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Monash

79,219 residential parcels covering 46.2 km².

Highly restricted land

≈28% of Monash’s residential land is highly restricted.

Driven mostly by 2-storey height caps. Monash ranks #26 of 32 councils in Melbourne, and #125 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 Monash. ABS LGA code 24970. 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 Monash ranks in Melbourne

Monash ranks #26 of 32 Melbourne-area councils for highly restricted residential land.

Highly restricted

Monash: ≈28% · rank #26 of 32

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

2-storey cap

  1. 1. Yarra Ranges≈88%
  2. 2. Knox≈83%
  3. ⋯
  4. 22. Banyule≈38%
  5. 23. Whittlesea≈33%
  6. 24. Monash≈27%
  7. 25. Greater Dandenong≈26%
  8. 26. Mornington Peninsula≈25%
  9. ⋯
  10. 31. Darebin≈7%
  11. 32. Moonee Valley≈0%

Low-density

  1. 1. Yarra Ranges≈88%
  2. 2. Knox≈83%
  3. ⋯
  4. 16. Banyule≈38%
  5. 17. Cardinia≈32%
  6. 18. Monash≈27%
  7. 19. Greater Dandenong≈26%
  8. 20. Mornington Peninsula≈25%
  9. ⋯
  10. 31. Wyndham≈2%
  11. 32. Moonee Valley≈0%

Heritage

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

Highly restricted

  1. 1. Yarra Ranges≈90%
  2. 2. Boroondara≈84%
  3. ⋯
  4. 24. Banyule≈40%
  5. 25. Whittlesea≈34%
  6. 26. Monash≈28%
  7. 27. Greater Dandenong≈27%
  8. 28. Mornington Peninsula≈26%
  9. ⋯
  10. 31. Darebin≈11%
  11. 32. Moonee Valley≈11%

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

Suburbs in Monash

13 suburbs sit inside this council.

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

  1. Wheelers Hill≈76%
  2. Glen Waverley≈39%
  3. Oakleigh South≈39%
  4. Mulgrave (Vic.)≈26%
  5. Ashwood≈26%
  6. Oakleigh≈22%
  7. Mount Waverley≈18%
  8. Hughesdale≈16%
  9. Chadstone≈15%
  10. Oakleigh East≈0%
  11. Clayton≈0%
  12. Huntingdale (Vic.)≈0%
  13. Notting Hill≈0%
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Melbourne context

Monash ranks #26 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

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

Every residential zone in Monash

  1. Neighbourhood Residential ZoneNRZ1, NRZ2, NRZ3, NRZ4, NRZ512 km²27.0%
  2. General Residential ZoneGRZ1, GRZ2, GRZ3, GRZ5, GRZ6, GRZ10, GRZ11, GRZ12, GRZ1323 km²51.6%
  3. Housing Choice and Transport ZoneHCTZ1, HCTZ22 km²5.0%
  4. Residential Growth ZoneRGZ1<1 km²<0.1%
  5. Commercial 1 ZoneC1Z1 km²2.0%
  6. Comprehensive Development ZoneCDZ1, CDZ2<1 km²0.3%
  7. Mixed Use ZoneMUZ, MUZ1, MUZ2, MUZ4<1 km²0.3%
  8. Precinct ZonePRZ1, PRZ2, PRZ3, PRZ4, PRZ5, PRZ6, PRZ76 km²13.8%
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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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