Areas / Maroondah / Bayswater North

Bayswater North flood map & planning overlays

Bayswater North has 66 bus stops, the 3rd-most in Maroondah.

A planning-constraint profile of Bayswater North (Maroondah, VIC) - 6.58 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 Bayswater North'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 North

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

Under observed aircraft
91%
of the suburb, at or below 10,000 ft
Below 3,000 ft
64%
of the suburb's area
Lowest measured
1,000 ft
averaging 3,000 ft
Busiest square
~1 a day
1 a day below 3,000 ft · ±25% · area average
typical observed square 0 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 North at a glance

Parcels 5,333 Median lot 721 m² Mapped easements 2,201 Bus stops 66

How Bayswater North is zoned

Industrial 1 Zone (IN1Z) 36%
General Residential Zone (GRZ1) 34%
Neighbourhood Residential Zone (NRZ3) 14%
Transport Zone (TRZ2) 5%
Neighbourhood Residential Zone (NRZ4) 3%
Public Use Zone (PUZ1) 2%

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

Across its 6.58 km², Bayswater North is highly constrained by planning overlays. Flood mapping covers the suburb and none of it falls within a mapped flood overlay, and 10% is flagged bushfire-prone. There are 6 heritage-listed sites on record, and the dominant land-use zone is Industrial 1 Zone (IN1Z). The median lot measures about 721 m² across 5,333 parcels.

Who lives in Bayswater North

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

Population
9,014
usual residents, 2021
Median age
38
years
Median household income
$1,675
per week, Maroondah suburb typical $2,140
Median rent
$360
per week, Maroondah suburb typical $410
Median mortgage
$1,835
per month
Household size
2.5
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 6
most disadvantagedleast disadvantaged

Score 992, and decile 5 within Victoria. The national average is 1000.

Relative disadvantage (IRSD) Decile 6
most disadvantagedleast disadvantaged

Age profile

Share of Bayswater North's 9,014 residents in each ABS age band.

0-4 6.4%
5-14 12.3%
15-19 4.9%
20-24 5.1%
25-34 14.9%
35-44 16.3%
45-54 12.5%
55-64 11.6%
65-74 8.9%
75-84 4.3%
85+ 2.8%

Population trend, 2001 to 2025

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

11,032 in 2001 to 12,097 in 2025, up 10%.

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 North 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)Not heldVicmap 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.

Check a specific Bayswater North 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 64% of Bayswater North. 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 North lot.

Bayswater North planning - frequently asked

Is Bayswater North flood-prone?

Flood mapping covers Bayswater North and less than 1% of the suburb falls within a mapped flood overlay (the council-wide suburb average is 2%).

Is Bayswater North bushfire-prone?

Around 10% of Bayswater North is mapped as bushfire-prone, compared with a Maroondah average of 19%.

Is Bayswater North under a flight path?

Aircraft were observed below 3,000 ft over about 64% of Bayswater North, and over about 91% 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 1,000 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 North?

The dominant planning zone in Bayswater North is Industrial 1 Zone (IN1Z), though the suburb also includes General Residential Zone (GRZ1) and Neighbourhood Residential Zone (NRZ3).

Does Bayswater North have heritage-listed places?

Bayswater North has 6 heritage-listed places on record.

What is the typical lot size in Bayswater North?

Across 5,333 surveyed parcels in Bayswater North, the median lot size is about 721 m². There are also 2,201 registered easements mapped in the suburb.

Does Bayswater North have a train station?

There is no train station inside Bayswater North itself. The suburb is served by 66 bus stops.

What is the population of Bayswater North?

At the 2021 Census Bayswater North had 9,014 usual residents, with a median age of 38 and an average household size of 2.5 people. The wider Bayswater North statistical area, which contains Bayswater North, went from 11,032 people in 2001 to 12,097 in 2025, up 10%.

Is Bayswater North an advantaged suburb?

On the ABS SEIFA 2021 index of relative socio-economic advantage and disadvantage (IRSAD), Bayswater North scores 992 and sits in decile 6 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 North?

Median household income in Bayswater North was $1,675 a week at the 2021 Census, against $2,140 for the typical suburb in Maroondah. Median rent was $360 a week and the median mortgage repayment $1,835 a month.

Compare nearby suburbs

Nearby suburbDistanceFlood mappedBushfire-prone
Croydon South 1.2 km Not mapped 0%
Kilsyth
Yarra Ranges
2.3 km 6% 32%
Kilsyth South 2.4 km Not mapped 50%
Bayswater
Knox
2.8 km 16% 10%
Boronia
Knox
3.2 km 4% 17%
Heathmont 3.4 km 7% 5%
Ringwood East 3.4 km <1% 4%
Croydon 3.8 km 1% <1%
The Basin
Knox
4.5 km 1% 82%
Montrose
Yarra Ranges
5.1 km 1% 90%

See all Maroondah suburb profiles →