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Taroona

1,367 residential parcels covering 1.3 km².

Council: Kingborough

Highly restricted land

≈100% of Taroona’s residential land is highly restricted.

Driven mostly by 2-storey height caps. Taroona ranks #38 of 59 suburbs in Hobart, and #365 of 1,972 capital city suburbs nationally.

Highly restricted residential
Not highly restricted residential

Source: Geometric union of 2-storey, low-density, detached-only, and heritage controls across Taroona. ABS SAL code 60668. 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 Taroona ranks in Hobart

Taroona ranks #38 of 59 Hobart suburbs for highly restricted residential land.

Highly restricted

Taroona: ≈100% · rank #38 of 59

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

2-storey cap

  1. 1. Cambridge (Tas.)≈100%
  2. 2. Pontville≈100%
  3. ⋯
  4. 33. Seven Mile Beach≈100%
  5. 34. South Hobart≈100%
  6. 35. Taroona≈100%
  7. 36. Warrane≈100%
  8. 37. West Hobart≈100%
  9. ⋯
  10. 58. Battery Point≈76%
  11. 59. Hobart≈29%

Low-density

  1. 1. Electrona≈100%
  2. 2. Howden≈100%
  3. ⋯
  4. 6. Seven Mile Beach≈100%
  5. 7. Mount Nelson≈100%
  6. 8. Taroona≈99%
  7. 9. Margate (Tas.)≈85%
  8. 10. Pontville≈76%
  9. ⋯
  10. 58. Rose Bay (Tas.)≈0%
  11. 59. Warrane≈0%

Heritage

  1. 1. Battery Point≈38%
  2. 2. Hobart≈34%
  3. ⋯
  4. 21. Huntingfield≈2%
  5. 22. Sorell≈2%
  6. 23. Taroona≈1%
  7. 24. Gagebrook≈1%
  8. 25. Dynnyrne≈1%
  9. ⋯
  10. 58. Snug≈0%
  11. 59. Warrane≈0%

Highly restricted

  1. 1. Austins Ferry≈100%
  2. 2. Berriedale≈100%
  3. ⋯
  4. 36. Snug≈100%
  5. 37. South Hobart≈100%
  6. 38. Taroona≈100%
  7. 39. Tranmere (Tas.)≈100%
  8. 40. Warrane≈100%
  9. ⋯
  10. 58. Battery Point≈82%
  11. 59. Hobart≈50%

Source: Taroona ranked against other Hobart suburbs on each restriction metric (ex-rural shares). Methodology →

Hobart context

Taroona ranks #38 of 59 suburbs in Hobart for highly restricted residential land.

Council:
  1. Austins Ferry ≈100%
  2. Berriedale ≈100%
  3. Blackmans Bay ≈100%
  4. Bonnet Hill ≈100%
  5. Cambridge (Tas.) ≈100%
  6. Chigwell ≈100%
  7. Clarendon Vale ≈100%
  8. Dynnyrne ≈100%
  9. Electrona ≈100%
  10. Fern Tree ≈100%
  11. Gagebrook ≈100%
  12. Geilston Bay ≈100%
  13. Glenlusk ≈100%
  14. Granton ≈100%
  15. Herdsmans Cove ≈100%
  16. Howden ≈100%
  17. Huntingfield ≈100%
  18. Kingston Beach ≈100%
  19. Lenah Valley ≈100%
  20. Lutana ≈100%
  21. Margate (Tas.) ≈100%
  22. Midway Point ≈100%
  23. Montrose (Tas.) ≈100%
  24. Mornington (Tas.) ≈100%
  25. Mount Nelson ≈100%
  26. Mount Stuart (Tas.) ≈100%
  27. New Town (Tas.) ≈100%
  28. Oakdowns ≈100%
  29. Penna ≈100%
  30. Pontville ≈100%
  31. Risdon Vale ≈100%
  32. Rokeby (Tas.) ≈100%
  33. Rose Bay (Tas.) ≈100%
  34. Rosetta ≈100%
  35. Seven Mile Beach ≈100%
  36. Snug ≈100%
  37. South Hobart ≈100%
  38. Taroona ≈100%
  39. Tranmere (Tas.) ≈100%
  40. Warrane ≈100%
  41. West Hobart ≈100%
  42. West Moonah ≈100%
  43. Claremont (Tas.) ≈99%
  44. Lindisfarne ≈99%
  45. Sandy Bay ≈98%
  46. Howrah ≈98%
  47. Glenorchy (Tas.) ≈97%
  48. Bellerive ≈97%
  49. Brighton (Tas.) ≈97%
  50. Lauderdale ≈96%
  51. Richmond (Tas.) ≈95%
  52. Kingston (Tas.) ≈94%
  53. Bridgewater (Tas.) ≈92%
  54. Moonah ≈92%
  55. Sorell ≈91%
  56. Old Beach ≈89%
  57. North Hobart ≈87%
  58. Battery Point ≈82%
  59. Hobart ≈50%
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Detailed zoning map

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

Every residential zone in Taroona

  1. Low-Density Residential<1 km²0.9%
  2. Local Business<1 km²99.1%
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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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