Highly restricted land
≈23% of Frankston’s residential land is highly restricted.
Driven mostly by 2-storey height caps. Frankston ranks #29 of 32 councils in Melbourne, and #128 of 133 capital city councils nationally.
Source: Geometric union of 2-storey, low-density, detached-only, and heritage controls across Frankston. ABS LGA code 22170. 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 Frankston ranks in Melbourne
Frankston ranks #29 of 32 Melbourne-area councils for highly restricted residential land.
Highly restricted
Frankston: ≈23% · rank #29 of 32
2-storey cap
- 1. Yarra Ranges≈88%
- 2. Knox≈83%
- ⋯
- 25. Greater Dandenong≈26%
- 26. Mornington Peninsula≈25%
- 27. Frankston≈22%
- 28. Stonnington≈18%
- 29. Maribyrnong≈10%
- ⋯
- 31. Darebin≈7%
- 32. Moonee Valley≈0%
Low-density
- 1. Yarra Ranges≈88%
- 2. Knox≈83%
- ⋯
- 19. Greater Dandenong≈26%
- 20. Mornington Peninsula≈25%
- 21. Frankston≈22%
- 22. Casey≈12%
- 23. Stonnington≈10%
- ⋯
- 31. Wyndham≈2%
- 32. Moonee Valley≈0%
Heritage
- 1. Yarra≈67%
- 2. Port Phillip≈49%
- ⋯
- 18. Brimbank≈2%
- 19. Mornington Peninsula≈2%
- 20. Frankston≈1%
- 21. Monash≈1%
- 22. Maroondah≈1%
- ⋯
- 31. Knox≈0%
- 32. Mitchell≈0%
Highly restricted
- 1. Yarra Ranges≈90%
- 2. Boroondara≈84%
- ⋯
- 27. Greater Dandenong≈27%
- 28. Mornington Peninsula≈26%
- 29. Frankston≈23%
- 30. Maribyrnong≈17%
- 31. Darebin≈11%
- 32. Moonee Valley≈11%
Source: Frankston ranked against other Melbourne-area councils on each restriction metric (ex-rural shares). Methodology →
Suburbs in Frankston
9 suburbs sit inside this council.
ABS Suburb & Locality (SAL) boundaries that fall at least 30% inside Frankston.
Melbourne context
Frankston ranks #29 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
Frankston’s residential planning controls, polygon-by-polygon
Every residential zone in Frankston
- Low Density Residential ZoneLDRZ12 km²22.4%
- General Residential ZoneGRZ, GRZ1, GRZ2, GRZ3, GRZ4<1 km²0.9%
- Residential 1 Zone (legacy)R1Z36 km²66.7%
- Housing Choice and Transport ZoneHCTZ1, HCTZ21 km²2.2%
- Residential Growth ZoneRGZ1<1 km²0.3%
- Activity Centre ZoneACZ11 km²1.0%
- Business 1 Zone (legacy)B1Z<1 km²0.9%
- Business 2 Zone (legacy)B2Z<1 km²0.2%
- Business 5 Zone (legacy)B5Z<1 km²<0.1%
- Commercial 1 ZoneC1Z<1 km²<0.1%
- Comprehensive Development ZoneCDZ13 km²5.3%
- Mixed Use ZoneMUZ<1 km²0.2%
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.