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Mornington Peninsula

94,042 residential parcels covering 111.4 km².

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.

Highly restricted residential
Not highly restricted residential

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

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

2-storey cap

  1. 1. Yarra Ranges≈88%
  2. 2. Knox≈83%
  3. ⋯
  4. 25. Monash≈28%
  5. 26. Greater Dandenong≈26%
  6. 27. Mornington Peninsula≈25%
  7. 28. Frankston≈22%
  8. 29. Maribyrnong≈10%
  9. ⋯
  10. 31. Darebin≈7%
  11. 32. Moonee Valley≈0%

Low-density

  1. 1. Yarra Ranges≈88%
  2. 2. Knox≈83%
  3. ⋯
  4. 18. Monash≈28%
  5. 19. Greater Dandenong≈26%
  6. 20. Mornington Peninsula≈25%
  7. 21. Stonnington≈23%
  8. 22. Frankston≈22%
  9. ⋯
  10. 31. Wyndham≈2%
  11. 32. Moonee Valley≈0%

Heritage

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

Highly restricted

  1. 1. Yarra Ranges≈90%
  2. 2. Boroondara≈86%
  3. ⋯
  4. 26. Monash≈30%
  5. 27. Greater Dandenong≈27%
  6. 28. Mornington Peninsula≈26%
  7. 29. Frankston≈23%
  8. 30. Maribyrnong≈17%
  9. 31. Darebin≈11%
  10. 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.

  1. Tyabb≈88%
  2. Bittern≈79%
  3. Somerville (Vic.)≈71%
  4. Arthurs Seat≈57%
  5. St Andrews Beach≈52%
  6. Hastings (Vic.)≈47%
  7. Somers≈27%
  8. Mount Martha≈25%
  9. Mornington (Vic.)≈21%
  10. Balnarring≈16%
  11. Portsea≈14%
  12. Rye≈12%
  13. Sorrento (Vic.)≈11%
  14. Crib Point≈10%
  15. Dromana≈10%
  16. Rosebud≈9%
  17. Blairgowrie≈7%
  18. Mount Eliza≈3%
  19. McCrae≈1%
  20. Capel Sound≈0%
  21. Baxter≈0%
  22. Fingal (Vic.)≈0%
  23. Safety Beach (Vic.)≈0%
  24. Tootgarook≈0%
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Melbourne context

Mornington Peninsula ranks #28 of 32 councils in Melbourne for highly restricted residential land.

  1. Yarra Ranges ≈90%
  2. Boroondara ≈86%
  3. Yarra ≈84%
  4. Knox ≈83%
  5. Glen Eira ≈75%
  6. Manningham ≈74%
  7. Kingston (Vic.) ≈74%
  8. Hobsons Bay ≈70%
  9. Mitchell ≈69%
  10. Cardinia ≈69%
  11. Bayside (Vic.) ≈69%
  12. Nillumbik ≈64%
  13. Melton ≈60%
  14. Merri-bek ≈59%
  15. Port Phillip ≈56%
  16. Stonnington ≈56%
  17. Brimbank ≈52%
  18. Whitehorse ≈50%
  19. Melbourne ≈44%
  20. Hume ≈44%
  21. Wyndham ≈43%
  22. Maroondah ≈43%
  23. Casey ≈41%
  24. Banyule ≈40%
  25. Whittlesea ≈34%
  26. Monash ≈30%
  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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