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Whittlesea

102,032 residential parcels covering 94.1 km².

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.

Highly restricted residential
Not highly restricted residential

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

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

2-storey cap

  1. 1. Yarra Ranges≈88%
  2. 2. Knox≈83%
  3. ⋯
  4. 22. Port Phillip≈40%
  5. 23. Banyule≈38%
  6. 24. Whittlesea≈33%
  7. 25. Monash≈28%
  8. 26. Greater Dandenong≈26%
  9. ⋯
  10. 31. Darebin≈7%
  11. 32. Moonee Valley≈0%

Low-density

  1. 1. Yarra Ranges≈88%
  2. 2. Knox≈83%
  3. ⋯
  4. 28. Hume≈5%
  5. 29. Mitchell≈4%
  6. 30. Whittlesea≈3%
  7. 31. Wyndham≈2%
  8. 32. Moonee Valley≈0%

Heritage

  1. 1. Yarra≈67%
  2. 2. Port Phillip≈49%
  3. ⋯
  4. 24. Melton≈1%
  5. 25. Cardinia≈1%
  6. 26. Whittlesea≈1%
  7. 27. Kingston (Vic.)≈1%
  8. 28. Wyndham≈0%
  9. ⋯
  10. 31. Knox≈0%
  11. 32. Mitchell≈0%

Highly restricted

  1. 1. Yarra Ranges≈90%
  2. 2. Boroondara≈86%
  3. ⋯
  4. 23. Casey≈41%
  5. 24. Banyule≈40%
  6. 25. Whittlesea≈34%
  7. 26. Monash≈30%
  8. 27. Greater Dandenong≈27%
  9. ⋯
  10. 31. Darebin≈11%
  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.

  1. Donnybrook (Vic.)≈100%
  2. Beveridge≈92%
  3. Whittlesea≈61%
  4. Wollert≈58%
  5. South Morang≈17%
  6. Lalor≈10%
  7. Epping (Vic.)≈10%
  8. Mernda≈4%
  9. Bundoora (Vic.)≈1%
  10. Mill Park≈0%
  11. Thomastown≈0%
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Melbourne context

Whittlesea ranks #25 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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