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Hume

101,859 residential parcels covering 98.1 km².

Highly restricted land

≈44% of Hume’s residential land is highly restricted.

Driven mostly by 2-storey height caps. Hume ranks #19 of 32 councils in Melbourne, and #117 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 Hume. ABS LGA code 23270. 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 Hume ranks in Melbourne

Hume ranks #19 of 32 Melbourne-area councils for highly restricted residential land.

Highly restricted

Hume: ≈44% · rank #19 of 32

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

2-storey cap

  1. 1. Yarra Ranges≈88%
  2. 2. Knox≈83%
  3. ⋯
  4. 15. Brimbank≈51%
  5. 16. Whitehorse≈48%
  6. 17. Hume≈43%
  7. 18. Wyndham≈43%
  8. 19. Maroondah≈42%
  9. ⋯
  10. 31. Darebin≈7%
  11. 32. Moonee Valley≈0%

Low-density

  1. 1. Yarra Ranges≈88%
  2. 2. Knox≈83%
  3. ⋯
  4. 26. Melton≈8%
  5. 27. Darebin≈7%
  6. 28. Hume≈5%
  7. 29. Mitchell≈4%
  8. 30. Whittlesea≈3%
  9. 31. Wyndham≈2%
  10. 32. Moonee Valley≈0%

Heritage

  1. 1. Yarra≈67%
  2. 2. Port Phillip≈49%
  3. ⋯
  4. 21. Monash≈1%
  5. 22. Maroondah≈1%
  6. 23. Hume≈1%
  7. 24. Melton≈1%
  8. 25. Cardinia≈1%
  9. ⋯
  10. 31. Knox≈0%
  11. 32. Mitchell≈0%

Highly restricted

  1. 1. Yarra Ranges≈90%
  2. 2. Boroondara≈84%
  3. ⋯
  4. 17. Whitehorse≈49%
  5. 18. Melbourne≈44%
  6. 19. Hume≈44%
  7. 20. Wyndham≈43%
  8. 21. Maroondah≈43%
  9. ⋯
  10. 31. Darebin≈11%
  11. 32. Moonee Valley≈11%

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

Suburbs in Hume

18 suburbs sit inside this council.

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

  1. Bulla (Vic.)≈100%
  2. Kalkallo≈100%
  3. Keilor≈94%
  4. Mickleham≈62%
  5. Sunbury≈61%
  6. Greenvale (Vic.)≈59%
  7. Craigieburn≈24%
  8. Broadmeadows (Vic.)≈5%
  9. Tullamarine≈3%
  10. Campbellfield≈2%
  11. Westmeadows≈1%
  12. Roxburgh Park≈1%
  13. Dallas≈0%
  14. Attwood≈0%
  15. Coolaroo≈0%
  16. Gladstone Park≈0%
  17. Jacana≈0%
  18. Meadow Heights≈0%
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Melbourne context

Hume ranks #19 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

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

Every residential zone in Hume

  1. Low Density Residential ZoneLDRZ, LDRZ14 km²4.3%
  2. Neighbourhood Residential ZoneNRZ11 km²0.7%
  3. General Residential ZoneGRZ138 km²38.7%
  4. Housing Choice and Transport ZoneHCTZ1, HCTZ21 km²0.7%
  5. Commercial 1 ZoneC1Z1 km²1.4%
  6. Comprehensive Development ZoneCDZ1, CDZ2, CDZ3, CDZ4, CDZ515 km²15.3%
  7. Mixed Use ZoneMUZ<1 km²0.1%
  8. Urban Growth ZoneUGZ, UGZ1, UGZ2, UGZ3, UGZ4, UGZ5, UGZ6, UGZ7, UGZ9, UGZ10, UGZ11, UGZ12, UGZ1338 km²38.8%
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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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