Abstract: Over the several decades, the price of housing has been rising drastically, buying a new

home for Victorians is a challenging task. Many Victorian citizen are grappling to buy or rent the
housing property which meets their need and requirements. The development authority of Victoria
has decided to take initiative to accommodate various lifestyle and price ranges, creating diverse
neighbourhood, and offering varied size and ranges of home for residents. The regional city, Greater
Geelong, and Hume council (a metropolitan area of Melbourne) has anticipated significant growth in
population in the next 20 years. The Greater Geelong and the Hume Council plans housing diversity
strategy which enables new housing typology (single family homes, semi-detached homes,
multifamily) depending on the requirement criteria with variety of price range throughout the two
council with a concentration on location that are close to existing amenities, jobs, and public
transportation.

Introduction: The purpose of the planning scheme is to offer to a transparent and uniform
framework for decision-making on the use and development of land. Regionally, Victoria's largest
municipality is the City of Greater Geelong. The municipality, which is 75 kilometers south-west of
Melbourne, spans 1247 square kilometers and includes coastal, rural, and suburban districts.
Greater Geelong is bordered to the north by Moorabool Shire, to the south by Bass Strait, to the east
by Wyndham City Council and the Borough of Queenscliffe, to the west by Surf Coast Shire and
Golden Plains Shire (Greater Geelong Planning Scheme, n.d.). The city has a wide variety of wildlife
and vegetation, including the unusal and distinct species. The Barwon River, Corio Bay, You Yangs
Regional Park, the Bellarine Peninsula, wildlife sanctuaries, exquisite parklands, wetlands are a few
of the area's most notable natural attractions (Knowyourcouncil, n.d.). The Hume city is at the
northernmost tip of the metropolitan area and 20 Kms from Melboune’s central business district,
which is diverse both culturally and geographically. It contains established metropolitan centres,
rural towns, and burgeoning urban peripheral communities. 25% of the area is designated as urban
land, with Melbourne Airport taking up 10% of that (HUME INTEGRATED LAND USE AND
TRANSPORTSTRATEGY (HILATS) 2011-2020, n.d.). While the city's northern portions still have a rural
feel to them, the southern portions are established urban neighbourhoods. Nearly 29% of the locals
were born abroad. With 31% of residents under the age of 18, it is a young neighbourhood. Hume is
at the intersection of the Metropolitan Ring Road, the Hume Highway, and the Calder Highway
among them lies the crowded and reowned Melbourne airport. The primary industries include the
production of motor vehicles and their components, aerospace, other transportation-related
services, and production of electronic equipment (knowyourcouncil, n.d.).

Background: Geelong has had significant housing and population expansion recently, and this
trend is likely to continue (City of Greater Geelong, n.d.). The population of the City of Greater

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Figure 1: Anticipated population growth rate in Victoria’s 10 regional cities
Geelong is anticipated to rise by 500,000 people between 2019 and 2050, with an average yearly
change of 2.50% (Northern and western Geelong Growth areas framework plan August-2020, n.d.).
The largest regional city in Victoria and one nearest to Melbourne is Greater Geelong. This means
that it is ideally positioned to benefit from the rapid rate of population growth in Melbourne and
Victoria. Low cost of homes and less traffic congestion as compared to Melbourne. Enhanced
transportation services has ease commuters regarding job opportunities in Melbourne. Additionally
an expanding variety of jobs available locally. The average size of household has drastically
decreased. Low birth rates lead to smaller family households, and an ageing population is the
primary factor in a higher percentage of those families dwellings with only one or two occupants.
Geelong has 84.5 percent of housing stock made up of single detached homes in the compact
suburbs and in suburbs is followed by 14.3 percent of medium density homes (units, terraces and
townhouses) and 0.4 percent of high density homes (apartments).

Figure 2: Housing and Density categories

As anticipated, and lower rates of low density/rural residential growth (17.6%%) compared to the
Bellarine (27 percent) and urban Geelong has greater rates of high and medium density
development (about 13%) compared to the Bellarine (about 5%).

In the following 20 years, it is expected that the population of Hume will increase by more than
130,000 people.

Figure 3: Hume’s Population Growth – 2001 to 2041

While most of the housing needed to accommodate this expansion will be built in estates and new
suburbs and part of it will also be built in our more established neighborhoods. The property market
continues to produce larger housing stock with three or more bedrooms although, the data indicates
that in the current suburbs couple without children and lone person homes are the households with
the fastest-growing populations. Only 10% of Hume’s present housing stock has one or more
bedrooms, as opposed to Greater Melbourne which comprises of 30 percent. It is more difficult and

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expensive for people to acquire and rent a smaller property in Hume than it should be due to the
mismatch between the supply and demand of one and two-bedroom properties. This is especially
problematic for smaller household groups who now reside in Hume but would prefer to stay put
rather than move. The goal of this strategy is to increase housing diversity in suitable locales so that
Hume's housing options, especially for these smaller households, are increased. The strategy does
this by assigning various rates of housing change (High, Moderate, Gradual and Low), along with
preferred home typologies and sizes, to various areas based on proximity to transportation and
services, as well as limitations like aircraft noise and congested streets. The introduction to this
strategy will change how neighborhood looks and place additional demands on the infrastructures,
also the location and type of housing construction are expected to have several positive effects.

The strategy: The regional city, Greater Geelong and the metropolitan area, Hume council has
set goal for the anticipated population growth to deliver homes according to their necessity through
housing diversity strategy planning.

The City of Greater Geelong’s Housing diversity strategy's goals are to:

 To address upcoming housing demands and trends

 create a clear policy framework that will serve as a planning, making decisions, and
 to aid in addressing future housing needs in Greater Geelong needs

The housing diversity can be achieved by setting principles and its directions to work on along with
analyzing the study area. The strategy of Geelong is set on two principles:

Principle 1

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