Belgrave flood map & planning overlays

The schematic on this page is a Belgrave flood map: the mapped flood overlays drawn over the suburb's terrain and street grid, covering about 7% of the suburb. Flood lines vary block to block, so for a specific property use the free interactive map - search any Belgrave address and it shows the flood, zoning and bushfire mapping on the exact lot boundary.

About 7% of Belgrave falls within a mapped flood overlay, against the council-wide suburb average of 5%. Flood overlays vary block to block, so whether a particular lot is affected needs a property-level check.

Around 100% of Belgrave is mapped as bushfire-prone, compared with a Yarra Ranges average of 97%. A bushfire-prone designation can trigger additional building requirements, so check the specific address.

The dominant planning zone in Belgrave is Low Density Residential Zone (LDRZ), though the suburb also includes Public Conservation and Resource Zone (PCRZ) and Green Wedge A Zone (GWAZ1). Zoning sets what you can build and do on a site, and can differ lot by lot.

Belgrave has 21 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 2,094 surveyed parcels in Belgrave, the median lot size is about 1,100 m². There are also 699 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 - Belgrave has 1 train station: Belgrave Station. It is also served by 34 bus stops.

At the 2021 Census Belgrave had 3,894 usual residents, with a median age of 38 and an average household size of 2.7 people. The wider Belgrave - Selby statistical area, which contains Belgrave, went from 10,742 people in 2001 to 9,964 in 2025, down 7%. ABS publishes no annual population series for individual suburbs, so that trend describes the surrounding area rather than Belgrave alone.

On the ABS SEIFA 2021 index of relative socio-economic advantage and disadvantage (IRSAD), Belgrave scores 1054 and sits in decile 9 of 10 nationally and decile 9 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 Belgrave was $2,202 a week at the 2021 Census, against $1,999 for the typical suburb in Yarra Ranges. Median rent was $401 a week and the median mortgage repayment $1,863 a month. These are 2021 Census figures and have not been indexed to today.

A Belgrave 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.