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Yarra Ranges

46,966 residential parcels covering 49.5 km².

Highly restricted land

≈90% of Yarra Ranges’s residential land is highly restricted.

Driven mostly by 2-storey height caps. Yarra Ranges ranks #1 of 32 councils in Melbourne, and #43 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 Yarra Ranges. ABS LGA code 27450. 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 Yarra Ranges ranks in Melbourne

Yarra Ranges ranks #1 of 32 Melbourne-area councils for highly restricted residential land.

Highly restricted

Yarra Ranges: ≈90% · rank #1 of 32

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

2-storey cap

  1. 1. Yarra Ranges≈88%
  2. 2. Knox≈83%
  3. 3. Manningham≈73%
  4. ⋯
  5. 31. Darebin≈7%
  6. 32. Moonee Valley≈0%

Low-density

  1. 1. Yarra Ranges≈88%
  2. 2. Knox≈83%
  3. 3. Kingston (Vic.)≈72%
  4. ⋯
  5. 31. Wyndham≈2%
  6. 32. Moonee Valley≈0%

Heritage

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

Highly restricted

  1. 1. Yarra Ranges≈90%
  2. 2. Boroondara≈84%
  3. 3. Yarra≈84%
  4. ⋯
  5. 31. Darebin≈11%
  6. 32. Moonee Valley≈11%

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

Suburbs in Yarra Ranges

20 suburbs sit inside this council.

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

  1. Lysterfield≈100%
  2. Millgrove≈100%
  3. Wesburn≈100%
  4. Launching Place≈100%
  5. Montrose (Vic.)≈100%
  6. Wandin North≈99%
  7. Upwey≈99%
  8. Belgrave≈98%
  9. Tecoma≈98%
  10. Warburton (Vic.)≈98%
  11. Monbulk≈97%
  12. Seville≈97%
  13. Mount Evelyn≈95%
  14. Coldstream (Vic.)≈92%
  15. Woori Yallock≈92%
  16. Mooroolbark≈89%
  17. Chirnside Park≈85%
  18. Yarra Junction≈82%
  19. Lilydale (Vic.)≈79%
  20. Kilsyth≈72%
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Melbourne context

Yarra Ranges ranks #1 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

Yarra Ranges’s residential planning controls, polygon-by-polygon

Every residential zone in Yarra Ranges

  1. Low Density Residential ZoneLDRZ, LDRZ219 km²39.7%
  2. Neighbourhood Residential ZoneNRZ1, NRZ2, NRZ3, NRZ4, NRZ5, NRZ624 km²48.8%
  3. General Residential ZoneGRZ1, GRZ2, GRZ32 km²4.3%
  4. Residential Growth ZoneRGZ1, RGZ2, RGZ31 km²2.2%
  5. Commercial 1 ZoneC1Z1 km²1.7%
  6. Comprehensive Development ZoneCDZ11 km²2.9%
  7. Mixed Use ZoneMUZ<1 km²0.4%
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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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