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Port Phillip

23,991 residential parcels covering 9.9 km².

Highly restricted land

≈56% of Port Phillip’s residential land is highly restricted.

Driven mostly by heritage controls. Port Phillip ranks #15 of 32 councils in Melbourne, and #113 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 Port Phillip. ABS LGA code 25900. 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 Port Phillip ranks in Melbourne

Port Phillip ranks #15 of 32 Melbourne-area councils for highly restricted residential land.

Highly restricted

Port Phillip: ≈56% · rank #15 of 32

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

2-storey cap

  1. 1. Yarra Ranges≈88%
  2. 2. Knox≈83%
  3. ⋯
  4. 19. Maroondah≈42%
  5. 20. Casey≈40%
  6. 21. Port Phillip≈40%
  7. 22. Banyule≈38%
  8. 23. Whittlesea≈33%
  9. ⋯
  10. 31. Darebin≈7%
  11. 32. Moonee Valley≈0%

Low-density

  1. 1. Yarra Ranges≈88%
  2. 2. Knox≈83%
  3. ⋯
  4. 13. Manningham≈45%
  5. 14. Maroondah≈42%
  6. 15. Port Phillip≈40%
  7. 16. Banyule≈38%
  8. 17. Cardinia≈32%
  9. ⋯
  10. 31. Wyndham≈2%
  11. 32. Moonee Valley≈0%

Heritage

  1. 1. Yarra≈67%
  2. 2. Port Phillip≈49%
  3. 3. Melbourne≈44%
  4. 4. Stonnington≈31%
  5. ⋯
  6. 31. Knox≈0%
  7. 32. Mitchell≈0%

Highly restricted

  1. 1. Yarra Ranges≈90%
  2. 2. Boroondara≈84%
  3. ⋯
  4. 13. Melton≈60%
  5. 14. Merri-bek≈59%
  6. 15. Port Phillip≈56%
  7. 16. Brimbank≈52%
  8. 17. Whitehorse≈49%
  9. ⋯
  10. 31. Darebin≈11%
  11. 32. Moonee Valley≈11%

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

Suburbs in Port Phillip

9 suburbs sit inside this council.

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

  1. Middle Park (Vic.)≈97%
  2. Albert Park (Vic.)≈95%
  3. St Kilda West≈89%
  4. St Kilda East≈68%
  5. Elwood≈62%
  6. St Kilda (Vic.)≈58%
  7. South Melbourne≈57%
  8. Balaclava (Vic.)≈50%
  9. Port Melbourne≈35%
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Melbourne context

Port Phillip ranks #15 of 32 councils in Melbourne for highly restricted residential land.

  1. Yarra Ranges ≈90%
  2. Boroondara ≈84%
  3. Yarra ≈84%
  4. Knox ≈83%
  5. Manningham ≈74%
  6. Kingston (Vic.) ≈72%
  7. Hobsons Bay ≈70%
  8. Mitchell ≈69%
  9. Cardinia ≈69%
  10. Bayside (Vic.) ≈67%
  11. Nillumbik ≈64%
  12. Glen Eira ≈61%
  13. Melton ≈60%
  14. Merri-bek ≈59%
  15. Port Phillip ≈56%
  16. Brimbank ≈52%
  17. Whitehorse ≈49%
  18. Melbourne ≈44%
  19. Hume ≈44%
  20. Wyndham ≈43%
  21. Maroondah ≈43%
  22. Stonnington ≈43%
  23. Casey ≈41%
  24. Banyule ≈40%
  25. Whittlesea ≈34%
  26. Monash ≈28%
  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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Detailed zoning map

Port Phillip’s residential planning controls, polygon-by-polygon

Every residential zone in Port Phillip

  1. Neighbourhood Residential ZoneNRZ1, NRZ2, NRZ3, NRZ4, NRZ5, NRZ6, NRZ74 km²40.0%
  2. General Residential ZoneGRZ1, GRZ2, GRZ3, GRZ4, GRZ5, GRZ7, GRZ8, GRZ9, GRZ10, GRZ11, GRZ12, GRZ133 km²27.7%
  3. Residential Growth ZoneRGZ1<1 km²3.3%
  4. Capital City ZoneCCZ12 km²15.8%
  5. Commercial 1 ZoneC1Z1 km²9.1%
  6. Comprehensive Development ZoneCDZ1, CDZ2, CDZ3<1 km²0.5%
  7. Mixed Use ZoneMUZ<1 km²3.6%
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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.

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