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Whitehorse

71,928 residential parcels covering 39.4 km².

Highly restricted land

≈50% of Whitehorse’s residential land is highly restricted.

Driven mostly by 2-storey height caps. Whitehorse ranks #18 of 32 councils in Melbourne, and #116 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 #18 of 32 Melbourne-area councils for highly restricted residential land.

Highly restricted

Whitehorse: ≈50% · rank #18 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≈49%
  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≈49%
  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≈86%
  3. ⋯
  4. 16. Stonnington≈56%
  5. 17. Brimbank≈52%
  6. 18. Whitehorse≈50%
  7. 19. Melbourne≈44%
  8. 20. 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≈84%
  4. Box Hill South≈80%
  5. Vermont≈79%
  6. Blackburn South≈74%
  7. Mitcham (Vic.)≈74%
  8. Nunawading≈60%
  9. Blackburn≈50%
  10. Mont Albert North≈40%
  11. Forest Hill (Vic.)≈29%
  12. Blackburn North≈27%
  13. Box Hill (Vic.)≈13%
  14. Burwood (Vic.)≈4%
  15. Box Hill North≈1%
  16. Burwood East≈0%
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Melbourne context

Whitehorse ranks #18 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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