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Stonnington

31,943 residential parcels covering 16.6 km².

Highly restricted land

≈43% of Stonnington’s residential land is highly restricted.

Driven mostly by heritage controls. Stonnington ranks #22 of 32 councils in Melbourne, and #121 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 Stonnington. ABS LGA code 26350. 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 Stonnington ranks in Melbourne

Stonnington ranks #22 of 32 Melbourne-area councils for highly restricted residential land.

Highly restricted

Stonnington: ≈43% · rank #22 of 32

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

2-storey cap

  1. 1. Yarra Ranges≈88%
  2. 2. Knox≈83%
  3. ⋯
  4. 26. Mornington Peninsula≈25%
  5. 27. Frankston≈22%
  6. 28. Stonnington≈18%
  7. 29. Maribyrnong≈10%
  8. 30. Melbourne≈8%
  9. 31. Darebin≈7%
  10. 32. Moonee Valley≈0%

Low-density

  1. 1. Yarra Ranges≈88%
  2. 2. Knox≈83%
  3. ⋯
  4. 21. Frankston≈22%
  5. 22. Casey≈12%
  6. 23. Stonnington≈10%
  7. 24. Maribyrnong≈10%
  8. 25. Melbourne≈8%
  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. 5. Boroondara≈25%
  6. 6. Maribyrnong≈15%
  7. ⋯
  8. 31. Knox≈0%
  9. 32. Mitchell≈0%

Highly restricted

  1. 1. Yarra Ranges≈90%
  2. 2. Boroondara≈84%
  3. ⋯
  4. 20. Wyndham≈43%
  5. 21. Maroondah≈43%
  6. 22. Stonnington≈43%
  7. 23. Casey≈41%
  8. 24. Banyule≈40%
  9. ⋯
  10. 31. Darebin≈11%
  11. 32. Moonee Valley≈11%

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

Suburbs in Stonnington

8 suburbs sit inside this council.

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

  1. Glen Iris (Vic.)≈80%
  2. Malvern (Vic.)≈57%
  3. Prahran≈49%
  4. Armadale (Vic.)≈49%
  5. South Yarra≈49%
  6. Malvern East≈40%
  7. Windsor (Vic.)≈37%
  8. Toorak≈30%
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Melbourne context

Stonnington ranks #22 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

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

Every residential zone in Stonnington

  1. Neighbourhood Residential ZoneNRZ1, NRZ2, NRZ3, NRZ4, NRZ52 km²9.9%
  2. General Residential ZoneGRZ1, GRZ3, GRZ4, GRZ5, GRZ7, GRZ8, GRZ9, GRZ10, GRZ11, GRZ12, GRZ13, GRZ14, GRZ154 km²23.1%
  3. Housing Choice and Transport ZoneHCTZ1, HCTZ29 km²55.9%
  4. Residential Growth ZoneRGZ1, RGZ2<1 km²1.2%
  5. Activity Centre ZoneACZ11 km²4.2%
  6. Commercial 1 ZoneC1Z1 km²5.1%
  7. Mixed Use ZoneMUZ<1 km²0.6%
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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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