Bayswater flood map & planning overlays
Bayswater is Knox's youngest suburb (38) with its smallest lots (560 m²).
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A planning-constraint profile of Bayswater
(Knox, VIC) - 7.87 km², mapped from live council and
state overlay data. This suburb is moderately constrained.
Profile updated 24 October 2026.
Constraint readout
7.87 km² - this suburb is moderately constrained by planning overlays.
Elevation hillshade with street names, clipped to Bayswater'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 Bayswater
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 2,000 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.
Bayswater at a glance
How Bayswater is zoned
Selling in Bayswater? The zoning and planning overlays on this page are the controls a Section 32 vendor statement discloses.
Across its 7.87 km², Bayswater is moderately constrained by planning overlays. About 16% of the suburb sits within a mapped flood overlay, and 10% is flagged bushfire-prone. There are 7 heritage-listed sites on record, and the dominant land-use zone is Neighbourhood Residential Zone (NRZ4). The median lot measures about 560 m² across 9,001 parcels.
Who lives in Bayswater
Census 2021 figures published by the ABS for the Bayswater 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 986, and decile 5 within Victoria. The national average is 1000.
Age profile
Share of Bayswater's 12,262 residents in each ABS age band.
Population trend, 2001 to 2025
Estimated resident population of Bayswater, the wider ABS statistical area containing Bayswater. There is no annual population series published at suburb level, so this describes the surrounding area rather than Bayswater itself.
10,728 in 2001 to 13,388 in 2025, up 25%.
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.
Bayswater 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 Bayswater 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 78% of Bayswater. 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 Bayswater lot.
Bayswater planning - frequently asked
Is Bayswater flood-prone?
About 16% of Bayswater falls within a mapped flood overlay, against the council-wide suburb average of 12%.
Is Bayswater bushfire-prone?
Around 10% of Bayswater is mapped as bushfire-prone, compared with a Knox average of 42%.
Is Bayswater under a flight path?
Aircraft were observed below 3,000 ft over about 78% of Bayswater, and over about 83% 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 3,000 ft. At the busiest point in the suburb about 1 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 Bayswater?
The dominant planning zone in Bayswater is Neighbourhood Residential Zone (NRZ4), though the suburb also includes Industrial 1 Zone (IN1Z) and Transport Zone (TRZ2).
Does Bayswater have heritage-listed places?
Bayswater has 7 heritage-listed places on record.
What is the typical lot size in Bayswater?
Across 9,001 surveyed parcels in Bayswater, the median lot size is about 560 m². There are also 3,487 registered easements mapped in the suburb.
Does Bayswater have a train station?
Yes - Bayswater has 1 train station: Bayswater Station. It is also served by 62 bus stops.
What is the population of Bayswater?
At the 2021 Census Bayswater had 12,262 usual residents, with a median age of 38 and an average household size of 2.4 people. The wider Bayswater statistical area, which contains Bayswater, went from 10,728 people in 2001 to 13,388 in 2025, up 25%.
Is Bayswater an advantaged suburb?
On the ABS SEIFA 2021 index of relative socio-economic advantage and disadvantage (IRSAD), Bayswater scores 986 and sits in decile 5 of 10 nationally and decile 5 within Victoria (decile 1 is the most disadvantaged tenth, decile 10 the least).
What is the median household income in Bayswater?
Median household income in Bayswater was $1,598 a week at the 2021 Census, against $1,915 for the typical suburb in Knox. Median rent was $375 a week and the median mortgage repayment $1,820 a month.
Compare nearby suburbs
| Nearby suburb | Distance | Flood mapped | Bushfire-prone |
|---|---|---|---|
| Boronia | 2.2 km | 4% | 17% |
| Heathmont Maroondah |
2.6 km | 7% | 5% |
| Bayswater North Maroondah |
2.8 km | <1% | 10% |
| Croydon South Maroondah |
3.6 km | Not mapped | 0% |
| Wantirna | 3.7 km | 15% | 33% |
| Ringwood East Maroondah |
4.1 km | <1% | 4% |
| Kilsyth South Maroondah |
4.3 km | Not mapped | 50% |
| Ferntree Gully | 4.6 km | 6% | 24% |
| The Basin | 4.7 km | 1% | 82% |
| Knoxfield | 4.8 km | 10% | 10% |