Suburbs with the biggest blocks in Melbourne

Belgrave Heights has the biggest house blocks, with a median of 1,564 m². Among acreage suburbs, Kangaroo Ground leads with a median house block of about 6.5 hectares. These 30 suburbs came from a field of 303 eligible Melbourne suburbs.

This ranking orders Melbourne suburbs by the median land area of a house block: every lot in the suburb that holds a single address, measured from the state's land titles map. Strata and dual-occupancy sites are left out, so a block of flats does not count as one big block.

Suburbs whose median block is over 2,000 m² are listed separately as acreage, because ranked together they would fill the whole list with semi-rural land on the edge of the city. A suburb needs at least 1,000 residents and 50 house blocks to be ranked, and between 15 and 60 single-address lots per 100 residents: fewer means mostly apartments, more means mostly industry. Lots come from the state land titles maps of New South Wales, Victoria, Queensland, South Australia, Tasmania and the ACT; Western Australia and the Northern Territory do not publish theirs openly, so there is no ranking there.

Melbourne suburbs with the biggest house blocks

Ranked on the median land area of a house block: lots holding one address, so strata and dual-occupancy sites are left out. Suburbs whose median block is over 2,000 m² are in the acreage list instead.

Belgrave Heights

VIC 3160 · 1,398 residents

1,564 m² median house block · 489 house blocks

B 100.0

Warrandyte

VIC 3113 · 5,541 residents

1,498 m² median house block · 2,081 house blocks

C 99.7

Research

VIC 3095 · 2,695 residents

1,356 m² median house block · 1,083 house blocks

A 99.3

Upwey

VIC 3158 · 6,818 residents

1,178 m² median house block · 2,621 house blocks

B 99.0

Belgrave

VIC 3160 · 3,894 residents

1,117 m² median house block · 1,629 house blocks

B 98.7

Hurstbridge

VIC 3099 · 3,554 residents

1,113 m² median house block · 1,370 house blocks

B 98.3

Mount Evelyn

VIC 3796 · 9,799 residents

1,108 m² median house block · 3,561 house blocks

B 98.0

Wattle Glen

VIC 3096 · 1,911 residents

1,076 m² median house block · 662 house blocks

B 97.7

Tecoma

VIC 3160 · 2,064 residents

1,069 m² median house block · 874 house blocks

B 97.4

Wandin North

VIC 3139 · 3,132 residents

1,060 m² median house block · 1,200 house blocks

C 97.0

Upper Ferntree Gully

VIC 3156 · 3,417 residents

1,028 m² median house block · 1,383 house blocks

C 96.7

Montrose

VIC 3765 · 6,900 residents

1,002 m² median house block · 2,468 house blocks

B 96.4

The Basin

VIC 3154 · 4,497 residents

1,000 m² median house block · 1,695 house blocks

C 96.0

Kilsyth South

VIC 3137 · 2,862 residents

905 m² median house block · 1,204 house blocks

A 95.7

Coldstream

VIC 3770 · 2,199 residents

902 m² median house block · 895 house blocks

D 95.4

Ranked from 303 qualifying suburbs.

Melbourne acreage suburbs

Suburbs whose median house block is over 2,000 m², ranked on that median.

Kangaroo Ground

VIC 3097 · 1,208 residents

about 6.5 ha median house block · 423 house blocks

B 100.0

St Andrews

VIC 3761 · 1,186 residents

about 4.1 ha median house block · 474 house blocks

B 92.9

Panton Hill

VIC 3759 · 1,063 residents

about 3.2 ha median house block · 401 house blocks

A 85.7

Yarrambat

VIC 3091 · 1,602 residents

about 1.1 ha median house block · 548 house blocks

B 78.6

Harkaway

VIC 3806 · 1,011 residents

4,820 m² median house block · 350 house blocks

B 71.4

North Warrandyte

VIC 3113 · 3,027 residents

4,046 m² median house block · 1,068 house blocks

B 64.3

Park Orchards

VIC 3114 · 3,835 residents

3,996 m² median house block · 1,307 house blocks

B 57.1

Plenty

VIC 3090 · 2,575 residents

3,275 m² median house block · 937 house blocks

B 50.0

Wonga Park

VIC 3115 · 3,843 residents

2,842 m² median house block · 1,327 house blocks

B 42.9

Selby

VIC 3159 · 1,626 residents

2,172 m² median house block · 632 house blocks

A 35.7

Narre Warren North

VIC 3804 · 8,033 residents

2,130 m² median house block · 2,615 house blocks

B 28.6

Belgrave South

VIC 3160 · 1,670 residents

2,124 m² median house block · 592 house blocks

B 21.4

Ferny Creek

VIC 3786 · 1,524 residents

2,017 m² median house block · 603 house blocks

A 14.3

Mount Dandenong

VIC 3767 · 1,271 residents

2,012 m² median house block · 555 house blocks

B 7.1

Kalorama

VIC 3766 · 1,277 residents

2,001 m² median house block · 609 house blocks

B 0.0

Ranked from 15 qualifying suburbs.

Common questions about this ranking

What are the suburbs with the biggest blocks in Melbourne?

How is block size measured for Melbourne suburbs?

From the state land titles map: every lot in the suburb that holds exactly one address, with its area calculated from the lot boundary. The figure is the median of those lots, so half the suburb's house blocks are bigger and half smaller. Strata lots and blocks shared by several addresses are left out.

Why are acreage suburbs listed separately?

Suburbs whose median block is over 2,000 m² are mostly semi-rural land on the edge of the city. Ranked together with suburban streets they would fill the whole list, so they have a list of their own.

Why is a suburb I know has big blocks missing?

A suburb needs at least 1,000 residents and 50 house blocks, and between 15 and 60 single-address lots per 100 residents. Fewer means the suburb is mostly apartments with a few large commercial lots; more means it is mostly industry. Western Australia and the Northern Territory do not publish their land titles maps openly, so suburbs there are not ranked.

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Rankings last computed 12 October 2026. Recomputed after each ACARA schools data refresh.

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Suburbs with the biggest blocks in Melbourne

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