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Murray

5,807 residential parcels covering 56.0 km².

Highly restricted land

≈99% of Murray’s residential land is highly restricted.

Driven mostly by 2-storey height caps. Murray ranks #2 of 31 councils in Perth, and #6 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 Murray. ABS LGA code 56230. 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 Murray ranks in Perth

Murray ranks #2 of 31 Perth-area councils for highly restricted residential land.

Highly restricted

Murray: ≈99% · rank #2 of 31

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

2-storey cap

  1. 1. Serpentine-Jarrahdale≈99%
  2. 2. Murray≈99%
  3. 3. Mundaring≈97%
  4. 4. Kalamunda≈96%
  5. ⋯
  6. 30. Vincent≈52%
  7. 31. Perth≈2%

Low-density

  1. 1. Mundaring≈94%
  2. 2. East Fremantle≈85%
  3. ⋯
  4. 23. Kwinana≈47%
  5. 24. Stirling≈46%
  6. 25. Murray≈30%
  7. 26. Wanneroo≈26%
  8. 27. Victoria Park≈24%
  9. ⋯
  10. 30. Vincent≈6%
  11. 31. Perth≈2%

Heritage

  1. 1. Fremantle≈51%
  2. 2. East Fremantle≈31%
  3. ⋯
  4. 20. Gosnells≈0%
  5. 21. Wanneroo≈0%
  6. 22. Murray≈0%
  7. 23. Melville≈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. 3. Claremont≈98%
  4. 4. East Fremantle≈98%
  5. ⋯
  6. 30. Vincent≈56%
  7. 31. Perth≈17%

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

Suburbs in Murray

8 suburbs sit inside this council.

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

  1. Fairbridge≈100%
  2. Furnissdale≈100%
  3. North Dandalup≈100%
  4. North Yunderup≈100%
  5. Ravenswood (WA)≈100%
  6. South Yunderup≈100%
  7. Stake Hill≈100%
  8. Pinjarra≈95%
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Perth context

Murray ranks #2 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. Wanneroo ≈95%
  9. Bassendean ≈95%
  10. Cambridge ≈94%
  11. Mosman Park ≈92%
  12. Armadale ≈92%
  13. Cottesloe ≈91%
  14. Stirling ≈91%
  15. Mandurah ≈90%
  16. Gosnells ≈89%
  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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Detailed zoning map

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

Every residential zone in Murray

  1. Commercial (R15)<1 km²<0.1%
  2. Residential (R5)<1 km²2.2%
  3. Residential (R10)1 km²10.4%
  4. Residential (R12.5)1 km²7.6%
  5. Residential (R15)<1 km²4.4%
  6. Residential (R17.5)<1 km²0.4%
  7. Residential (R20)<1 km²4.0%
  8. Residential (R25)<1 km²0.6%
  9. Residential development7 km²64.9%
  10. Residential development (R25)<1 km²0.2%
  11. Urban development——
  12. Residential (R30)<1 km²0.6%
  13. Residential (R35)<1 km²<0.1%
  14. Commercial (R-AC0)<1 km²0.1%
  15. Residential (R40)<1 km²0.4%
  16. Residential (R-AC0)<1 km²2.8%
  17. Special use (R-AC0)<1 km²<0.1%
  18. Town centre (R-AC0)<1 km²1.3%
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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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