Brookfield flood map & planning overlays
Flood mapping touches 10.2% of Brookfield, 3rd across Melton.
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A planning-constraint profile of Brookfield
(Melton, VIC) - 10.63 km², mapped from live council and
state overlay data. This suburb is highly constrained.
Profile updated 24 October 2026.
Constraint readout
10.63 km² - this suburb is highly constrained by planning overlays.
Elevation hillshade with street names, clipped to Brookfield'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 Brookfield
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 1,500 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.
Brookfield at a glance
How Brookfield is zoned
Selling in Brookfield? The zoning and planning overlays on this page are the controls a Section 32 vendor statement discloses.
Across its 10.63 km², Brookfield is highly constrained by planning overlays. About 10% of the suburb sits within a mapped flood overlay, and 56% is flagged bushfire-prone. There are 8 heritage-listed sites on record, and the dominant land-use zone is General Residential Zone (GRZ1). The median lot measures about 519 m² across 4,154 parcels.
Who lives in Brookfield
Census 2021 figures published by the ABS for the Brookfield 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 937, and decile 2 within Victoria. The national average is 1000.
Age profile
Share of Brookfield's 10,782 residents in each ABS age band.
Population trend, 2001 to 2025
Estimated resident population of Brookfield, the wider ABS statistical area containing Brookfield. There is no annual population series published at suburb level, so this describes the surrounding area rather than Brookfield itself.
2,511 in 2001 to 10,665 in 2025, up 325%.
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.
Brookfield 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 Brookfield 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 94% of Brookfield. 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 Brookfield lot.
Brookfield planning - frequently asked
Is Brookfield flood-prone?
About 10% of Brookfield falls within a mapped flood overlay, against the council-wide suburb average of 4%.
Is Brookfield bushfire-prone?
Around 56% of Brookfield is mapped as bushfire-prone, compared with a Melton average of 60%.
Is Brookfield under a flight path?
Aircraft were observed below 3,000 ft over about 94% of Brookfield, and over about 100% 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 500 ft, with an average of 4,000 ft. At the busiest point in the suburb about 2 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 Brookfield?
The dominant planning zone in Brookfield is General Residential Zone (GRZ1), though the suburb also includes Urban Growth Zone (UGZ) and Green Wedge A Zone (GWAZ).
Does Brookfield have heritage-listed places?
Brookfield has 8 heritage-listed places on record.
What is the typical lot size in Brookfield?
Across 4,154 surveyed parcels in Brookfield, the median lot size is about 519 m². There are also 2,097 registered easements mapped in the suburb.
Does Brookfield have a train station?
There is no train station inside Brookfield itself. The suburb is served by 24 bus stops.
What is the population of Brookfield?
At the 2021 Census Brookfield had 10,782 usual residents, with a median age of 32 and an average household size of 3.1 people. The wider Brookfield statistical area, which contains Brookfield, went from 2,511 people in 2001 to 10,665 in 2025, up 325%.
Is Brookfield an advantaged suburb?
On the ABS SEIFA 2021 index of relative socio-economic advantage and disadvantage (IRSAD), Brookfield scores 937 and sits in decile 3 of 10 nationally and decile 2 within Victoria (decile 1 is the most disadvantaged tenth, decile 10 the least).
What is the median household income in Brookfield?
Median household income in Brookfield was $1,642 a week at the 2021 Census, against $1,841 for the typical suburb in Melton. Median rent was $350 a week and the median mortgage repayment $1,663 a month.
Compare nearby suburbs
| Nearby suburb | Distance | Flood mapped | Bushfire-prone |
|---|---|---|---|
| Melton West | 2.5 km | 3% | 53% |
| Melton South | 2.7 km | 3% | 7% |
| Exford | 3.0 km | 11% | 95% |
| Hopetoun Park Moorabool |
3.6 km | 18% | 100% |
| Weir Views | 4.3 km | 21% | 45% |
| Harkness | 5.2 km | <1% | 77% |
| Cobblebank | 5.3 km | 1% | 75% |
| Long Forest Moorabool |
5.6 km | 5% | 100% |
| Strathtulloh | 6.0 km | 3% | 77% |
| Kurunjang | 6.3 km | 4% | 36% |