Box Hill South flood map & planning overlays
Box Hill South: 22% significant landscape overlay and 7.7% flood, both top-3.
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A planning-constraint profile of Box Hill South
(Whitehorse, VIC) - 3.49 km², mapped from live council and
state overlay data. This suburb is moderately constrained.
Profile updated 24 October 2026.
Constraint readout
3.49 km² - this suburb is moderately constrained by planning overlays.
Elevation hillshade with street names, clipped to Box Hill South'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 Box Hill South
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 1,000 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.
Box Hill South at a glance
How Box Hill South is zoned
Selling in Box Hill South? The zoning and planning overlays on this page are the controls a Section 32 vendor statement discloses.
Across its 3.49 km², Box Hill South is moderately constrained by planning overlays. About 8% of the suburb sits within a mapped flood overlay. There are 9 heritage-listed sites on record, and the dominant land-use zone is Neighbourhood Residential Zone (NRZ5). The median lot measures about 566 m² across 4,558 parcels.
Who lives in Box Hill South
Census 2021 figures published by the ABS for the Box Hill South 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 1079, and decile 10 within Victoria. The national average is 1000.
Age profile
Share of Box Hill South's 8,491 residents in each ABS age band.
Population trend, 2001 to 2025
Estimated resident population of Box Hill, the wider ABS statistical area containing Box Hill South. There is no annual population series published at suburb level, so this describes the surrounding area rather than Box Hill South itself.
15,447 in 2001 to 27,206 in 2025, up 76%.
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.
Box Hill South 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 Box Hill South 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 Box Hill South. 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 Box Hill South lot.
Box Hill South planning - frequently asked
Is Box Hill South flood-prone?
About 8% of Box Hill South falls within a mapped flood overlay, against the council-wide suburb average of 4%.
Is Box Hill South bushfire-prone?
Bushfire mapping covers Box Hill South and little to none of it is mapped as bushfire-prone (the Whitehorse average is 3%).
Is Box Hill South under a flight path?
Aircraft were observed below 3,000 ft over about 100% of Box Hill South, in the period sampled (4 Sep 2026 to 24 Oct 2026). The lowest measured aircraft was at 500 ft, with an average of 3,500 ft. At the busiest point in the suburb about 6 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 Box Hill South?
The dominant planning zone in Box Hill South is Neighbourhood Residential Zone (NRZ5), though the suburb also includes General Residential Zone (GRZ3) and Industrial 1 Zone (IN1Z).
Does Box Hill South have heritage-listed places?
Box Hill South has 9 heritage-listed places on record.
What is the typical lot size in Box Hill South?
Across 4,558 surveyed parcels in Box Hill South, the median lot size is about 566 m². There are also 1,363 registered easements mapped in the suburb.
Does Box Hill South have a train station?
There is no train station inside Box Hill South itself. The suburb is served by 52 bus stops.
What is the population of Box Hill South?
At the 2021 Census Box Hill South had 8,491 usual residents, with a median age of 39 and an average household size of 2.6 people. The wider Box Hill statistical area, which contains Box Hill South, went from 15,447 people in 2001 to 27,206 in 2025, up 76%.
Is Box Hill South an advantaged suburb?
On the ABS SEIFA 2021 index of relative socio-economic advantage and disadvantage (IRSAD), Box Hill South scores 1079 and sits in decile 10 of 10 nationally and decile 10 within Victoria (decile 1 is the most disadvantaged tenth, decile 10 the least).
What is the median household income in Box Hill South?
Median household income in Box Hill South was $1,928 a week at the 2021 Census, against $1,941 for the typical suburb in Whitehorse. Median rent was $425 a week and the median mortgage repayment $2,400 a month.
Compare nearby suburbs
| Nearby suburb | Distance | Flood mapped | Bushfire-prone |
|---|---|---|---|
| Burwood | 1.6 km | 3% | 2% |
| Box Hill | 1.7 km | 2% | 0% |
| Blackburn South | 2.1 km | 3% | 0% |
| Mont Albert | 2.4 km | <1% | 0% |
| Surrey Hills | 2.4 km | 2% | 0% |
| Burwood East | 2.9 km | 1% | 0% |
| Blackburn | 2.9 km | 7% | 7% |
| Box Hill North | 3.4 km | 3% | 0% |
| Ashwood Monash |
3.8 km | 7% | 0% |
| Mont Albert North | 3.9 km | 10% | 0% |