Ascot Vale flood map & planning overlays

The schematic on this page is a Ascot Vale flood map: the mapped flood overlays drawn over the suburb's terrain and street grid, covering about 23% of the suburb. Flood lines vary block to block, so for a specific property use the free interactive map - search any Ascot Vale address and it shows the flood, zoning and bushfire mapping on the exact lot boundary.

About 23% of Ascot Vale falls within a mapped flood overlay, against the council-wide suburb average of 10%. Flood overlays vary block to block, so whether a particular lot is affected needs a property-level check.

Bushfire mapping covers Ascot Vale and little to none of it is mapped as bushfire-prone (the Moonee Valley average is 2%). Always confirm for the exact lot, as mapping can change.

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). Zoning sets what you can build and do on a site, and can differ lot by lot.

Ascot Vale has 108 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 8,245 surveyed parcels in Ascot Vale, the median lot size is about 474 m². There are also 984 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.

Yes - Ascot Vale has 1 train station: Ascot Vale Station. It is also served by 45 bus stops and 21 tram stops.

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%. ABS publishes no annual population series for individual suburbs, so that trend describes the surrounding area rather than Ascot Vale alone.

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 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 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. These are 2021 Census figures and have not been indexed to today.

An Ascot Vale 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.