Burnside flood map & planning overlays
The VIC Burnside houses 5,800 people on 514 m² lots.
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A planning-constraint profile of Burnside
(Melton, VIC) - 2.55 km², mapped from live council and
state overlay data. This suburb is moderately constrained.
Profile updated 24 October 2026.
Constraint readout
2.55 km² - this suburb is moderately constrained by planning overlays.
Elevation hillshade with street names, clipped to Burnside'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 Burnside
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 6 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.
Burnside at a glance
How Burnside is zoned
Selling in Burnside? The zoning and planning overlays on this page are the controls a Section 32 vendor statement discloses.
Across its 2.55 km², Burnside is moderately constrained by planning overlays. About 6% of the suburb sits within a mapped flood overlay, and 2% is flagged bushfire-prone. There is 1 heritage-listed site on record, and the dominant land-use zone is General Residential Zone (GRZ1). The median lot measures about 514 m² across 2,567 parcels.
Who lives in Burnside
Census 2021 figures published by the ABS for the Burnside 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 982, and decile 4 within Victoria. The national average is 1000.
Age profile
Share of Burnside's 5,800 residents in each ABS age band.
Population trend, 2001 to 2025
Estimated resident population of Burnside, the wider ABS statistical area containing Burnside. There is no annual population series published at suburb level, so this describes the surrounding area rather than Burnside itself.
2,225 in 2001 to 6,635 in 2025, up 198%.
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.
Burnside 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 Burnside 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 44% of Burnside. 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 Burnside lot.
Burnside planning - frequently asked
Is Burnside flood-prone?
About 6% of Burnside falls within a mapped flood overlay, against the council-wide suburb average of 4%.
Is Burnside bushfire-prone?
Around 2% of Burnside is mapped as bushfire-prone, compared with a Melton average of 60%.
Is Burnside under a flight path?
Aircraft were observed below 3,000 ft over about 44% of Burnside, and over about 100% at any altitude up to 10,000 ft, in the period sampled (4 Sep 2026 to 24 Oct 2026). The lowest measured aircraft was at 500 ft, with an average of 5,500 ft. At the busiest point in the suburb about 17 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 Burnside?
The dominant planning zone in Burnside is General Residential Zone (GRZ1), though the suburb also includes Urban Floodway Zone (UFZ) and Commercial 1 Zone (C1Z).
Does Burnside have heritage-listed places?
Burnside has 1 heritage-listed place on record.
What is the typical lot size in Burnside?
Across 2,567 surveyed parcels in Burnside, the median lot size is about 514 m². There are also 1,272 registered easements mapped in the suburb.
Does Burnside have a train station?
There is no train station inside Burnside itself. The suburb is served by 19 bus stops.
What is the population of Burnside?
At the 2021 Census Burnside had 5,800 usual residents, with a median age of 37 and an average household size of 3.1 people. The wider Burnside statistical area, which contains Burnside, went from 2,225 people in 2001 to 6,635 in 2025, up 198%.
Is Burnside an advantaged suburb?
On the ABS SEIFA 2021 index of relative socio-economic advantage and disadvantage (IRSAD), Burnside scores 982 and sits in decile 5 of 10 nationally and decile 4 within Victoria (decile 1 is the most disadvantaged tenth, decile 10 the least).
What is the median household income in Burnside?
Median household income in Burnside was $1,871 a week at the 2021 Census, against $1,841 for the typical suburb in Melton. Median rent was $400 a week and the median mortgage repayment $2,000 a month.
Compare nearby suburbs
| Nearby suburb | Distance | Flood mapped | Bushfire-prone |
|---|---|---|---|
| Albanvale Brimbank |
1.8 km | 2% | 0% |
| Burnside Heights | 2.0 km | 3% | 7% |
| Caroline Springs | 2.3 km | 3% | 4% |
| Deer Park Brimbank |
2.4 km | 7% | 0% |
| Kings Park Brimbank |
2.7 km | 4% | <1% |
| Ravenhall | 2.7 km | <1% | 58% |
| Cairnlea Brimbank |
3.4 km | 6% | 0% |
| Taylors Hill | 3.9 km | 1% | 0% |
| Delahey Brimbank |
4.2 km | 2% | 0% |
| Deanside | 4.4 km | 5% | 74% |