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Glen Eira

54,343 residential parcels covering 26.7 km².

Highly restricted land

≈61% of Glen Eira’s residential land is highly restricted.

Driven mostly by 2-storey height caps. Glen Eira ranks #12 of 32 councils in Melbourne, and #108 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 Glen Eira. ABS LGA code 22310. 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 Glen Eira ranks in Melbourne

Glen Eira ranks #12 of 32 Melbourne-area councils for highly restricted residential land.

Highly restricted

Glen Eira: ≈61% · rank #12 of 32

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

2-storey cap

  1. 1. Yarra Ranges≈88%
  2. 2. Knox≈83%
  3. ⋯
  4. 11. Melton≈60%
  5. 12. Bayside (Vic.)≈59%
  6. 13. Glen Eira≈55%
  7. 14. Merri-bek≈54%
  8. 15. Brimbank≈51%
  9. ⋯
  10. 31. Darebin≈7%
  11. 32. Moonee Valley≈0%

Low-density

  1. 1. Yarra Ranges≈88%
  2. 2. Knox≈83%
  3. ⋯
  4. 6. Nillumbik≈63%
  5. 7. Bayside (Vic.)≈59%
  6. 8. Glen Eira≈55%
  7. 9. Merri-bek≈54%
  8. 10. Yarra≈52%
  9. ⋯
  10. 31. Wyndham≈2%
  11. 32. Moonee Valley≈0%

Heritage

  1. 1. Yarra≈67%
  2. 2. Port Phillip≈49%
  3. ⋯
  4. 10. Bayside (Vic.)≈10%
  5. 11. Darebin≈8%
  6. 12. Glen Eira≈8%
  7. 13. Banyule≈4%
  8. 14. Yarra Ranges≈3%
  9. ⋯
  10. 31. Knox≈0%
  11. 32. Mitchell≈0%

Highly restricted

  1. 1. Yarra Ranges≈90%
  2. 2. Boroondara≈84%
  3. ⋯
  4. 10. Bayside (Vic.)≈67%
  5. 11. Nillumbik≈64%
  6. 12. Glen Eira≈61%
  7. 13. Melton≈60%
  8. 14. Merri-bek≈59%
  9. ⋯
  10. 31. Darebin≈11%
  11. 32. Moonee Valley≈11%

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

Suburbs in Glen Eira

12 suburbs sit inside this council.

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

  1. Bentleigh East≈89%
  2. St Kilda East≈68%
  3. McKinnon≈68%
  4. Caulfield North≈67%
  5. Ormond≈54%
  6. Bentleigh≈54%
  7. Caulfield≈50%
  8. Caulfield South≈48%
  9. Elsternwick≈42%
  10. Murrumbeena≈42%
  11. Carnegie≈42%
  12. Glen Huntly≈0%
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Melbourne context

Glen Eira ranks #12 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

Glen Eira’s residential planning controls, polygon-by-polygon

Every residential zone in Glen Eira

  1. Neighbourhood Residential ZoneNRZ114 km²54.3%
  2. General Residential ZoneGRZ1, GRZ2, GRZ31 km²5.1%
  3. Housing Choice and Transport ZoneHCTZ1, HCTZ29 km²35.0%
  4. Residential Growth ZoneRGZ1, RGZ2<1 km²1.3%
  5. Commercial 1 ZoneC1Z1 km²2.7%
  6. Comprehensive Development ZoneCDZ1, CDZ2<1 km²0.9%
  7. Mixed Use ZoneMUZ, MUZ1, MUZ2, MUZ3<1 km²0.5%
  8. Priority Development ZonePDZ2<1 km²0.2%
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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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