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Stonnington

31,955 residential parcels covering 16.6 km².

Highly restricted land

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

Driven mostly by 2-storey height caps. Stonnington ranks #16 of 32 councils in Melbourne, and #114 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 #16 of 32 Melbourne-area councils for highly restricted residential land.

Highly restricted

Stonnington: ≈56% · rank #16 of 32

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

2-storey cap

  1. 1. Yarra Ranges≈88%
  2. 2. Knox≈83%
  3. ⋯
  4. 18. Wyndham≈43%
  5. 19. Maroondah≈42%
  6. 20. Stonnington≈41%
  7. 21. Casey≈40%
  8. 22. Port Phillip≈40%
  9. ⋯
  10. 31. Darebin≈7%
  11. 32. Moonee Valley≈0%

Low-density

  1. 1. Yarra Ranges≈88%
  2. 2. Knox≈83%
  3. ⋯
  4. 19. Greater Dandenong≈26%
  5. 20. Mornington Peninsula≈25%
  6. 21. Stonnington≈23%
  7. 22. Frankston≈22%
  8. 23. Casey≈12%
  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≈86%
  3. ⋯
  4. 14. Merri-bek≈59%
  5. 15. Port Phillip≈56%
  6. 16. Stonnington≈56%
  7. 17. Brimbank≈52%
  8. 18. Whitehorse≈50%
  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. Armadale (Vic.)≈83%
  2. Glen Iris (Vic.)≈81%
  3. Windsor (Vic.)≈77%
  4. Prahran≈75%
  5. South Yarra≈70%
  6. Malvern (Vic.)≈67%
  7. Malvern East≈42%
  8. Toorak≈40%
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Melbourne context

Stonnington ranks #16 of 32 councils in Melbourne for highly restricted residential land.

  1. Yarra Ranges ≈90%
  2. Boroondara ≈86%
  3. Yarra ≈84%
  4. Knox ≈83%
  5. Glen Eira ≈75%
  6. Manningham ≈74%
  7. Kingston (Vic.) ≈74%
  8. Hobsons Bay ≈70%
  9. Mitchell ≈69%
  10. Cardinia ≈69%
  11. Bayside (Vic.) ≈69%
  12. Nillumbik ≈64%
  13. Melton ≈60%
  14. Merri-bek ≈59%
  15. Port Phillip ≈56%
  16. Stonnington ≈56%
  17. Brimbank ≈52%
  18. Whitehorse ≈50%
  19. Melbourne ≈44%
  20. Hume ≈44%
  21. Wyndham ≈43%
  22. Maroondah ≈43%
  23. Casey ≈41%
  24. Banyule ≈40%
  25. Whittlesea ≈34%
  26. Monash ≈30%
  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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