Ashwood flood map & planning overlays
Ashwood's 531 m² lots rank 3rd-smallest of 12 in Monash.
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A planning-constraint profile of Ashwood
(Monash, VIC) - 2.57 km², mapped from live council and
state overlay data. This suburb is highly constrained.
Profile updated 24 October 2026.
Constraint readout
2.57 km² - this suburb is highly constrained by planning overlays.
Elevation hillshade with street names, clipped to Ashwood'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 Ashwood
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 1 a day
Night movements: observed, lowest 1,000 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.
Ashwood at a glance
How Ashwood is zoned
Selling in Ashwood? The zoning and planning overlays on this page are the controls a Section 32 vendor statement discloses.
Across its 2.57 km², Ashwood is highly constrained by planning overlays. About 7% of the suburb sits within a mapped flood overlay. There are 5 heritage-listed sites on record, and the dominant land-use zone is General Residential Zone (GRZ3). The median lot measures about 531 m² across 3,325 parcels.
Who lives in Ashwood
Census 2021 figures published by the ABS for the Ashwood 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 Ashwood's 7,154 residents in each ABS age band.
Population trend, 2001 to 2025
Estimated resident population of Ashwood - Chadstone, the wider ABS statistical area containing Ashwood. There is no annual population series published at suburb level, so this describes the surrounding area rather than Ashwood itself.
14,503 in 2001 to 21,139 in 2025, up 46%.
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.
Ashwood 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 Ashwood 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 Ashwood. 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 Ashwood lot.
Ashwood planning - frequently asked
Is Ashwood flood-prone?
About 7% of Ashwood falls within a mapped flood overlay, against the council-wide suburb average of 6%.
Is Ashwood bushfire-prone?
Bushfire mapping covers Ashwood and little to none of it is mapped as bushfire-prone (the Monash average is 2%).
Is Ashwood under a flight path?
Aircraft were observed below 3,000 ft over about 100% of Ashwood, in the period sampled (4 Sep 2026 to 24 Oct 2026). The lowest measured aircraft was at 500 ft, with an average of 3,000 ft. At the busiest point in the suburb about 3 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 Ashwood?
The dominant planning zone in Ashwood is General Residential Zone (GRZ3), though the suburb also includes Neighbourhood Residential Zone (NRZ3) and Public Park and Recreation Zone (PPRZ).
Does Ashwood have heritage-listed places?
Ashwood has 5 heritage-listed places on record.
What is the typical lot size in Ashwood?
Across 3,325 surveyed parcels in Ashwood, the median lot size is about 531 m². There are also 1,039 registered easements mapped in the suburb.
Does Ashwood have a train station?
There is no train station inside Ashwood itself. The suburb is served by 30 bus stops.
What is the population of Ashwood?
At the 2021 Census Ashwood had 7,154 usual residents, with a median age of 39 and an average household size of 2.5 people. The wider Ashwood - Chadstone statistical area, which contains Ashwood, went from 14,503 people in 2001 to 21,139 in 2025, up 46%.
Is Ashwood an advantaged suburb?
On the ABS SEIFA 2021 index of relative socio-economic advantage and disadvantage (IRSAD), Ashwood 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 Ashwood?
Median household income in Ashwood was $1,909 a week at the 2021 Census, against $1,922 for the typical suburb in Monash. Median rent was $391 a week and the median mortgage repayment $2,600 a month.
Compare nearby suburbs
| Nearby suburb | Distance | Flood mapped | Bushfire-prone |
|---|---|---|---|
| Chadstone | 1.9 km | 2% | 0% |
| Burwood Whitehorse |
2.1 km | 3% | 2% |
| Ashburton Boroondara |
2.1 km | 7% | 0% |
| Mount Waverley | 2.7 km | 2% | 2% |
| Glen Iris Boroondara |
3.2 km | 9% | 0% |
| Malvern East Stonnington |
3.2 km | 12% | 0% |
| Box Hill South Whitehorse |
3.8 km | 8% | <1% |
| Oakleigh | 3.8 km | 7% | 0% |
| Hughesdale | 4.0 km | 11% | 0% |
| Burwood East Whitehorse |
4.2 km | 1% | 0% |