Brunswick flood map & planning overlays
Brunswick's 301 heritage places rank 9th in Victoria; 24,896 people.
Free map preview, then PDF reports from $9 - about the price of an iced latte on a public holiday.
A planning-constraint profile of Brunswick
(Merri-Bek, VIC) - 4.97 km², mapped from live council and
state overlay data. This suburb is moderately constrained.
Profile updated 24 October 2026.
Constraint readout
4.97 km² - this suburb is moderately constrained by planning overlays.
Elevation hillshade with street names, clipped to Brunswick'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 Brunswick
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 2 a day
Night movements: observed, lowest 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.
Brunswick at a glance
How Brunswick is zoned
Selling in Brunswick? The zoning and planning overlays on this page are the controls a Section 32 vendor statement discloses.
Across its 4.97 km², Brunswick is moderately constrained by planning overlays. About 15% of the suburb sits within a mapped flood overlay. There are 301 heritage-listed sites on record, and the dominant land-use zone is Housing Choice and Transport Zone (HCTZ2). The median lot measures about 459 m² across 18,793 parcels.
Who lives in Brunswick
Census 2021 figures published by the ABS for the Brunswick 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 1106, and decile 10 within Victoria. The national average is 1000.
Age profile
Share of Brunswick's 24,896 residents in each ABS age band.
Population trend, 2001 to 2025
Estimated resident population of Brunswick - South, the wider ABS statistical area containing Brunswick. There is no annual population series published at suburb level, so this describes the surrounding area rather than Brunswick itself.
9,383 in 2001 to 15,366 in 2025, up 64%.
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.
Brunswick 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 Brunswick 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 Brunswick. 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 Brunswick lot.
Brunswick planning - frequently asked
Is Brunswick flood-prone?
About 15% of Brunswick falls within a mapped flood overlay, against the council-wide suburb average of 14%.
Is Brunswick bushfire-prone?
Bushfire mapping covers Brunswick and little to none of it is mapped as bushfire-prone.
Is Brunswick under a flight path?
Aircraft were observed below 3,000 ft over about 100% of Brunswick, in the period sampled (4 Sep 2026 to 24 Oct 2026). The lowest measured aircraft was at 500 ft, with an average of 2,000 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 Brunswick?
The dominant planning zone in Brunswick is Housing Choice and Transport Zone (HCTZ2), though the suburb also includes Neighbourhood Residential Zone (NRZ1) and Housing Choice and Transport Zone (HCTZ1).
Does Brunswick have heritage-listed places?
Brunswick has 301 heritage-listed places on record.
What is the typical lot size in Brunswick?
Across 18,793 surveyed parcels in Brunswick, the median lot size is about 459 m². There are also 1,179 registered easements mapped in the suburb.
Does Brunswick have a train station?
Yes - Brunswick has 3 train stations: Anstey Station, Brunswick Station, Jewell Station. It is also served by 82 bus stops and 27 tram stops.
What is the population of Brunswick?
At the 2021 Census Brunswick had 24,896 usual residents, with a median age of 34 and an average household size of 2.1 people. The wider Brunswick - South statistical area, which contains Brunswick, went from 9,383 people in 2001 to 15,366 in 2025, up 64%.
Is Brunswick an advantaged suburb?
On the ABS SEIFA 2021 index of relative socio-economic advantage and disadvantage (IRSAD), Brunswick scores 1106 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 Brunswick?
Median household income in Brunswick was $2,096 a week at the 2021 Census, against $2,045 for the typical suburb in Merri-Bek. Median rent was $441 a week and the median mortgage repayment $2,162 a month.
Compare nearby suburbs
| Nearby suburb | Distance | Flood mapped | Bushfire-prone |
|---|---|---|---|
| Brunswick West | 1.5 km | 9% | 0% |
| Brunswick East | 1.5 km | 21% | 0% |
| Princes Hill Yarra |
1.8 km | 10% | 0% |
| Carlton North Melbourne |
2.4 km | 10% | 0% |
| Coburg | 2.4 km | 15% | 0% |
| Parkville Melbourne |
2.5 km | 3% | 0% |
| Travancore Moonee Valley |
2.8 km | 5% | 0% |
| Fitzroy North Yarra |
2.9 km | 6% | 0% |
| Pascoe Vale South | 3.2 km | 8% | 0% |
| Northcote Darebin |
3.6 km | 10% | 0% |