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Yarra Housing Strategy

View the City of Yarra's Housing Strategy (2018).

Overview

Our population is growing. In 2021, more than 90,100 residents lived in Yarra and on average, two people lived in each home. By 2041, our population is forecast to have grown to more than 149,000 people.

Source from Yarra population forecast, based on ABS census data.

Why we need a housing strategy

As more people choose to call Yarra home, housing growth needs to be planned and managed in a way that maintains the city's key characteristics and liveability. We want to create:

  • more affordable housing
  • more housing choice and diversity
  • well-designed communal spaces

Read the Yarra Housing Strategy

The Yarra Housing Strategy, adopted in 2018, guides our decisions about residential land use and building activity in our community.

It helps us make sure our city continues to offer enough homes people can afford.