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Melville

36,315 residential parcels covering 26.6 km².

Highly restricted land

≈89% of Melville’s residential land is highly restricted.

Driven mostly by 2-storey height caps. Melville ranks #17 of 31 councils in Perth, and #47 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 Melville. ABS LGA code 55320. 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 Melville ranks in Perth

Melville ranks #17 of 31 Perth-area councils for highly restricted residential land.

Highly restricted

Melville: ≈89% · rank #17 of 31

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

2-storey cap

  1. 1. Serpentine-Jarrahdale≈99%
  2. 2. Murray≈99%
  3. ⋯
  4. 15. Cottesloe≈91%
  5. 16. Mandurah≈89%
  6. 17. Melville≈89%
  7. 18. Joondalup≈88%
  8. 19. Cockburn≈87%
  9. ⋯
  10. 30. Vincent≈52%
  11. 31. Perth≈2%

Low-density

  1. 1. Mundaring≈94%
  2. 2. East Fremantle≈85%
  3. 3. Melville≈80%
  4. 4. Cambridge≈78%
  5. 5. Claremont≈75%
  6. ⋯
  7. 30. Vincent≈6%
  8. 31. Perth≈2%

Heritage

  1. 1. Fremantle≈56%
  2. 2. East Fremantle≈31%
  3. ⋯
  4. 20. Gosnells≈0%
  5. 21. Wanneroo≈0%
  6. 22. Melville≈0%
  7. 23. Murray≈0%
  8. 24. Mandurah≈0%
  9. ⋯
  10. 30. Cockburn≈0%
  11. 31. Joondalup≈0%

Highly restricted

  1. 1. Serpentine-Jarrahdale≈99%
  2. 2. Murray≈99%
  3. ⋯
  4. 15. Stirling≈91%
  5. 16. Mandurah≈90%
  6. 17. Melville≈89%
  7. 18. Joondalup≈88%
  8. 19. Cockburn≈87%
  9. ⋯
  10. 30. Vincent≈56%
  11. 31. Perth≈17%

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

Suburbs in Melville

18 suburbs sit inside this council.

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

  1. Bateman≈100%
  2. Brentwood (WA)≈100%
  3. Leeming≈100%
  4. Murdoch≈100%
  5. Winthrop≈100%
  6. Melville (WA)≈100%
  7. Alfred Cove≈94%
  8. Attadale≈93%
  9. Mount Pleasant (WA)≈92%
  10. Bull Creek (WA)≈91%
  11. Myaree≈91%
  12. Kardinya≈91%
  13. Bicton≈89%
  14. Palmyra (WA)≈87%
  15. Ardross≈84%
  16. Applecross≈84%
  17. Booragoon≈82%
  18. Willagee≈37%
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Perth context

Melville ranks #17 of 31 councils in Perth for highly restricted residential land.

  1. Serpentine-Jarrahdale ≈99%
  2. Murray ≈99%
  3. Claremont ≈98%
  4. East Fremantle ≈98%
  5. Mundaring ≈97%
  6. Fremantle ≈97%
  7. Kalamunda ≈96%
  8. Gosnells ≈96%
  9. Wanneroo ≈96%
  10. Bassendean ≈95%
  11. Cambridge ≈94%
  12. Mosman Park ≈93%
  13. Armadale ≈92%
  14. Cottesloe ≈91%
  15. Stirling ≈91%
  16. Mandurah ≈90%
  17. Melville ≈89%
  18. Joondalup ≈88%
  19. Cockburn ≈87%
  20. Bayswater ≈87%
  21. Nedlands ≈85%
  22. Canning ≈85%
  23. Belmont ≈83%
  24. Rockingham ≈79%
  25. Victoria Park ≈78%
  26. Swan ≈74%
  27. Kwinana ≈73%
  28. South Perth ≈70%
  29. Subiaco ≈62%
  30. Vincent ≈56%
  31. Perth ≈17%
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