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Maroondah

52,434 residential parcels covering 36.5 km².

Highly restricted land

≈43% of Maroondah’s residential land is highly restricted.

Driven mostly by 2-storey height caps. Maroondah ranks #21 of 32 councils in Melbourne, and #120 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 Maroondah. ABS LGA code 24410. 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 Maroondah ranks in Melbourne

Maroondah ranks #21 of 32 Melbourne-area councils for highly restricted residential land.

Highly restricted

Maroondah: ≈43% · rank #21 of 32

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

2-storey cap

  1. 1. Yarra Ranges≈88%
  2. 2. Knox≈83%
  3. ⋯
  4. 17. Hume≈43%
  5. 18. Wyndham≈43%
  6. 19. Maroondah≈42%
  7. 20. Casey≈40%
  8. 21. Port Phillip≈40%
  9. ⋯
  10. 31. Darebin≈7%
  11. 32. Moonee Valley≈0%

Low-density

  1. 1. Yarra Ranges≈88%
  2. 2. Knox≈83%
  3. ⋯
  4. 12. Whitehorse≈48%
  5. 13. Manningham≈45%
  6. 14. Maroondah≈42%
  7. 15. Port Phillip≈40%
  8. 16. Banyule≈38%
  9. ⋯
  10. 31. Wyndham≈2%
  11. 32. Moonee Valley≈0%

Heritage

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

Highly restricted

  1. 1. Yarra Ranges≈90%
  2. 2. Boroondara≈84%
  3. ⋯
  4. 19. Hume≈44%
  5. 20. Wyndham≈43%
  6. 21. Maroondah≈43%
  7. 22. Stonnington≈43%
  8. 23. Casey≈41%
  9. ⋯
  10. 31. Darebin≈11%
  11. 32. Moonee Valley≈11%

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

Suburbs in Maroondah

11 suburbs sit inside this council.

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

  1. Croydon South≈75%
  2. Heathmont≈71%
  3. Croydon North≈56%
  4. Croydon (Vic.)≈51%
  5. Ringwood North≈50%
  6. Ringwood East≈48%
  7. Warranwood≈41%
  8. Bayswater North≈34%
  9. Ringwood (Vic.)≈17%
  10. Croydon Hills≈12%
  11. Kilsyth South≈5%
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Melbourne context

Maroondah ranks #21 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

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

Every residential zone in Maroondah

  1. Low Density Residential ZoneLDRZ, LDRZ1<1 km²1.2%
  2. Neighbourhood Residential ZoneNRZ1, NRZ2, NRZ3, NRZ4, NRZ5, NRZ615 km²41.0%
  3. General Residential ZoneGRZ1, GRZ2, GRZ318 km²50.9%
  4. Housing Choice and Transport ZoneHCTZ1, HCTZ21 km²3.6%
  5. Activity Centre ZoneACZ11 km²2.4%
  6. Commercial 1 ZoneC1Z<1 km²0.8%
  7. Mixed Use ZoneMUZ1, MUZ2<1 km²<0.1%
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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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