Brunswick West flood map & planning overlays
Brunswick West's 591 m² blocks are 2nd-biggest in Merri-Bek.
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 West
(Merri-Bek, VIC) - 3.19 km², mapped from live council and
state overlay data. This suburb is moderately constrained.
Profile updated 24 October 2026.
Constraint readout
3.19 km² - this suburb is moderately constrained by planning overlays.
Elevation hillshade with street names, clipped to Brunswick West'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 West
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 4 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 West at a glance
How Brunswick West is zoned
Selling in Brunswick West? The zoning and planning overlays on this page are the controls a Section 32 vendor statement discloses.
Across its 3.19 km², Brunswick West is moderately constrained by planning overlays. About 9% of the suburb sits within a mapped flood overlay. There are 81 heritage-listed sites on record, and the dominant land-use zone is Neighbourhood Residential Zone (NRZ1). The median lot measures about 591 m² across 10,703 parcels.
Who lives in Brunswick West
Census 2021 figures published by the ABS for the Brunswick West 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 1075, and decile 10 within Victoria. The national average is 1000.
Age profile
Share of Brunswick West's 14,746 residents in each ABS age band.
Population trend, 2001 to 2025
Estimated resident population of Brunswick West, the wider ABS statistical area containing Brunswick West. There is no annual population series published at suburb level, so this describes the surrounding area rather than Brunswick West itself.
12,415 in 2001 to 15,988 in 2025, up 29%.
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 West 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 West 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 West. 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 West lot.
Brunswick West planning - frequently asked
Is Brunswick West flood-prone?
About 9% of Brunswick West falls within a mapped flood overlay, against the council-wide suburb average of 14%.
Is Brunswick West bushfire-prone?
Bushfire mapping covers Brunswick West and little to none of it is mapped as bushfire-prone.
Is Brunswick West under a flight path?
Aircraft were observed below 3,000 ft over about 100% of Brunswick West, in the period sampled (4 Sep 2026 to 24 Oct 2026). The lowest measured aircraft was at 500 ft, with an average of 1,500 ft. At the busiest point in the suburb about 11 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 West?
The dominant planning zone in Brunswick West is Neighbourhood Residential Zone (NRZ1), though the suburb also includes General Residential Zone (GRZ1) and Transport Zone (TRZ2).
Does Brunswick West have heritage-listed places?
Brunswick West has 81 heritage-listed places on record.
What is the typical lot size in Brunswick West?
Across 10,703 surveyed parcels in Brunswick West, the median lot size is about 591 m². There are also 910 registered easements mapped in the suburb.
Does Brunswick West have a train station?
There is no train station inside Brunswick West itself. The suburb is served by 74 bus stops and 18 tram stops.
What is the population of Brunswick West?
At the 2021 Census Brunswick West had 14,746 usual residents, with a median age of 34 and an average household size of 2.1 people. The wider Brunswick West statistical area, which contains Brunswick West, went from 12,415 people in 2001 to 15,988 in 2025, up 29%.
Is Brunswick West an advantaged suburb?
On the ABS SEIFA 2021 index of relative socio-economic advantage and disadvantage (IRSAD), Brunswick West scores 1075 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 West?
Median household income in Brunswick West was $1,797 a week at the 2021 Census, against $2,045 for the typical suburb in Merri-Bek. Median rent was $366 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% |
| Travancore Moonee Valley |
2.1 km | 5% | 0% |
| Moonee Ponds Moonee Valley |
2.1 km | 3% | 0% |
| Pascoe Vale South | 2.3 km | 8% | 0% |
| Ascot Vale Moonee Valley |
2.6 km | 22% | 0% |
| Parkville Melbourne |
2.6 km | 3% | 0% |
| Coburg | 2.7 km | 15% | 0% |
| Princes Hill Yarra |
2.8 km | 10% | 0% |
| Brunswick East | 3.0 km | 21% | 0% |
| Flemington Moonee Valley |
3.2 km | 41% | 0% |