Altona Meadows flood map & planning overlays

The schematic on this page is a Altona Meadows flood map: the mapped flood overlays drawn over the suburb's terrain and street grid, covering about 15% of the suburb. Flood lines vary block to block, so for a specific property use the free interactive map - search any Altona Meadows address and it shows the flood, zoning and bushfire mapping on the exact lot boundary.

About 15% of Altona Meadows falls within a mapped flood overlay, against the council-wide suburb average of 9%. Flood overlays vary block to block, so whether a particular lot is affected needs a property-level check.

Around 4% of Altona Meadows is mapped as bushfire-prone, compared with a Hobsons Bay average of 4%. A bushfire-prone designation can trigger additional building requirements, so check the specific address.

The dominant planning zone in Altona Meadows is Neighbourhood Residential Zone (NRZ5), though the suburb also includes Public Conservation and Resource Zone (PCRZ) and Public Park and Recreation Zone (PPRZ). Zoning sets what you can build and do on a site, and can differ lot by lot.

Altona Meadows has 4 heritage-listed places on record. Heritage listing affects what you can alter or demolish, so confirm whether a specific property is listed or near a heritage place.

Across 10,400 surveyed parcels in Altona Meadows, the median lot size is about 465 m². There are also 2,654 registered easements mapped in the suburb - an easement can restrict where you can build, so always check the title and overlays for the specific lot.

There is no train station inside Altona Meadows itself. The suburb is served by 47 bus stops.

At the 2021 Census Altona Meadows had 18,479 usual residents, with a median age of 41 and an average household size of 2.5 people. The wider Altona Meadows statistical area, which contains Altona Meadows, went from 19,168 people in 2001 to 18,783 in 2025, down 2%. ABS publishes no annual population series for individual suburbs, so that trend describes the surrounding area rather than Altona Meadows alone.

On the ABS SEIFA 2021 index of relative socio-economic advantage and disadvantage (IRSAD), Altona Meadows scores 967 and sits in decile 4 of 10 nationally and decile 3 within Victoria - decile 1 being the most disadvantaged tenth of Australian suburbs and decile 10 the least. The national average score is 1000. SEIFA summarises income, education, occupation and housing across the whole suburb, so it describes the area, not any particular household in it.

Median household income in Altona Meadows was $1,573 a week at the 2021 Census, against $2,155 for the typical suburb in Hobsons Bay. Median rent was $341 a week and the median mortgage repayment $1,700 a month. These are 2021 Census figures and have not been indexed to today.

An Altona Meadows planning report pulls every overlay - zoning, flood, bushfire, heritage, environmental and noise - that touches a single lot, on live council and state data. The interactive map preview is free; the full PDF report is $9.