly restricted.

Driven mostly by 2-storey height caps. Cardinia ranks #9 of 32 councils in Melbourne, and #102 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 Cardinia. ABS LGA code 21450. 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 Cardinia ranks in Melbourne

Cardinia ranks #9 of 32 Melbourne-area councils for highly restricted residential land.

Highly restricted

Cardinia: ≈69% · rank #9 of 32

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

2-storey cap

  1. 1. Yarra Ranges≈88%
  2. 2. Knox≈83%
  3. ⋯
  4. 5. Boroondara≈72%
  5. 6. Mitchell≈69%
  6. 7. Cardinia≈69%
  7. 8. Hobsons Bay≈67%
  8. 9. Yarra≈67%
  9. ⋯
  10. 31. Darebin≈7%
  11. 32. Moonee Valley≈0%

Low-density

  1. 1. Yarra Ranges≈88%
  2. 2. Knox≈83%
  3. ⋯
  4. 15. Port Phillip≈40%
  5. 16. Banyule≈38%
  6. 17. Cardinia≈32%
  7. 18. Monash≈27%
  8. 19. Greater Dandenong≈26%
  9. ⋯
  10. 31. Wyndham≈2%
  11. 32. Moonee Valley≈0%

Heritage

  1. 1. Yarra≈67%
  2. 2. Port Phillip≈49%
  3. ⋯
  4. 23. Hume≈1%
  5. 24. Melton≈1%
  6. 25. Cardinia≈1%
  7. 26. Whittlesea≈1%
  8. 27. Kingston (Vic.)≈1%
  9. ⋯
  10. 31. Knox≈0%
  11. 32. Mitchell≈0%

Highly restricted

  1. 1. Yarra Ranges≈90%
  2. 2. Boroondara≈84%
  3. ⋯
  4. 7. Hobsons Bay≈70%
  5. 8. Mitchell≈69%
  6. 9. Cardinia≈69%
  7. 10. Bayside (Vic.)≈67%
  8. 11. Nillumbik≈64%
  9. ⋯
  10. 31. Darebin≈11%
  11. 32. Moonee Valley≈11%

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

Suburbs in Cardinia

10 suburbs sit inside this council.

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

  1. Officer South≈100%
  2. Cockatoo (Vic.)≈99%
  3. Beaconsfield Upper≈99%
  4. Emerald (Vic.)≈98%
  5. Lang Lang≈98%
  6. Koo Wee Rup≈97%
  7. Gembrook≈96%
  8. Officer≈96%
  9. Beaconsfield (Vic.)≈41%
  10. Pakenham≈32%
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Melbourne context

Cardinia ranks #9 of 32 councils in Melbourne for highly restricted residential land.

  1. Yarra Ranges ≈90%
  2. Boroondara ≈84%
  3. Yarra ≈84%
  4. Knox ≈83%
  5. Manningham ≈74%
  6. Kingston (Vic.) ≈72%
  7. Hobsons Bay ≈70%
  8. Mitchell ≈69%
  9. Cardinia ≈69%
  10. Bayside (Vic.) ≈67%
  11. Nillumbik ≈64%
  12. Glen Eira ≈61%
  13. Melton ≈60%
  14. Merri-bek ≈59%
  15. Port Phillip ≈56%
  16. Brimbank ≈52%
  17. Whitehorse ≈49%
  18. Melbourne ≈44%
  19. Hume ≈44%
  20. Wyndham ≈43%
  21. Maroondah ≈43%
  22. Stonnington ≈43%
  23. Casey ≈41%
  24. Banyule ≈40%
  25. Whittlesea ≈34%
  26. Monash ≈28%
  27. Greater Dandenong ≈27%
  28. Mornington Peninsula ≈26%
  29. Frankston ≈23%
  30. Maribyrnong ≈17%
  31. Darebin ≈11%
  32. Moonee Valley ≈11%
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Detailed zoning map

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

Every residential zone in Cardinia

  1. Low Density Residential ZoneLDRZ1, LDRZ2, LDRZ311 km²22.4%
  2. Neighbourhood Residential ZoneNRZ1, NRZ25 km²9.7%
  3. General Residential ZoneGRZ112 km²24.6%
  4. Activity Centre ZoneACZ11 km²1.1%
  5. Commercial 1 ZoneC1Z<1 km²0.8%
  6. Comprehensive Development ZoneCDZ1, CDZ2, CDZ32 km²4.0%
  7. Mixed Use ZoneMUZ<1 km²0.4%
  8. Urban Growth ZoneUGZ1, UGZ2, UGZ3, UGZ4, UGZ5, UGZ7, UGZ1418 km²36.9%
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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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