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.
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
2-storey cap
- 1. Yarra Ranges≈88%
- 2. Knox≈83%
- ⋯
- 9. Hobsons Bay≈67%
- 10. Yarra≈67%
- 11. Nillumbik≈63%
- 12. Bayside (Vic.)≈62%
- 13. Melton≈60%
- ⋯
- 31. Darebin≈7%
- 32. Moonee Valley≈0%
Low-density
- 1. Yarra Ranges≈88%
- 2. Knox≈83%
- ⋯
- 5. Boroondara≈72%
- 6. Hobsons Bay≈67%
- 7. Nillumbik≈63%
- 8. Bayside (Vic.)≈62%
- 9. Merri-bek≈54%
- ⋯
- 31. Wyndham≈2%
- 32. Moonee Valley≈0%
Heritage
- 1. Yarra≈67%
- 2. Port Phillip≈49%
- ⋯
- 15. Whitehorse≈2%
- 16. Manningham≈2%
- 17. Nillumbik≈2%
- 18. Brimbank≈2%
- 19. Mornington Peninsula≈2%
- ⋯
- 31. Knox≈0%
- 32. Mitchell≈0%
Highly restricted
- 1. Yarra Ranges≈90%
- 2. Boroondara≈86%
- ⋯
- 10. Cardinia≈69%
- 11. Bayside (Vic.)≈69%
- 12. Nillumbik≈64%
- 13. Melton≈60%
- 14. Merri-bek≈59%
- ⋯
- 31. Darebin≈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.
Melbourne context
Nillumbik ranks #12 of 32 councils in Melbourne for highly restricted residential land.
- Yarra Ranges ≈90%
- Boroondara ≈86%
- Yarra ≈84%
- Knox ≈83%
- Glen Eira ≈75%
- Manningham ≈74%
- Kingston (Vic.) ≈74%
- Hobsons Bay ≈70%
- Mitchell ≈69%
- Cardinia ≈69%
- Bayside (Vic.) ≈69%
- Nillumbik ≈64%
- Melton ≈60%
- Merri-bek ≈59%
- Port Phillip ≈56%
- Stonnington ≈56%
- Brimbank ≈52%
- Whitehorse ≈50%
- Melbourne ≈44%
- Hume ≈44%
- Wyndham ≈43%
- Maroondah ≈43%
- Casey ≈41%
- Banyule ≈40%
- Whittlesea ≈34%
- Monash ≈30%
- Greater Dandenong ≈27%
- Mornington Peninsula ≈26%
- Frankston ≈23%
- Maribyrnong ≈17%
- Darebin ≈11%
- Moonee Valley ≈11%