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Merri-bek

75,044 residential parcels covering 28.8 km².

Highly restricted land

≈59% of Merri-bek’s residential land is highly restricted.

Driven mostly by 2-storey height caps. Merri-bek ranks #14 of 32 councils in Melbourne, and #111 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 Merri-bek. ABS LGA code 24700. 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 Merri-bek ranks in Melbourne

Merri-bek ranks #14 of 32 Melbourne-area councils for highly restricted residential land.

Highly restricted

Merri-bek: ≈59% · rank #14 of 32

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

2-storey cap

  1. 1. Yarra Ranges≈88%
  2. 2. Knox≈83%
  3. ⋯
  4. 12. Bayside (Vic.)≈59%
  5. 13. Glen Eira≈55%
  6. 14. Merri-bek≈54%
  7. 15. Brimbank≈51%
  8. 16. Whitehorse≈48%
  9. ⋯
  10. 31. Darebin≈7%
  11. 32. Moonee Valley≈0%

Low-density

  1. 1. Yarra Ranges≈88%
  2. 2. Knox≈83%
  3. ⋯
  4. 7. Bayside (Vic.)≈59%
  5. 8. Glen Eira≈55%
  6. 9. Merri-bek≈54%
  7. 10. Yarra≈52%
  8. 11. Brimbank≈52%
  9. ⋯
  10. 31. Wyndham≈2%
  11. 32. Moonee Valley≈0%

Heritage

  1. 1. Yarra≈67%
  2. 2. Port Phillip≈49%
  3. ⋯
  4. 6. Maribyrnong≈15%
  5. 7. Hobsons Bay≈15%
  6. 8. Merri-bek≈12%
  7. 9. Moonee Valley≈11%
  8. 10. Bayside (Vic.)≈10%
  9. ⋯
  10. 31. Knox≈0%
  11. 32. Mitchell≈0%

Highly restricted

  1. 1. Yarra Ranges≈90%
  2. 2. Boroondara≈84%
  3. ⋯
  4. 12. Glen Eira≈61%
  5. 13. Melton≈60%
  6. 14. Merri-bek≈59%
  7. 15. Port Phillip≈56%
  8. 16. Brimbank≈52%
  9. ⋯
  10. 31. Darebin≈11%
  11. 32. Moonee Valley≈11%

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

Suburbs in Merri-bek

12 suburbs sit inside this council.

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

  1. Gowanbrae≈100%
  2. Brunswick East≈70%
  3. Brunswick West≈70%
  4. Oak Park≈67%
  5. Fawkner≈65%
  6. Hadfield≈65%
  7. Glenroy (Vic.)≈64%
  8. Pascoe Vale South≈61%
  9. Pascoe Vale≈54%
  10. Brunswick (Vic.)≈52%
  11. Coburg North≈46%
  12. Coburg≈40%
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Melbourne context

Merri-bek ranks #14 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

Merri-bek’s residential planning controls, polygon-by-polygon

Every residential zone in Merri-bek

  1. Neighbourhood Residential ZoneNRZ115 km²53.3%
  2. General Residential ZoneGRZ1, GRZ2, GRZ37 km²25.8%
  3. Residential 1 Zone (legacy)R1Z——
  4. Housing Choice and Transport ZoneHCTZ1, HCTZ23 km²11.3%
  5. Residential Growth ZoneRGZ1, RGZ21 km²2.6%
  6. Activity Centre ZoneACZ11 km²1.8%
  7. Commercial 1 ZoneC1Z1 km²3.5%
  8. Mixed Use ZoneMUZ, MUZ1, MUZ2<1 km²1.8%
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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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