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Melbourne

17,120 residential parcels covering 8.5 km².

Highly restricted land

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

Driven mostly by heritage controls. Melbourne ranks #18 of 32 councils in Melbourne, and #116 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 Melbourne. ABS LGA code 24600. 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 Melbourne ranks in Melbourne

Melbourne ranks #18 of 32 Melbourne-area councils for highly restricted residential land.

Highly restricted

Melbourne: ≈44% · rank #18 of 32

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

2-storey cap

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

Low-density

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

Heritage

  1. 1. Yarra≈67%
  2. 2. Port Phillip≈49%
  3. 3. Melbourne≈44%
  4. 4. Stonnington≈31%
  5. 5. Boroondara≈25%
  6. ⋯
  7. 31. Knox≈0%
  8. 32. Mitchell≈0%

Highly restricted

  1. 1. Yarra Ranges≈90%
  2. 2. Boroondara≈84%
  3. ⋯
  4. 16. Brimbank≈52%
  5. 17. Whitehorse≈49%
  6. 18. Melbourne≈44%
  7. 19. Hume≈44%
  8. 20. Wyndham≈43%
  9. ⋯
  10. 31. Darebin≈11%
  11. 32. Moonee Valley≈11%

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

Suburbs in Melbourne

12 suburbs sit inside this council.

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

  1. Carlton North≈100%
  2. East Melbourne≈85%
  3. Carlton (Vic.)≈62%
  4. West Melbourne≈61%
  5. Parkville (Vic.)≈55%
  6. North Melbourne≈51%
  7. Flemington≈50%
  8. Melbourne≈42%
  9. Kensington (Vic.)≈39%
  10. Port Melbourne≈35%
  11. Southbank≈14%
  12. Docklands≈7%
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Melbourne context

Melbourne ranks #18 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

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

Source: State-published zoning data. Excludes zones where residential uses are not typically permitted.

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