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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 #11 of 32 councils in Melbourne, and #105 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 #11 of 32 Melbourne-area councils for highly restricted residential land.

Highly restricted

Nillumbik: ≈64% · rank #11 of 32

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

2-storey cap

  1. 1. Yarra Ranges≈88%
  2. 2. Knox≈83%
  3. ⋯
  4. 8. Hobsons Bay≈67%
  5. 9. Yarra≈67%
  6. 10. Nillumbik≈63%
  7. 11. Melton≈60%
  8. 12. Bayside (Vic.)≈59%
  9. ⋯
  10. 31. Darebin≈7%
  11. 32. Moonee Valley≈0%

Low-density

  1. 1. Yarra Ranges≈88%
  2. 2. Knox≈83%
  3. ⋯
  4. 4. Boroondara≈69%
  5. 5. Hobsons Bay≈67%
  6. 6. Nillumbik≈63%
  7. 7. Bayside (Vic.)≈59%
  8. 8. Glen Eira≈55%
  9. ⋯
  10. 31. Wyndham≈2%
  11. 32. Moonee Valley≈0%

Heritage

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

Highly restricted

  1. 1. Yarra Ranges≈90%
  2. 2. Boroondara≈84%
  3. ⋯
  4. 9. Cardinia≈69%
  5. 10. Bayside (Vic.)≈67%
  6. 11. Nillumbik≈64%
  7. 12. Glen Eira≈61%
  8. 13. Melton≈60%
  9. ⋯
  10. 31. Darebin≈11%
  11. 32. Moonee Valley≈11%

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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Detailed zoning map

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

Every residential zone in Nillumbik

  1. Low Density Residential ZoneLDRZ12 km²42.4%
  2. Neighbourhood Residential ZoneNRZ1, NRZ36 km²21.1%
  3. General Residential ZoneGRZ1, GRZ210 km²34.7%
  4. Activity Centre ZoneACZ1, ACZ2<1 km²1.3%
  5. Commercial 1 ZoneC1Z<1 km²<0.1%
  6. Mixed Use ZoneMUZ<1 km²0.4%
Per page:

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.