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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 #10 of 32 councils in Melbourne, and #104 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 #10 of 32 Melbourne-area councils for highly restricted residential land.

Highly restricted

Cardinia: ≈69% · rank #10 of 32

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

2-storey cap

  1. 1. Yarra Ranges≈88%
  2. 2. Knox≈83%
  3. ⋯
  4. 6. Glen Eira≈72%
  5. 7. Mitchell≈69%
  6. 8. Cardinia≈69%
  7. 9. Hobsons Bay≈67%
  8. 10. 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≈28%
  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≈86%
  3. ⋯
  4. 8. Hobsons Bay≈70%
  5. 9. Mitchell≈69%
  6. 10. Cardinia≈69%
  7. 11. Bayside (Vic.)≈69%
  8. 12. 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 #10 of 32 councils in Melbourne for highly restricted residential land.

  1. Yarra Ranges ≈90%
  2. Boroondara ≈86%
  3. Yarra ≈84%
  4. Knox ≈83%
  5. Glen Eira ≈75%
  6. Manningham ≈74%
  7. Kingston (Vic.) ≈74%
  8. Hobsons Bay ≈70%
  9. Mitchell ≈69%
  10. Cardinia ≈69%
  11. Bayside (Vic.) ≈69%
  12. Nillumbik ≈64%
  13. Melton ≈60%
  14. Merri-bek ≈59%
  15. Port Phillip ≈56%
  16. Stonnington ≈56%
  17. Brimbank ≈52%
  18. Whitehorse ≈50%
  19. Melbourne ≈44%
  20. Hume ≈44%
  21. Wyndham ≈43%
  22. Maroondah ≈43%
  23. Casey ≈41%
  24. Banyule ≈40%
  25. Whittlesea ≈34%
  26. Monash ≈30%
  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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