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Whitehorse

72,098 residential parcels covering 39.7 km².

Highly restricted land

≈49% of Whitehorse’s residential land is highly restricted.

Driven mostly by 2-storey height caps. Whitehorse ranks #17 of 32 councils in Melbourne, and #115 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 Whitehorse. ABS LGA code 26980. 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 Whitehorse ranks in Melbourne

Whitehorse ranks #17 of 32 Melbourne-area councils for highly restricted residential land.

Highly restricted

Whitehorse: ≈49% · rank #17 of 32

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

2-storey cap

  1. 1. Yarra Ranges≈88%
  2. 2. Knox≈83%
  3. ⋯
  4. 14. Merri-bek≈54%
  5. 15. Brimbank≈51%
  6. 16. Whitehorse≈48%
  7. 17. Hume≈43%
  8. 18. Wyndham≈43%
  9. ⋯
  10. 31. Darebin≈7%
  11. 32. Moonee Valley≈0%

Low-density

  1. 1. Yarra Ranges≈88%
  2. 2. Knox≈83%
  3. ⋯
  4. 10. Yarra≈52%
  5. 11. Brimbank≈52%
  6. 12. Whitehorse≈48%
  7. 13. Manningham≈45%
  8. 14. Maroondah≈42%
  9. ⋯
  10. 31. Wyndham≈2%
  11. 32. Moonee Valley≈0%

Heritage

  1. 1. Yarra≈67%
  2. 2. Port Phillip≈49%
  3. ⋯
  4. 13. Banyule≈4%
  5. 14. Yarra Ranges≈3%
  6. 15. Whitehorse≈2%
  7. 16. Manningham≈2%
  8. 17. Nillumbik≈2%
  9. ⋯
  10. 31. Knox≈0%
  11. 32. Mitchell≈0%

Highly restricted

  1. 1. Yarra Ranges≈90%
  2. 2. Boroondara≈84%
  3. ⋯
  4. 15. Port Phillip≈56%
  5. 16. Brimbank≈52%
  6. 17. Whitehorse≈49%
  7. 18. Melbourne≈44%
  8. 19. Hume≈44%
  9. ⋯
  10. 31. Darebin≈11%
  11. 32. Moonee Valley≈11%

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

Suburbs in Whitehorse

16 suburbs sit inside this council.

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

  1. Surrey Hills≈95%
  2. Vermont South≈94%
  3. Mont Albert≈82%
  4. Vermont≈79%
  5. Box Hill South≈79%
  6. Blackburn South≈74%
  7. Mitcham (Vic.)≈70%
  8. Nunawading≈60%
  9. Blackburn≈50%
  10. Mont Albert North≈40%
  11. Forest Hill (Vic.)≈29%
  12. Blackburn North≈27%
  13. Box Hill (Vic.)≈11%
  14. Burwood (Vic.)≈2%
  15. Box Hill North≈1%
  16. Burwood East≈0%
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Melbourne context

Whitehorse ranks #17 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

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

Every residential zone in Whitehorse

  1. Low Density Residential ZoneLDRZ<1 km²0.3%
  2. Neighbourhood Residential ZoneNRZ1, NRZ2, NRZ3, NRZ4, NRZ5, NRZ819 km²47.7%
  3. General Residential ZoneGRZ1, GRZ2, GRZ3, GRZ4, GRZ514 km²35.3%
  4. Housing Choice and Transport ZoneHCTZ1, HCTZ22 km²4.7%
  5. Residential Growth ZoneRGZ1, RGZ2, RGZ31 km²1.4%
  6. Commercial 1 ZoneC1Z1 km²2.7%
  7. Mixed Use ZoneMUZ<1 km²0.4%
  8. Precinct ZonePRZ1, PRZ2, PRZ3, PRZ4, PRZ5, PRZ63 km²7.4%
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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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