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Melton

90,943 residential parcels covering 84.4 km².

Highly restricted land

≈60% of Melton’s residential land is highly restricted.

Driven mostly by 2-storey height caps. Melton ranks #13 of 32 councils in Melbourne, and #109 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 Melton. ABS LGA code 24650. 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 Melton ranks in Melbourne

Melton ranks #13 of 32 Melbourne-area councils for highly restricted residential land.

Highly restricted

Melton: ≈60% · rank #13 of 32

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

2-storey cap

  1. 1. Yarra Ranges≈88%
  2. 2. Knox≈83%
  3. ⋯
  4. 11. Nillumbik≈63%
  5. 12. Bayside (Vic.)≈62%
  6. 13. Melton≈60%
  7. 14. Merri-bek≈54%
  8. 15. Brimbank≈51%
  9. ⋯
  10. 31. Darebin≈7%
  11. 32. Moonee Valley≈0%

Low-density

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

Heritage

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

Highly restricted

  1. 1. Yarra Ranges≈90%
  2. 2. Boroondara≈86%
  3. ⋯
  4. 11. Bayside (Vic.)≈69%
  5. 12. Nillumbik≈64%
  6. 13. Melton≈60%
  7. 14. Merri-bek≈59%
  8. 15. Port Phillip≈56%
  9. ⋯
  10. 31. Darebin≈11%
  11. 32. Moonee Valley≈11%

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

Suburbs in Melton

23 suburbs sit inside this council.

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

  1. Aintree≈100%
  2. Bonnie Brook≈100%
  3. Cobblebank≈100%
  4. Deanside≈100%
  5. Fraser Rise≈100%
  6. Strathtulloh≈100%
  7. Thornhill Park≈100%
  8. Weir Views≈99%
  9. Rockbank≈94%
  10. Diggers Rest≈76%
  11. Truganina≈73%
  12. Kurunjang≈64%
  13. Hillside (Melton - Vic.)≈31%
  14. Melton (Vic.)≈23%
  15. Brookfield (Vic.)≈18%
  16. Harkness≈12%
  17. Caroline Springs≈1%
  18. Taylors Hill≈0%
  19. Melton South≈0%
  20. Burnside (Vic.)≈0%
  21. Burnside Heights≈0%
  22. Eynesbury≈0%
  23. Melton West≈0%
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Melbourne context

Melton ranks #13 of 32 councils in Melbourne for highly restricted residential land.

  1. Yarra Ranges ≈90%
  2. Boroondara ≈86%
  3. Yarra ≈84%
  4. Knox ≈83%
  5. Glen Eira ≈75%
  6. Manningham ≈74%
  7. Kingston (Vic.) ≈74%
  8. Hobsons Bay ≈70%
  9. Mitchell ≈69%
  10. Cardinia ≈69%
  11. Bayside (Vic.) ≈69%
  12. Nillumbik ≈64%
  13. Melton ≈60%
  14. Merri-bek ≈59%
  15. Port Phillip ≈56%
  16. Stonnington ≈56%
  17. Brimbank ≈52%
  18. Whitehorse ≈50%
  19. Melbourne ≈44%
  20. Hume ≈44%
  21. Wyndham ≈43%
  22. Maroondah ≈43%
  23. Casey ≈41%
  24. Banyule ≈40%
  25. Whittlesea ≈34%
  26. Monash ≈30%
  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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