Greater Melbourne and urban zones

Check map areas, boundaries and urban zone descriptions.

Key information

Primary production (farming) land may be exempt from land tax. There are different requirements depending on whether land is in greater Melbourne or an urban zone.

Greater Melbourne

Greater Melbourne is the area within the Urban Growth Boundary.

For land tax primary production exemption purposes, greater Melbourne is the blue shaded areas in the map below. This boundary took effect from 18 June 2014.

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Image of the Greater Melbourne Map for Land Tax purposes

Map legend

Blue: Greater Melbourne, which is the area within the Urban Growth Boundary is made up of some complete council areas and some partial council areas.
Green: Not greater Melbourne. Some councils have land both inside and outside the Urban Growth Boundary. The green areas denote land under these councils falling outside the Urban Growth Boundary and therefore outside greater Melbourne.
White: Council areas wholly outside greater Melbourne.

Complete council areas

These council areas are wholly inside greater Melbourne:

Banyule City Council
Bayside City Council
Boroondara City Council
Darebin City Council
Glen Eira City Council
Maribyrnong City Council
Melbourne City Council
Merri-bek (formerly Moreland) City Council
Monash City Council
Moonee Valley City Council
Port Phillip City Council
Stonnington City Council
Whitehorse City Council
Yarra City Council

Partial council areas

Only part of these council areas are in greater Melbourne:

Brimbank City Council
Cardinia City Council
Casey City Council
Frankston City Council
Greater Dandenong City Council
Hobsons Bay City Council
Hume City Council
Kingston City Council
Knox City Council
Manningham City Council
Maroondah City Council
Melton City Council
Mitchell Shire Council
Mornington Peninsula Shire Council
Nillumbik Shire Council
Whittlesea City Council
Wyndham City Council
Yarra Ranges Shire Council

Urban zones

An urban zone is a zone, or part of a zone that has been declared an urban zone by the Governor in Council under a planning scheme in force under the Planning and Environment Act 1987.

These zones can change. The current urban zones took effect from the 2019 land tax year. They are listed below.

Current urban zones
Planning schemes	Zone codes	Description
Banyule Bayside Boroondara Brimbank Cardinia Casey Darebin Frankston Glen Eira Greater Dandenong Hobsons Bay Hume Kingston Knox Manningham Maribyrnong Maroondah Melbourne Melton Merri-bek (formerly Moreland) Mitchell Monash Moonee Valley Mornington Peninsula Nillumbik Port of Melbourne Port Phillip Stonnington Whitehorse Whittlesea Wyndham Yarra Yarra Ranges
	ACZ	Activity centre zone
	B1Z	Commercial 1 zone
	B2Z	Commercial 1 zone
	B3Z	Commercial 2 zone
	B4Z	Commercial 2 zone
	B5Z	Commercial 1 zone
	C1Z	Commercial 1 zone
	C2Z	Commercial 2 zone
	C3Z	Commercial 3 zone
	CCZ	Capital city zone
	CDZ	Comprehensive development zone
	DZ	Docklands zone
	GRZ	General residential zone
	IN1Z	Industrial 1 zone
	IN2Z	Industrial 2 zone
	IN3Z	Industrial 3 zone
	LDRZ	Low-density residential zone
	MUZ	Mixed-use zone
	NRZ	Neighbourhood residential zone
	PDZ	Priority development zone
	PPRZ	Public park and recreation zone
	PZ	Port zone
	R1Z	General residential zone
	R2Z	General residential zone
	R3Z	General residential zone
	RGZ	Residential growth zone
	SUZ	Special use zone other than schedule 1 to special use zone (port-related use) under the Mornington Peninsula Planning Scheme
	TZ	Township zone
	UGZ	Part B of urban growth zone

View the gazetted order declared by the Governor in Council on 28 December 2018

Updated: 6 January 2026