Beaconsfield flood map & planning overlays

The schematic on this page is a Beaconsfield flood map: the mapped flood overlays drawn over the suburb's terrain and street grid, covering about 11% of the suburb. Flood lines vary block to block, so for a specific property use the free interactive map - search any Beaconsfield address and it shows the flood, zoning and bushfire mapping on the exact lot boundary.

About 11% of Beaconsfield falls within a mapped flood overlay, against the council-wide suburb average of 42%. Flood overlays vary block to block, so whether a particular lot is affected needs a property-level check.

Around 76% of Beaconsfield is mapped as bushfire-prone, compared with a Cardinia average of 98%. A bushfire-prone designation can trigger additional building requirements, so check the specific address.

The dominant planning zone in Beaconsfield is Green Wedge A Zone (GWAZ1), though the suburb also includes Rural Conservation Zone (RCZ2) and General Residential Zone (GRZ1). Zoning sets what you can build and do on a site, and can differ lot by lot.

Beaconsfield has 20 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 3,545 surveyed parcels in Beaconsfield, the median lot size is about 700 m². There are also 1,522 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 - Beaconsfield has 1 train station: Beaconsfield Station. It is also served by 29 bus stops.

At the 2021 Census Beaconsfield had 7,267 usual residents, with a median age of 39 and an average household size of 2.9 people. The wider Beaconsfield - Officer statistical area, which contains Beaconsfield, went from 3,666 people in 2001 to 29,524 in 2025, up 705%. ABS publishes no annual population series for individual suburbs, so that trend describes the surrounding area rather than Beaconsfield alone.

On the ABS SEIFA 2021 index of relative socio-economic advantage and disadvantage (IRSAD), Beaconsfield scores 1044 and sits in decile 9 of 10 nationally and decile 8 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 Beaconsfield was $2,279 a week at the 2021 Census, against $1,976 for the typical suburb in Cardinia. Median rent was $390 a week and the median mortgage repayment $2,000 a month. These are 2021 Census figures and have not been indexed to today.

A Beaconsfield 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.