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Kingston (Vic.)

68,061 residential parcels covering 33.6 km².

Highly restricted land

≈72% of Kingston (Vic.)’s residential land is highly restricted.

Driven mostly by 2-storey height caps. Kingston (Vic.) ranks #6 of 32 councils in Melbourne, and #97 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 Kingston (Vic.). ABS LGA code 23430. 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 Kingston (Vic.) ranks in Melbourne

Kingston (Vic.) ranks #6 of 32 Melbourne-area councils for highly restricted residential land.

Highly restricted

Kingston (Vic.): ≈72% · rank #6 of 32

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

2-storey cap

  1. 1. Yarra Ranges≈88%
  2. 2. Knox≈83%
  3. 3. Manningham≈73%
  4. 4. Kingston (Vic.)≈72%
  5. 5. Boroondara≈72%
  6. 6. Mitchell≈69%
  7. ⋯
  8. 31. Darebin≈7%
  9. 32. Moonee Valley≈0%

Low-density

  1. 1. Yarra Ranges≈88%
  2. 2. Knox≈83%
  3. 3. Kingston (Vic.)≈72%
  4. 4. Boroondara≈69%
  5. 5. Hobsons Bay≈67%
  6. ⋯
  7. 31. Wyndham≈2%
  8. 32. Moonee Valley≈0%

Heritage

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

Highly restricted

  1. 1. Yarra Ranges≈90%
  2. 2. Boroondara≈84%
  3. ⋯
  4. 4. Knox≈83%
  5. 5. Manningham≈74%
  6. 6. Kingston (Vic.)≈72%
  7. 7. Hobsons Bay≈70%
  8. 8. Mitchell≈69%
  9. ⋯
  10. 31. Darebin≈11%
  11. 32. Moonee Valley≈11%

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

Suburbs in Kingston (Vic.)

20 suburbs sit inside this council.

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

  1. Waterways≈100%
  2. Chelsea Heights≈100%
  3. Carrum≈96%
  4. Heatherton≈91%
  5. Clarinda≈88%
  6. Edithvale≈88%
  7. Aspendale≈88%
  8. Aspendale Gardens≈86%
  9. Bonbeach≈86%
  10. Parkdale≈84%
  11. Patterson Lakes≈83%
  12. Dingley Village≈76%
  13. Mordialloc≈61%
  14. Mentone≈56%
  15. Highett≈54%
  16. Chelsea≈53%
  17. Moorabbin≈53%
  18. Clayton South≈47%
  19. Cheltenham (Vic.)≈45%
  20. Oakleigh South≈39%
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Melbourne context

Kingston (Vic.) ranks #6 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

Kingston (Vic.)’s residential planning controls, polygon-by-polygon

Every residential zone in Kingston (Vic.)

  1. Neighbourhood Residential ZoneNRZ1, NRZ2, NRZ3, NRZ4, NRZ5, NRZ6, NRZ7, NRZ8, NRZ924 km²71.7%
  2. General Residential ZoneGRZ1, GRZ2, GRZ3, GRZ4, GRZ5, GRZ6, GRZ75 km²14.8%
  3. Housing Choice and Transport ZoneHCTZ1, HCTZ21 km²3.8%
  4. Residential Growth ZoneRGZ1, RGZ3<1 km²0.6%
  5. Activity Centre ZoneACZ1, ACZ2, ACZ31 km²1.6%
  6. Commercial 1 ZoneC1Z<1 km²1.2%
  7. Comprehensive Development ZoneCDZ1<1 km²0.6%
  8. Mixed Use ZoneMUZ<1 km²0.6%
  9. Precinct ZonePRZ1, PRZ2, PRZ3, PRZ4, PRZ52 km²5.1%
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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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