Botanic Ridge flood map & planning overlays
Botanic Ridge is home to 6,739 people on 576 m² lots, 50.6% bushfire.
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A planning-constraint profile of Botanic Ridge
(Casey, VIC) - 6.17 km², mapped from live council and
state overlay data. This suburb is highly constrained.
Profile updated 24 October 2026.
Constraint readout
6.17 km² - this suburb is highly constrained by planning overlays.
Elevation hillshade with street names, clipped to Botanic Ridge'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 Botanic Ridge
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 3 a day
Night movements: observed, lowest 2,500 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.
Botanic Ridge at a glance
How Botanic Ridge is zoned
Selling in Botanic Ridge? The zoning and planning overlays on this page are the controls a Section 32 vendor statement discloses.
Across its 6.17 km², Botanic Ridge is highly constrained by planning overlays. Flood mapping covers the suburb and none of it falls within a mapped flood overlay, and 51% is flagged bushfire-prone. There are 2 heritage-listed sites on record, and the dominant land-use zone is Urban Growth Zone (UGZ4). The median lot measures about 576 m² across 3,062 parcels.
Who lives in Botanic Ridge
Census 2021 figures published by the ABS for the Botanic Ridge 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 1062, and decile 9 within Victoria. The national average is 1000.
Age profile
Share of Botanic Ridge's 6,739 residents in each ABS age band.
Population trend, 2001 to 2025
Estimated resident population of Cranbourne South, the wider ABS statistical area containing Botanic Ridge. There is no annual population series published at suburb level, so this describes the surrounding area rather than Botanic Ridge itself.
4,798 in 2001 to 27,368 in 2025, up 470%.
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.
Botanic Ridge 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 Botanic Ridge 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 100% of Botanic Ridge. 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 Botanic Ridge lot.
Botanic Ridge planning - frequently asked
Is Botanic Ridge flood-prone?
Flood mapping covers Botanic Ridge and less than 1% of the suburb falls within a mapped flood overlay (the council-wide suburb average is 19%).
Is Botanic Ridge bushfire-prone?
Around 51% of Botanic Ridge is mapped as bushfire-prone, compared with a Casey average of 55%.
Is Botanic Ridge under a flight path?
Aircraft were observed below 3,000 ft over about 100% of Botanic Ridge, 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 7 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 Botanic Ridge?
The dominant planning zone in Botanic Ridge is Urban Growth Zone (UGZ4), though the suburb also includes General Residential Zone (GRZ1) and Farming Zone (FZ2).
Does Botanic Ridge have heritage-listed places?
Botanic Ridge has 2 heritage-listed places on record.
What is the typical lot size in Botanic Ridge?
Across 3,062 surveyed parcels in Botanic Ridge, the median lot size is about 576 m². There are also 1,561 registered easements mapped in the suburb.
Does Botanic Ridge have a train station?
There is no train station inside Botanic Ridge itself. The suburb is served by 13 bus stops.
What is the population of Botanic Ridge?
At the 2021 Census Botanic Ridge had 6,739 usual residents, with a median age of 32 and an average household size of 3.2 people. The wider Cranbourne South statistical area, which contains Botanic Ridge, went from 4,798 people in 2001 to 27,368 in 2025, up 470%.
Is Botanic Ridge an advantaged suburb?
On the ABS SEIFA 2021 index of relative socio-economic advantage and disadvantage (IRSAD), Botanic Ridge scores 1062 and sits in decile 9 of 10 nationally and decile 9 within Victoria (decile 1 is the most disadvantaged tenth, decile 10 the least).
What is the median household income in Botanic Ridge?
Median household income in Botanic Ridge was $2,552 a week at the 2021 Census, against $1,912 for the typical suburb in Casey. Median rent was $404 a week and the median mortgage repayment $2,200 a month.
Compare nearby suburbs
| Nearby suburb | Distance | Flood mapped | Bushfire-prone |
|---|---|---|---|
| Cranbourne South | 1.8 km | 3% | 95% |
| Cranbourne | 2.8 km | 2% | 42% |
| Junction Village | 3.2 km | 2% | 37% |
| Cranbourne West | 3.6 km | 2% | 29% |
| Skye Frankston |
4.9 km | Not mapped | 89% |
| Cranbourne East | 5.1 km | 7% | 31% |
| Langwarrin Frankston |
5.4 km | 1% | 85% |
| Devon Meadows | 6.1 km | 18% | 100% |
| Pearcedale | 6.7 km | 13% | 98% |
| Sandhurst Frankston |
7.2 km | Not mapped | 10% |