The image presented below derives from profile.id. It utilises census data from 2011 and provides a comparison of the development occurring in Glen Eira compared to the general metropolitan area from this time. We have absolutely no doubt that the situation has worsened considerably since the introduction of the zones and the rampant development that has been occurring in Glen Eira over the past 3 years.
Council has never published data which quantifies the number of single bedroom apartments compared to 2, 3, and even 4 bedroom apartments. Officer reports are inconsistent and frequently do not even mention the breakdown of what is on the application. As for delegated decisions, they never reach the wider public domain. Often those applications which do make it to council simply state ’40 dwellings’, ’28 dwellings’ etc. so residents have no idea as to how many are single, double or triple bedroom units. Whether or not this failure to be fully transparent, or consistent, is deliberate or not, we leave up to readers to decide.
What is absolutely clear is that Glen Eira is fast becoming the second most single bedroom municipality in the state – only behind the City of Melbourne (which does release statistics). Given the Caulfield Village Development with its near 50% single bedroom ratio for the first 2 precincts and likely to be more with the last precinct, plus what is likely on the cards for Virginia Estate, the groundwork for the slums of the future are well and truly set!
Glen Eira Debates 
January 17, 2017 at 8:15 PM
If we had 37% of 2 or 1 bedrooms in 2011 then we’re probably up to 50% by now. Council needs to own up on the statistics.
January 18, 2017 at 12:40 PM
The planning system is in a disgraceful state, and this is reflected in Council’s own contributions [local policy, including Municipal Strategic Statement and Schedules[. We have Objectives without contributing strategies, strategies who lack implementation detail, outcomes without meaningful metrics, “further strategic work” that hasn’t been done for 15 years, lack of definitions for most planning terms, such as “diversity” and “higher density”. There’s an adage that you can’t manage what you can’t measure.