Airport West flood map & planning overlays
Airport West packs onto Moonee Valley's smallest lots, 330 m².
Free map preview, then PDF reports from $9 - about the price of an iced latte on a public holiday.
A planning-constraint profile of Airport West
(Moonee Valley, VIC) - 3.9 km², mapped from live council and
state overlay data. This suburb is relatively unconstrained.
Profile updated 24 October 2026.
Constraint readout
3.9 km² - this suburb is relatively unconstrained by planning overlays.
Elevation hillshade with street names, clipped to Airport West's boundary, with the flood, bushfire and environmental overlays drawn on top. Magenta is where aircraft were observed in the sampled period, brightest below 3,000 ft.
Nearby suburbs, nearest first
Aircraft noise and flight paths over Airport West
The ANEF contour is a published planning forecast and observed overflight is what a sampled tracking feed recorded - neither describes any individual property.
Observed overflight - sampled 4 Sep to 24 Oct 2026
typical observed square 2 a day
Night movements: observed, lowest 500 ft - night is sampled as often as day, but night traffic is light, so this is a floor and no rate can be put on it.
How this is measured
Traffic is sampled rather than watched continuously, so every figure is a floor: aircraft not captured between samples are not represented. Rates are per 500 m square - the busiest square in the suburb, not a count of flights over the suburb - and a square is only rated where enough traffic was seen to measure it. Altitudes are above mean sea level. Flight paths change with runway use, weather, season and airspace design. This is a record of observed traffic; it is not a noise contour and not a planning control.
Airport West at a glance
How Airport West is zoned
Selling in Airport West? The zoning and planning overlays on this page are the controls a Section 32 vendor statement discloses.
Across its 3.9 km², Airport West is relatively unconstrained by planning overlays. About 4% of the suburb sits within a mapped flood overlay. There are 4 heritage-listed sites on record, and the dominant land-use zone is Residential 1 Zone (R1Z). The median lot measures about 330 m² across 5,541 parcels.
Who lives in Airport West
Census 2021 figures published by the ABS for the Airport West suburb boundary itself, not a wider region.
Socio-economic standing
ABS SEIFA 2021 ranks every Australian suburb. Decile 1 is the most disadvantaged tenth of the country, decile 10 the least.
Score 1018, and decile 7 within Victoria. The national average is 1000.
Age profile
Share of Airport West's 8,173 residents in each ABS age band.
Population trend, 2001 to 2025
Estimated resident population of Airport West, the wider ABS statistical area containing Airport West. There is no annual population series published at suburb level, so this describes the surrounding area rather than Airport West itself.
6,997 in 2001 to 8,783 in 2025, up 26%.
Source: ABS Census 2021 and SEIFA 2021 (Suburbs and Localities), Regional Population (SA2), CC BY 4.0. Small counts are randomly adjusted by the ABS.
Airport West data sources and coverage
“Not mapped” means we hold no source layer for this suburb - never an all-clear.
| Dataset | Coverage | Publisher |
|---|---|---|
| Flood mapping | Mapped | Vicmap Planning and Victorian Government spatial services |
| Bushfire-prone mapping | Mapped | Vicmap Planning and Victorian Government spatial services |
| Zoning | Mapped | Vicmap Planning and Victorian Government spatial services |
| Heritage and environment | Mapped where published | Vicmap Planning and Victorian Government spatial services |
| Aircraft noise contours (ANEF) | Not held | Vicmap Planning and Victorian Government spatial services, Defence |
| Observed flight paths | Observed | adsb.lol, under the Open Database License |
| Demographics | Available | Australian Bureau of Statistics (2021 Census and SEIFA) |
Profile last materially updated 24 October 2026. See the methodology and full source list. Source data changes over time and critical decisions should be checked with the responsible authority.
Check a specific Airport West address
See exactly which overlays touch a single property - the interactive map is free. Need it on paper? A full planning PDF is just $9.
See what's in the $9 report →Aircraft have been seen below 3,000 ft over about 76% of Airport West. The report's Aircraft Overflight page narrows that to the address itself: how many aircraft a day, how low, and at what heights.
Building or pricing a slab? The $119 geotechnical desktop report covers geology, soils, bores and the indicative soil reactivity range to expect for a Airport West lot.
Airport West planning - frequently asked
Is Airport West flood-prone?
About 4% of Airport West falls within a mapped flood overlay, against the council-wide suburb average of 10%.
Is Airport West bushfire-prone?
Bushfire mapping covers Airport West and little to none of it is mapped as bushfire-prone (the Moonee Valley average is 2%).
Is Airport West under a flight path?
Aircraft were observed below 3,000 ft over about 76% of Airport West, and over about 90% at any altitude up to 10,000 ft, in the period sampled (4 Sep 2026 to 24 Oct 2026). The lowest measured aircraft was at 500 ft, with an average of 1,500 ft. At the busiest point in the suburb about 9 aircraft a day were recorded passing over one 500 m square. Traffic is sampled rather than watched continuously and flight paths change with runway use, weather and season; the ANEF contour is the planning instrument.
What is the zoning in Airport West?
The dominant planning zone in Airport West is Residential 1 Zone (R1Z), though the suburb also includes Business 3 Zone (B3Z) and Housing Choice and Transport Zone (HCTZ2).
Does Airport West have heritage-listed places?
Airport West has 4 heritage-listed places on record.
What is the typical lot size in Airport West?
Across 5,541 surveyed parcels in Airport West, the median lot size is about 330 m². There are also 1,504 registered easements mapped in the suburb.
Does Airport West have a train station?
There is no train station inside Airport West itself. The suburb is served by 49 bus stops and 11 tram stops.
What is the population of Airport West?
At the 2021 Census Airport West had 8,173 usual residents, with a median age of 39 and an average household size of 2.3 people. The wider Airport West statistical area, which contains Airport West, went from 6,997 people in 2001 to 8,783 in 2025, up 26%.
Is Airport West an advantaged suburb?
On the ABS SEIFA 2021 index of relative socio-economic advantage and disadvantage (IRSAD), Airport West scores 1018 and sits in decile 7 of 10 nationally and decile 7 within Victoria (decile 1 is the most disadvantaged tenth, decile 10 the least).
What is the median household income in Airport West?
Median household income in Airport West was $1,761 a week at the 2021 Census, against $2,043 for the typical suburb in Moonee Valley. Median rent was $401 a week and the median mortgage repayment $2,085 a month.
Compare nearby suburbs
| Nearby suburb | Distance | Flood mapped | Bushfire-prone |
|---|---|---|---|
| Essendon Fields | 1.8 km | 0% | 0% |
| Niddrie | 1.9 km | 4% | 0% |
| Strathmore Heights | 1.9 km | 8% | 0% |
| Tullamarine Hume |
2.2 km | 2% | 3% |
| Essendon North | 2.6 km | <1% | 0% |
| Keilor East | 2.6 km | 6% | 28% |
| Keilor Park Brimbank |
2.6 km | 5% | 18% |
| Gowanbrae Merri-Bek |
2.8 km | 11% | 0% |
| Oak Park Merri-Bek |
3.5 km | 14% | 0% |
| Essendon West | 3.6 km | 17% | 0% |