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Moonee Valley

49,862 residential parcels covering 23.7 km².

Highly restricted land

≈11% of Moonee Valley’s residential land is highly restricted.

Driven mostly by heritage controls. Moonee Valley ranks #32 of 32 councils in Melbourne, and #132 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 Moonee Valley. ABS LGA code 25060. 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 Moonee Valley ranks in Melbourne

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

Highly restricted

Moonee Valley: ≈11% · rank #32 of 32

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

2-storey cap

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

Low-density

  1. 1. Yarra Ranges≈88%
  2. 2. Knox≈83%
  3. ⋯
  4. 30. Whittlesea≈3%
  5. 31. Wyndham≈2%
  6. 32. Moonee Valley≈0%

Heritage

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

Highly restricted

  1. 1. Yarra Ranges≈90%
  2. 2. Boroondara≈84%
  3. ⋯
  4. 30. Maribyrnong≈17%
  5. 31. Darebin≈11%
  6. 32. Moonee Valley≈11%

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

Suburbs in Moonee Valley

12 suburbs sit inside this council.

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

  1. Flemington≈50%
  2. Ascot Vale≈25%
  3. Moonee Ponds≈25%
  4. Essendon≈16%
  5. Aberfeldie≈13%
  6. Essendon North≈2%
  7. Strathmore (Vic.)≈1%
  8. Keilor East≈0%
  9. Avondale Heights≈0%
  10. Airport West≈0%
  11. Essendon West≈0%
  12. Niddrie≈0%
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Melbourne context

Moonee Valley ranks #32 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

Moonee Valley’s residential planning controls, polygon-by-polygon

Every residential zone in Moonee Valley

  1. Neighbourhood Residential ZoneNRZ1, NRZ3<1 km²<0.1%
  2. General Residential ZoneGRZ11 km²3.2%
  3. Residential 1 Zone (legacy)R1Z17 km²74.2%
  4. Housing Choice and Transport ZoneHCTZ24 km²15.7%
  5. Residential Growth ZoneRGZ1<1 km²0.3%
  6. Activity Centre ZoneACZ1<1 km²1.4%
  7. Business 1 Zone (legacy)B1Z1 km²2.4%
  8. Business 2 Zone (legacy)B2Z<1 km²1.6%
  9. Business 5 Zone (legacy)B5Z<1 km²<0.1%
  10. Commercial 1 ZoneC1Z<1 km²0.2%
  11. Comprehensive Development ZoneCDZ1, CDZ3<1 km²<0.1%
  12. Mixed Use ZoneMUZ, MUZ2, MUZ3<1 km²0.9%
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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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