Bulleen flood map & planning overlays

The schematic on this page is a Bulleen flood map: the mapped flood overlays drawn over the suburb's terrain and street grid, covering about 36% of the suburb. Flood lines vary block to block, so for a specific property use the free interactive map - search any Bulleen address and it shows the flood, zoning and bushfire mapping on the exact lot boundary.

About 36% of Bulleen falls within a mapped flood overlay, against the council-wide suburb average of 10%. Flood overlays vary block to block, so whether a particular lot is affected needs a property-level check.

Around 20% of Bulleen is mapped as bushfire-prone, compared with a Manningham average of 56%. A bushfire-prone designation can trigger additional building requirements, so check the specific address.

The dominant planning zone in Bulleen is General Residential Zone (GRZ1), though the suburb also includes Public Park and Recreation Zone (PPRZ) and Special Use Zone (SUZ1). Zoning sets what you can build and do on a site, and can differ lot by lot.

Bulleen has 19 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 5,620 surveyed parcels in Bulleen, the median lot size is about 605 m². There are also 1,899 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.

There is no train station inside Bulleen itself. The suburb is served by 54 bus stops.

At the 2021 Census Bulleen had 11,219 usual residents, with a median age of 45 and an average household size of 2.6 people. The wider Bulleen statistical area, which contains Bulleen, went from 11,057 people in 2001 to 11,810 in 2025, up 7%. ABS publishes no annual population series for individual suburbs, so that trend describes the surrounding area rather than Bulleen alone.

On the ABS SEIFA 2021 index of relative socio-economic advantage and disadvantage (IRSAD), Bulleen scores 1061 and sits in decile 9 of 10 nationally and decile 9 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 Bulleen was $1,814 a week at the 2021 Census, against $2,131 for the typical suburb in Manningham. Median rent was $459 a week and the median mortgage repayment $2,400 a month. These are 2021 Census figures and have not been indexed to today.

A Bulleen 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.