Highly restricted land
≈34% of Whittlesea’s residential land is highly restricted.
Driven mostly by 2-storey height caps. Whittlesea ranks #25 of 32 councils in Melbourne, and #124 of 133 capital city councils nationally.
Source: Geometric union of 2-storey, low-density, detached-only, and heritage controls across Whittlesea. ABS LGA code 27070. 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 Whittlesea ranks in Melbourne
Whittlesea ranks #25 of 32 Melbourne-area councils for highly restricted residential land.
Highly restricted
Whittlesea: ≈34% · rank #25 of 32
2-storey cap
- 1. Yarra Ranges≈88%
- 2. Knox≈83%
- ⋯
- 21. Port Phillip≈40%
- 22. Banyule≈38%
- 23. Whittlesea≈33%
- 24. Monash≈27%
- 25. Greater Dandenong≈26%
- ⋯
- 31. Darebin≈7%
- 32. Moonee Valley≈0%
Low-density
- 1. Yarra Ranges≈88%
- 2. Knox≈83%
- ⋯
- 28. Hume≈5%
- 29. Mitchell≈4%
- 30. Whittlesea≈3%
- 31. Wyndham≈2%
- 32. Moonee Valley≈0%
Heritage
- 1. Yarra≈67%
- 2. Port Phillip≈49%
- ⋯
- 24. Melton≈1%
- 25. Cardinia≈1%
- 26. Whittlesea≈1%
- 27. Kingston (Vic.)≈1%
- 28. Wyndham≈0%
- ⋯
- 31. Knox≈0%
- 32. Mitchell≈0%
Highly restricted
- 1. Yarra Ranges≈90%
- 2. Boroondara≈84%
- ⋯
- 23. Casey≈41%
- 24. Banyule≈40%
- 25. Whittlesea≈34%
- 26. Monash≈28%
- 27. Greater Dandenong≈27%
- ⋯
- 31. Darebin≈11%
- 32. Moonee Valley≈11%
Source: Whittlesea ranked against other Melbourne-area councils on each restriction metric (ex-rural shares). Methodology →
Suburbs in Whittlesea
11 suburbs sit inside this council.
ABS Suburb & Locality (SAL) boundaries that fall at least 30% inside Whittlesea.
Melbourne context
Whittlesea ranks #25 of 32 councils in Melbourne for highly restricted residential land.
- Yarra Ranges ≈90%
- Boroondara ≈84%
- Yarra ≈84%
- Knox ≈83%
- Manningham ≈74%
- Kingston (Vic.) ≈72%
- Hobsons Bay ≈70%
- Mitchell ≈69%
- Cardinia ≈69%
- Bayside (Vic.) ≈67%
- Nillumbik ≈64%
- Glen Eira ≈61%
- Melton ≈60%
- Merri-bek ≈59%
- Port Phillip ≈56%
- Brimbank ≈52%
- Whitehorse ≈49%
- Melbourne ≈44%
- Hume ≈44%
- Wyndham ≈43%
- Maroondah ≈43%
- Stonnington ≈43%
- Casey ≈41%
- Banyule ≈40%
- Whittlesea ≈34%
- Monash ≈28%
- Greater Dandenong ≈27%
- Mornington Peninsula ≈26%
- Frankston ≈23%
- Maribyrnong ≈17%
- Darebin ≈11%
- Moonee Valley ≈11%
Detailed zoning map
Whittlesea’s residential planning controls, polygon-by-polygon
Every residential zone in Whittlesea
- Low Density Residential ZoneLDRZ2 km²2.6%
- Neighbourhood Residential ZoneNRZ1<1 km²0.5%
- General Residential ZoneGRZ1, GRZ2, GRZ4, GRZ5, GRZ647 km²50.7%
- Housing Choice and Transport ZoneHCTZ1, HCTZ21 km²1.4%
- Residential Growth ZoneRGZ11 km²0.6%
- Activity Centre ZoneACZ1, ACZ24 km²4.0%
- Commercial 1 ZoneC1Z<1 km²0.4%
- Comprehensive Development ZoneCDZ1, CDZ2, CDZ3, CDZ4, CDZ5, CDZ67 km²7.9%
- Mixed Use ZoneMUZ, MUZ1, MUZ2<1 km²0.2%
- Priority Development ZonePDZ11 km²1.4%
- Urban Growth ZoneUGZ1, UGZ3, UGZ4, UGZ5, UGZ6, UGZ728 km²30.3%
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.