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Maribyrnong

33,907 residential parcels covering 13.3 km².

Highly restricted land

≈17% of Maribyrnong’s residential land is highly restricted.

Driven mostly by heritage controls. Maribyrnong ranks #30 of 32 councils in Melbourne, and #130 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 Maribyrnong. ABS LGA code 24330. 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 Maribyrnong ranks in Melbourne

Maribyrnong ranks #30 of 32 Melbourne-area councils for highly restricted residential land.

Highly restricted

Maribyrnong: ≈17% · rank #30 of 32

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

2-storey cap

  1. 1. Yarra Ranges≈88%
  2. 2. Knox≈83%
  3. ⋯
  4. 27. Frankston≈22%
  5. 28. Stonnington≈18%
  6. 29. Maribyrnong≈10%
  7. 30. Melbourne≈8%
  8. 31. Darebin≈7%
  9. 32. Moonee Valley≈0%

Low-density

  1. 1. Yarra Ranges≈88%
  2. 2. Knox≈83%
  3. ⋯
  4. 22. Casey≈12%
  5. 23. Stonnington≈10%
  6. 24. Maribyrnong≈10%
  7. 25. Melbourne≈8%
  8. 26. Melton≈8%
  9. ⋯
  10. 31. Wyndham≈2%
  11. 32. Moonee Valley≈0%

Heritage

  1. 1. Yarra≈67%
  2. 2. Port Phillip≈49%
  3. ⋯
  4. 4. Stonnington≈31%
  5. 5. Boroondara≈25%
  6. 6. Maribyrnong≈15%
  7. 7. Hobsons Bay≈15%
  8. 8. Merri-bek≈12%
  9. ⋯
  10. 31. Knox≈0%
  11. 32. Mitchell≈0%

Highly restricted

  1. 1. Yarra Ranges≈90%
  2. 2. Boroondara≈84%
  3. ⋯
  4. 28. Mornington Peninsula≈26%
  5. 29. Frankston≈23%
  6. 30. Maribyrnong≈17%
  7. 31. Darebin≈11%
  8. 32. Moonee Valley≈11%

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

Suburbs in Maribyrnong

8 suburbs sit inside this council.

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

  1. Kingsville≈49%
  2. Seddon (Vic.)≈30%
  3. Yarraville≈30%
  4. Footscray≈25%
  5. Maribyrnong≈16%
  6. Braybrook≈5%
  7. West Footscray≈0%
  8. Maidstone≈0%
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Melbourne context

Maribyrnong ranks #30 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

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

Every residential zone in Maribyrnong

  1. Neighbourhood Residential ZoneNRZ11 km²9.8%
  2. General Residential ZoneGRZ1, GRZ2, GRZ37 km²50.8%
  3. Housing Choice and Transport ZoneHCTZ1, HCTZ22 km²18.9%
  4. Residential Growth ZoneRGZ1<1 km²0.8%
  5. Activity Centre ZoneACZ11 km²6.2%
  6. Commercial 1 ZoneC1Z1 km²5.3%
  7. Comprehensive Development ZoneCDZ1, CDZ2, CDZ3<1 km²3.7%
  8. Mixed Use ZoneMUZ1 km²4.5%
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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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