Brunswick East flood map & planning overlays
Brunswick East is Merri-Bek's youngest (33), roomiest (672 m²) and most flood-mapped.
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 East
(Merri-Bek, VIC) - 2.21 km², mapped from live council and
state overlay data. This suburb is moderately constrained.
Profile updated 24 October 2026.
Constraint readout
2.21 km² - this suburb is moderately constrained by planning overlays.
Elevation hillshade with street names, clipped to Brunswick East'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 East
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.
Brunswick East at a glance
How Brunswick East is zoned
Selling in Brunswick East? The zoning and planning overlays on this page are the controls a Section 32 vendor statement discloses.
Across its 2.21 km², Brunswick East is moderately constrained by planning overlays. About 21% of the suburb sits within a mapped flood overlay. There are 100 heritage-listed sites on record, and the dominant land-use zone is Neighbourhood Residential Zone (NRZ1). The median lot measures about 672 m² across 10,001 parcels.
Who lives in Brunswick East
Census 2021 figures published by the ABS for the Brunswick East 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 1117, and decile 10 within Victoria. The national average is 1000.
Age profile
Share of Brunswick East's 13,279 residents in each ABS age band.
Population trend, 2001 to 2025
Estimated resident population of Brunswick East, the wider ABS statistical area containing Brunswick East. There is no annual population series published at suburb level, so this describes the surrounding area rather than Brunswick East itself.
7,263 in 2001 to 14,693 in 2025, up 102%.
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 East 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 East 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 East. 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 East lot.
Brunswick East planning - frequently asked
Is Brunswick East flood-prone?
About 21% of Brunswick East falls within a mapped flood overlay, against the council-wide suburb average of 14%.
Is Brunswick East bushfire-prone?
Bushfire mapping covers Brunswick East and little to none of it is mapped as bushfire-prone.
Is Brunswick East under a flight path?
Aircraft were observed below 3,000 ft over about 100% of Brunswick East, in the period sampled (4 Sep 2026 to 24 Oct 2026). The lowest measured aircraft was at 500 ft, with an average of 2,500 ft. At the busiest point in the suburb about 3 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 East?
The dominant planning zone in Brunswick East is Neighbourhood Residential Zone (NRZ1), though the suburb also includes Public Park and Recreation Zone (PPRZ) and Commercial 1 Zone (C1Z).
Does Brunswick East have heritage-listed places?
Brunswick East has 100 heritage-listed places on record.
What is the typical lot size in Brunswick East?
Across 10,001 surveyed parcels in Brunswick East, the median lot size is about 672 m². There are also 596 registered easements mapped in the suburb.
Does Brunswick East have a train station?
There is no train station inside Brunswick East itself. The suburb is served by 33 bus stops and 23 tram stops.
What is the population of Brunswick East?
At the 2021 Census Brunswick East had 13,279 usual residents, with a median age of 33 and an average household size of 2.0 people. The wider Brunswick East statistical area, which contains Brunswick East, went from 7,263 people in 2001 to 14,693 in 2025, up 102%.
Is Brunswick East an advantaged suburb?
On the ABS SEIFA 2021 index of relative socio-economic advantage and disadvantage (IRSAD), Brunswick East scores 1117 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 East?
Median household income in Brunswick East was $2,088 a week at the 2021 Census, against $2,045 for the typical suburb in Merri-Bek. Median rent was $421 a week and the median mortgage repayment $2,000 a month.
Compare nearby suburbs
| Nearby suburb | Distance | Flood mapped | Bushfire-prone |
|---|---|---|---|
| Brunswick | 1.5 km | 15% | 0% |
| Fitzroy North Yarra |
1.8 km | 6% | 0% |
| Princes Hill Yarra |
1.8 km | 10% | 0% |
| Northcote Darebin |
2.0 km | 10% | 0% |
| Carlton North Melbourne |
2.3 km | 10% | 0% |
| Thornbury Darebin |
2.6 km | 6% | 0% |
| Coburg | 2.9 km | 15% | 0% |
| Clifton Hill Yarra |
2.9 km | 4% | 0% |
| Brunswick West | 3.0 km | 9% | 0% |
| Parkville Melbourne |
3.3 km | 3% | 0% |