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Nillumbik

19,604 residential parcels covering 28.6 km².

Highly restricted land

64% of Nillumbik’s residential land is highly restricted.

Driven mostly by 2-storey height caps. Nillumbik ranks #12 of 32 councils in Melbourne, and #106 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 Nillumbik. ABS LGA code 25710. 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 Nillumbik ranks in Melbourne

Nillumbik ranks #12 of 32 Melbourne-area councils for highly restricted residential land.

Highly restricted

Nillumbik: 64% · rank #12 of 32

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

2-storey cap

  1. 1. Yarra Ranges88%
  2. 2. Knox83%
  3. 9. Hobsons Bay67%
  4. 10. Yarra67%
  5. 11. Nillumbik63%
  6. 12. Bayside (Vic.)62%
  7. 13. Melton60%
  8. 31. Darebin7%
  9. 32. Moonee Valley0%

Low-density

  1. 1. Yarra Ranges88%
  2. 2. Knox83%
  3. 5. Boroondara72%
  4. 6. Hobsons Bay67%
  5. 7. Nillumbik63%
  6. 8. Bayside (Vic.)62%
  7. 9. Merri-bek54%
  8. 31. Wyndham2%
  9. 32. Moonee Valley0%

Heritage

  1. 1. Yarra67%
  2. 2. Port Phillip49%
  3. 15. Whitehorse2%
  4. 16. Manningham2%
  5. 17. Nillumbik2%
  6. 18. Brimbank2%
  7. 19. Mornington Peninsula2%
  8. 31. Knox0%
  9. 32. Mitchell0%

Highly restricted

  1. 1. Yarra Ranges90%
  2. 2. Boroondara86%
  3. 10. Cardinia69%
  4. 11. Bayside (Vic.)69%
  5. 12. Nillumbik64%
  6. 13. Melton60%
  7. 14. Merri-bek59%
  8. 31. Darebin11%
  9. 32. Moonee Valley11%

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

Suburbs in Nillumbik

7 suburbs sit inside this council.

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

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