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Wyndham

128,243 residential parcels covering 101.3 km².

Highly restricted land

≈43% of Wyndham’s residential land is highly restricted.

Driven mostly by 2-storey height caps. Wyndham ranks #20 of 32 councils in Melbourne, and #119 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 Wyndham. ABS LGA code 27260. 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 Wyndham ranks in Melbourne

Wyndham ranks #20 of 32 Melbourne-area councils for highly restricted residential land.

Highly restricted

Wyndham: ≈43% · rank #20 of 32

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

2-storey cap

  1. 1. Yarra Ranges≈88%
  2. 2. Knox≈83%
  3. ⋯
  4. 16. Whitehorse≈48%
  5. 17. Hume≈43%
  6. 18. Wyndham≈43%
  7. 19. Maroondah≈42%
  8. 20. Casey≈40%
  9. ⋯
  10. 31. Darebin≈7%
  11. 32. Moonee Valley≈0%

Low-density

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

Heritage

  1. 1. Yarra≈67%
  2. 2. Port Phillip≈49%
  3. ⋯
  4. 26. Whittlesea≈1%
  5. 27. Kingston (Vic.)≈1%
  6. 28. Wyndham≈0%
  7. 29. Casey≈0%
  8. 30. Greater Dandenong≈0%
  9. 31. Knox≈0%
  10. 32. Mitchell≈0%

Highly restricted

  1. 1. Yarra Ranges≈90%
  2. 2. Boroondara≈84%
  3. ⋯
  4. 18. Melbourne≈44%
  5. 19. Hume≈44%
  6. 20. Wyndham≈43%
  7. 21. Maroondah≈43%
  8. 22. Stonnington≈43%
  9. ⋯
  10. 31. Darebin≈11%
  11. 32. Moonee Valley≈11%

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

Suburbs in Wyndham

12 suburbs sit inside this council.

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

  1. Mambourin≈100%
  2. Werribee South≈85%
  3. Truganina≈73%
  4. Tarneit≈70%
  5. Wyndham Vale≈70%
  6. Manor Lakes≈60%
  7. Laverton (Vic.)≈51%
  8. Werribee≈30%
  9. Hoppers Crossing≈14%
  10. Point Cook≈7%
  11. Eynesbury≈0%
  12. Williams Landing≈0%
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Melbourne context

Wyndham ranks #20 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

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

Every residential zone in Wyndham

  1. Low Density Residential ZoneLDRZ2 km²1.8%
  2. Neighbourhood Residential ZoneNRZ5——
  3. General Residential ZoneGRZ148 km²48.8%
  4. Activity Centre ZoneACZ1<1 km²0.4%
  5. Commercial 1 ZoneC1Z1 km²1.2%
  6. Mixed Use ZoneMUZ4 km²4.4%
  7. Priority Development ZonePDZ12 km²2.0%
  8. Urban Growth ZoneUGZ, UGZ1, UGZ2, UGZ3, UGZ4, UGZ5, UGZ6, UGZ7, UGZ8, UGZ9, UGZ10, UGZ11, UGZ13, UGZ14, UGZ15, UGZ1641 km²41.3%
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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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