Brunswick flood map & planning overlays

The schematic on this page is a Brunswick flood map: the mapped flood overlays drawn over the suburb's terrain and street grid, covering about 35% of the suburb. Flood lines vary block to block, so for a specific property use the free interactive map - search any Brunswick address and it shows the flood, zoning and bushfire mapping on the exact lot boundary.

About 35% of Brunswick falls within a mapped flood overlay, against the council-wide suburb average of 22%. Flood overlays vary block to block, so whether a particular lot is affected needs a property-level check.

Bushfire mapping covers Brunswick and little to none of it is mapped as bushfire-prone. Always confirm for the exact lot, as mapping can change.

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). Zoning sets what you can build and do on a site, and can differ lot by lot.

Brunswick has 301 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 18,789 surveyed parcels in Brunswick, the median lot size is about 459 m². There are also 1,179 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 - Brunswick has 3 train stations: Anstey Station, Brunswick Station, Jewell Station. It is also served by 82 bus stops and 27 tram stops.

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%. ABS publishes no annual population series for individual suburbs, so that trend describes the surrounding area rather than Brunswick alone.

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 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 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. These are 2021 Census figures and have not been indexed to today.

A Brunswick 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.