Highly restricted land
≈26% of Mornington Peninsula’s residential land is highly restricted.
Driven mostly by 2-storey height caps. Mornington Peninsula ranks #28 of 32 councils in Melbourne, and #127 of 133 capital city councils nationally.
Source: Geometric union of 2-storey, low-density, detached-only, and heritage controls across Mornington Peninsula. ABS LGA code 25340. 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 Mornington Peninsula ranks in Melbourne
Mornington Peninsula ranks #28 of 32 Melbourne-area councils for highly restricted residential land.
Highly restricted
Mornington Peninsula: ≈26% · rank #28 of 32
2-storey cap
- 1. Yarra Ranges≈88%
- 2. Knox≈83%
- ⋯
- 24. Monash≈27%
- 25. Greater Dandenong≈26%
- 26. Mornington Peninsula≈25%
- 27. Frankston≈22%
- 28. Stonnington≈18%
- ⋯
- 31. Darebin≈7%
- 32. Moonee Valley≈0%
Low-density
- 1. Yarra Ranges≈88%
- 2. Knox≈83%
- ⋯
- 18. Monash≈27%
- 19. Greater Dandenong≈26%
- 20. Mornington Peninsula≈25%
- 21. Frankston≈22%
- 22. Casey≈12%
- ⋯
- 31. Wyndham≈2%
- 32. Moonee Valley≈0%
Heritage
- 1. Yarra≈67%
- 2. Port Phillip≈49%
- ⋯
- 17. Nillumbik≈2%
- 18. Brimbank≈2%
- 19. Mornington Peninsula≈2%
- 20. Frankston≈1%
- 21. Monash≈1%
- ⋯
- 31. Knox≈0%
- 32. Mitchell≈0%
Highly restricted
- 1. Yarra Ranges≈90%
- 2. Boroondara≈84%
- ⋯
- 26. Monash≈28%
- 27. Greater Dandenong≈27%
- 28. Mornington Peninsula≈26%
- 29. Frankston≈23%
- 30. Maribyrnong≈17%
- 31. Darebin≈11%
- 32. Moonee Valley≈11%
Source: Mornington Peninsula ranked against other Melbourne-area councils on each restriction metric (ex-rural shares). Methodology →
Suburbs in Mornington Peninsula
24 suburbs sit inside this council.
ABS Suburb & Locality (SAL) boundaries that fall at least 30% inside Mornington Peninsula.
- Tyabb≈88%
- Bittern≈79%
- Somerville (Vic.)≈71%
- Arthurs Seat≈57%
- St Andrews Beach≈52%
- Hastings (Vic.)≈47%
- Somers≈27%
- Mount Martha≈25%
- Mornington (Vic.)≈21%
- Balnarring≈16%
- Portsea≈14%
- Rye≈12%
- Sorrento (Vic.)≈11%
- Crib Point≈10%
- Dromana≈10%
- Rosebud≈9%
- Blairgowrie≈7%
- Mount Eliza≈3%
- McCrae≈1%
- Capel Sound≈0%
- Baxter≈0%
- Fingal (Vic.)≈0%
- Safety Beach (Vic.)≈0%
- Tootgarook≈0%
Melbourne context
Mornington Peninsula ranks #28 of 32 councils in Melbourne for highly restricted residential land.
- Yarra Ranges ≈90%
- Boroondara ≈84%
- Yarra ≈84%
- Knox ≈83%
- Manningham ≈74%
- Kingston (Vic.) ≈72%
- Hobsons Bay ≈70%
- Mitchell ≈69%
- Cardinia ≈69%
- Bayside (Vic.) ≈67%
- Nillumbik ≈64%
- Glen Eira ≈61%
- Melton ≈60%
- Merri-bek ≈59%
- Port Phillip ≈56%
- Brimbank ≈52%
- Whitehorse ≈49%
- Melbourne ≈44%
- Hume ≈44%
- Wyndham ≈43%
- Maroondah ≈43%
- Stonnington ≈43%
- Casey ≈41%
- Banyule ≈40%
- Whittlesea ≈34%
- Monash ≈28%
- Greater Dandenong ≈27%
- Mornington Peninsula ≈26%
- Frankston ≈23%
- Maribyrnong ≈17%
- Darebin ≈11%
- Moonee Valley ≈11%
Detailed zoning map
Mornington Peninsula’s residential planning controls, polygon-by-polygon
Every residential zone in Mornington Peninsula
- Low Density Residential ZoneLDRZ28 km²25.1%
- Neighbourhood Residential ZoneNRZ1<1 km²<0.1%
- General Residential ZoneGRZ1, GRZ379 km²72.0%
- Residential 1 Zone (legacy)R1Z<1 km²<0.1%
- Commercial 1 ZoneC1Z1 km²1.0%
- Comprehensive Development ZoneCDZ12 km²1.8%
- Mixed Use ZoneMUZ<1 km²<0.1%
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.