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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 Ranges88%
  2. 2. Knox83%
  3. 22. Banyule38%
  4. 23. Whittlesea33%
  5. 24. Monash27%
  6. 25. Greater Dandenong26%
  7. 26. Mornington Peninsula25%
  8. 31. Darebin7%
  9. 32. Moonee Valley0%

Low-density

  1. 1. Yarra Ranges88%
  2. 2. Knox83%
  3. 16. Banyule38%
  4. 17. Cardinia32%
  5. 18. Monash27%
  6. 19. Greater Dandenong26%
  7. 20. Mornington Peninsula25%
  8. 31. Wyndham2%
  9. 32. Moonee Valley0%

Heritage

  1. 1. Yarra67%
  2. 2. Port Phillip49%
  3. 19. Mornington Peninsula2%
  4. 20. Frankston1%
  5. 21. Monash1%
  6. 22. Maroondah1%
  7. 23. Hume1%
  8. 31. Knox0%
  9. 32. Mitchell0%

Highly restricted

  1. 1. Yarra Ranges90%
  2. 2. Boroondara84%
  3. 24. Banyule40%
  4. 25. Whittlesea34%
  5. 26. Monash28%
  6. 27. Greater Dandenong27%
  7. 28. Mornington Peninsula26%
  8. 31. Darebin11%
  9. 32. Moonee Valley11%

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

Detailed zoning map

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

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