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Avondale Heights flood map & planning overlays

Avondale Heights is Moonee Valley's oldest (45) under 124 flights a day.

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A planning-constraint profile of Avondale Heights (Moonee Valley, VIC) - 5.41 km², mapped from live council and state overlay data. This suburb is highly constrained.
Profile updated 24 October 2026.

Elevation hillshade with street names, clipped to Avondale Heights's boundary, with the flood, bushfire and environmental overlays drawn on top. Amber hatching is the published aircraft noise (ANEF) contour. Magenta is where aircraft were observed in the sampled period, brightest below 3,000 ft.

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Aircraft noise and flight paths over Avondale Heights

The ANEF contour is a published planning forecast and observed overflight is what a sampled tracking feed recorded - neither describes any individual property.

Inside an aircraft noise contour

27%

27% of the suburb's land sits inside a published ANEF or airport-environs contour. Contours vary street by street, so whether a particular lot is inside one needs a property-level check.

Highest contour present

ANEF 20

Under AS 2021, land between ANEF 20 and 25 is conditionally acceptable for houses, usually with noise attenuation built in. The contour is a forecast, not a measurement at any one house.

Contours held

  • Victorian Airport Environs Overlay
  • vic_melbourne_airport_anef_20

Observed overflight - sampled 4 Sep to 24 Oct 2026

Under observed aircraft
98%
of the suburb, at or below 10,000 ft
Below 3,000 ft
78%
of the suburb's area
Lowest measured
500 ft
averaging 2,000 ft
Busiest square
~126 a day
126 a day below 3,000 ft · ±5%
typical observed square 5 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.

Avondale Heights at a glance

Parcels 5,526 Median lot 570 m² Mapped easements 2,052 Bus stops 43

How Avondale Heights is zoned

Residential 1 Zone (R1Z) 67%
Public Park and Recreation Zone (PPRZ) 26%
Public Use Zone (PUZ1) 2%
Transport Zone (TRZ2) 2%
Public Use Zone (PUZ2) 1%
Business 1 Zone (B1Z) 1%

Selling in Avondale Heights? The zoning and planning overlays on this page are the controls a Section 32 vendor statement discloses.

Across its 5.41 km², Avondale Heights is highly constrained by planning overlays. About 11% of the suburb sits within a mapped flood overlay. There are 7 heritage-listed sites on record, and the dominant land-use zone is Residential 1 Zone (R1Z). The median lot measures about 570 m² across 5,526 parcels.

Who lives in Avondale Heights

Census 2021 figures published by the ABS for the Avondale Heights suburb boundary itself, not a wider region.

Population
12,388
usual residents, 2021
Median age
45
years
Median household income
$1,587
per week, Moonee Valley suburb typical $2,043
Median rent
$400
per week, Moonee Valley suburb typical $400
Median mortgage
$2,167
per month
Household size
2.6
people, average

Socio-economic standing

ABS SEIFA 2021 ranks every Australian suburb. Decile 1 is the most disadvantaged tenth of the country, decile 10 the least.

Advantage and disadvantage (IRSAD) Decile 7
most disadvantagedleast disadvantaged

Score 1012, and decile 6 within Victoria. The national average is 1000.

Relative disadvantage (IRSD) Decile 5
most disadvantagedleast disadvantaged

Age profile

Share of Avondale Heights's 12,388 residents in each ABS age band.

0-4 5.1%
5-14 10.9%
15-19 4.6%
20-24 4.8%
25-34 11.1%
35-44 13.4%
45-54 12.2%
55-64 11.1%
65-74 11.5%
75-84 10.3%
85+ 4.9%

Population trend, 2001 to 2025

Estimated resident population of Avondale Heights, the wider ABS statistical area containing Avondale Heights. There is no annual population series published at suburb level, so this describes the surrounding area rather than Avondale Heights itself.

11,834 in 2001 to 12,861 in 2025, up 9%.

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.

Avondale Heights data sources and coverage

“Not mapped” means we hold no source layer for this suburb - never an all-clear.

DatasetCoveragePublisher
Flood mappingMappedVicmap Planning and Victorian Government spatial services
Bushfire-prone mappingMappedVicmap Planning and Victorian Government spatial services
ZoningMappedVicmap Planning and Victorian Government spatial services
Heritage and environmentMapped where publishedVicmap Planning and Victorian Government spatial services
Aircraft noise contours (ANEF)Inside a held contourVicmap Planning and Victorian Government spatial services, Defence
Observed flight pathsObservedadsb.lol, under the Open Database License
DemographicsAvailableAustralian 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.

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Aircraft have been seen below 3,000 ft over about 78% of Avondale Heights. The report's Aircraft Overflight page narrows that to the address itself: how many aircraft a day, how low, and at what heights.

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Avondale Heights planning - frequently asked

Is Avondale Heights flood-prone?

About 11% of Avondale Heights falls within a mapped flood overlay, against the council-wide suburb average of 10%.

Is Avondale Heights bushfire-prone?

Bushfire mapping covers Avondale Heights and little to none of it is mapped as bushfire-prone (the Moonee Valley average is 2%).

Is Avondale Heights affected by aircraft noise?

About 27% of Avondale Heights sits inside a published aircraft noise contour, and the highest contour present is ANEF 20 - under AS 2021, land between ANEF 20 and 25 is conditionally acceptable for houses, usually with noise attenuation in the build. ANEF contours are forecasts published per airport and used to control noise-sensitive development; they are not a measurement at any one house, and a property can sit under a flight path and outside every contour.

Is Avondale Heights under a flight path?

Aircraft were observed below 3,000 ft over about 78% of Avondale Heights, and over about 98% at any altitude up to 10,000 ft, in the period sampled (4 Sep 2026 to 24 Oct 2026). The lowest measured aircraft was at 500 ft, with an average of 2,000 ft. At the busiest point in the suburb about 126 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 Avondale Heights?

The dominant planning zone in Avondale Heights is Residential 1 Zone (R1Z), though the suburb also includes Public Park and Recreation Zone (PPRZ) and Public Use Zone (PUZ1).

Does Avondale Heights have heritage-listed places?

Avondale Heights has 7 heritage-listed places on record.

What is the typical lot size in Avondale Heights?

Across 5,526 surveyed parcels in Avondale Heights, the median lot size is about 570 m². There are also 2,052 registered easements mapped in the suburb.

Does Avondale Heights have a train station?

There is no train station inside Avondale Heights itself. The suburb is served by 43 bus stops.

What is the population of Avondale Heights?

At the 2021 Census Avondale Heights had 12,388 usual residents, with a median age of 45 and an average household size of 2.6 people. The wider Avondale Heights statistical area, which contains Avondale Heights, went from 11,834 people in 2001 to 12,861 in 2025, up 9%.

Is Avondale Heights an advantaged suburb?

On the ABS SEIFA 2021 index of relative socio-economic advantage and disadvantage (IRSAD), Avondale Heights scores 1012 and sits in decile 7 of 10 nationally and decile 6 within Victoria (decile 1 is the most disadvantaged tenth, decile 10 the least).

What is the median household income in Avondale Heights?

Median household income in Avondale Heights was $1,587 a week at the 2021 Census, against $2,043 for the typical suburb in Moonee Valley. Median rent was $400 a week and the median mortgage repayment $2,167 a month.

Compare nearby suburbs

Nearby suburbDistanceFlood mappedBushfire-prone
Essendon West 2.0 km 17% 0%
Maribyrnong
Maribyrnong		 2.2 km 24% 0%
Sunshine North
Brimbank		 2.3 km 9% 15%
Maidstone
Maribyrnong		 2.4 km 5% 0%
Braybrook
Maribyrnong		 2.5 km 3% 0%
Keilor East 3.0 km 6% 28%
Aberfeldie 3.0 km 15% 0%
Niddrie 3.3 km 4% 0%
Sunshine
Brimbank		 3.8 km 8% 0%
Kealba
Brimbank		 4.1 km 8% 40%

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