Ascot Vale flood map & planning overlays
Ascot Vale: 15,197 people, 108 heritage places, 18 tram stops.
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A planning-constraint profile of Ascot Vale
(Moonee Valley, VIC) - 3.84 km², mapped from live council and
state overlay data. This suburb is moderately constrained.
Profile updated 24 October 2026.
Constraint readout
3.84 km² - this suburb is moderately constrained by planning overlays.
Elevation hillshade with street names, clipped to Ascot Vale'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 Ascot Vale
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 4 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.
Ascot Vale at a glance
How Ascot Vale is zoned
Selling in Ascot Vale? The zoning and planning overlays on this page are the controls a Section 32 vendor statement discloses.
Across its 3.84 km², Ascot Vale is moderately constrained by planning overlays. About 22% of the suburb sits within a mapped flood overlay. There are 108 heritage-listed sites on record, and the dominant land-use zone is Residential 1 Zone (R1Z). The median lot measures about 472 m² across 8,253 parcels.
Who lives in Ascot Vale
Census 2021 figures published by the ABS for the Ascot Vale 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 1062, and decile 9 within Victoria. The national average is 1000.
Age profile
Share of Ascot Vale's 15,197 residents in each ABS age band.
Population trend, 2001 to 2025
Estimated resident population of Ascot Vale, the wider ABS statistical area containing Ascot Vale. There is no annual population series published at suburb level, so this describes the surrounding area rather than Ascot Vale itself.
12,516 in 2001 to 16,398 in 2025, up 31%.
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.
Ascot Vale 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 Ascot Vale 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 100% of Ascot Vale. 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 Ascot Vale lot.
Ascot Vale planning - frequently asked
Is Ascot Vale flood-prone?
About 22% of Ascot Vale falls within a mapped flood overlay, against the council-wide suburb average of 10%.
Is Ascot Vale bushfire-prone?
Bushfire mapping covers Ascot Vale and little to none of it is mapped as bushfire-prone (the Moonee Valley average is 2%).
Is Ascot Vale under a flight path?
Aircraft were observed below 3,000 ft over about 100% of Ascot Vale, 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 17 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 Ascot Vale?
The dominant planning zone in Ascot Vale is Residential 1 Zone (R1Z), though the suburb also includes General Residential Zone (GRZ1) and Public Park and Recreation Zone (PPRZ).
Does Ascot Vale have heritage-listed places?
Ascot Vale has 108 heritage-listed places on record.
What is the typical lot size in Ascot Vale?
Across 8,253 surveyed parcels in Ascot Vale, the median lot size is about 472 m². There are also 984 registered easements mapped in the suburb.
Does Ascot Vale have a train station?
Yes - Ascot Vale has 1 train station: Ascot Vale Station. It is also served by 44 bus stops and 18 tram stops.
What is the population of Ascot Vale?
At the 2021 Census Ascot Vale had 15,197 usual residents, with a median age of 37 and an average household size of 2.4 people. The wider Ascot Vale statistical area, which contains Ascot Vale, went from 12,516 people in 2001 to 16,398 in 2025, up 31%.
Is Ascot Vale an advantaged suburb?
On the ABS SEIFA 2021 index of relative socio-economic advantage and disadvantage (IRSAD), Ascot Vale scores 1062 and sits in decile 9 of 10 nationally and decile 9 within Victoria (decile 1 is the most disadvantaged tenth, decile 10 the least).
What is the median household income in Ascot Vale?
Median household income in Ascot Vale was $2,192 a week at the 2021 Census, against $2,043 for the typical suburb in Moonee Valley. Median rent was $370 a week and the median mortgage repayment $2,458 a month.
Compare nearby suburbs
| Nearby suburb | Distance | Flood mapped | Bushfire-prone |
|---|---|---|---|
| Flemington | 0.8 km | 41% | 0% |
| Travancore | 1.2 km | 5% | 0% |
| Moonee Ponds | 1.6 km | 3% | 0% |
| Kensington Melbourne |
1.7 km | 27% | 0% |
| Parkville Melbourne |
2.5 km | 3% | 0% |
| Brunswick West Merri-Bek |
2.6 km | 9% | 0% |
| North Melbourne Melbourne |
2.6 km | 29% | 0% |
| Aberfeldie | 3.2 km | 15% | 0% |
| Footscray Maribyrnong |
3.4 km | 18% | 0% |
| West Melbourne Melbourne |
3.4 km | 14% | 0% |