Arthurs Creek flood map & planning overlays

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

Flood mapping covers Arthurs Creek and none of the suburb falls within a mapped flood overlay (the council-wide suburb average is 3%). Flood overlays vary block to block, so whether a particular lot is affected needs a property-level check.

Around 100% of Arthurs Creek is mapped as bushfire-prone, compared with a Nillumbik average of 98%. A bushfire-prone designation can trigger additional building requirements, so check the specific address.

The dominant planning zone in Arthurs Creek is Green Wedge Zone (GWZ), though the suburb also includes Rural Conservation Zone (RCZ5) and Rural Conservation Zone (RCZ3). Zoning sets what you can build and do on a site, and can differ lot by lot.

Arthurs Creek has 16 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 263 surveyed parcels in Arthurs Creek, the median lot size is about 63,616 m². There are also 387 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.

At the 2021 Census Arthurs Creek had 478 usual residents, with a median age of 52 and an average household size of 2.9 people. The wider Panton Hill - St Andrews statistical area, which contains Arthurs Creek, went from 5,103 people in 2001 to 5,130 in 2025, up 1%. ABS publishes no annual population series for individual suburbs, so that trend describes the surrounding area rather than Arthurs Creek alone.

On the ABS SEIFA 2021 index of relative socio-economic advantage and disadvantage (IRSAD), Arthurs Creek scores 1088 and sits in decile 10 of 10 nationally and decile 10 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 Arthurs Creek was $2,214 a week at the 2021 Census, against $2,391 for the typical suburb in Nillumbik. Median rent was $218 a week and the median mortgage repayment $2,591 a month. These are 2021 Census figures and have not been indexed to today.

An Arthurs Creek 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.