Cannons Creek flood map & planning overlays

The schematic on this page is a Cannons Creek flood map: the mapped flood overlays drawn over the suburb's terrain and street grid, covering about 58% of the suburb. Flood lines vary block to block, so for a specific property use the free interactive map - search any Cannons Creek address and it shows the flood, zoning and bushfire mapping on the exact lot boundary.

About 58% of Cannons Creek falls within a mapped flood overlay, against the council-wide suburb average of 18%. Flood overlays vary block to block, so whether a particular lot is affected needs a property-level check.

Around 97% of Cannons Creek is mapped as bushfire-prone, compared with a Casey average of 59%. A bushfire-prone designation can trigger additional building requirements, so check the specific address.

The dominant planning zone in Cannons Creek is Rural Conservation Zone (RCZ), though the suburb also includes Public Conservation and Resource Zone (PCRZ) and Green Wedge A Zone (GWAZ1). Zoning sets what you can build and do on a site, and can differ lot by lot.

Cannons Creek has 2 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 319 surveyed parcels in Cannons Creek, the median lot size is about 985 m². There are also 154 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 Cannons Creek itself. The suburb is served by 4 bus stops.

At the 2021 Census Cannons Creek had 650 usual residents, with a median age of 41 and an average household size of 2.6 people. The wider Pearcedale - Tooradin statistical area, which contains Cannons Creek, went from 6,938 people in 2001 to 8,272 in 2025, up 19%. ABS publishes no annual population series for individual suburbs, so that trend describes the surrounding area rather than Cannons Creek alone.

On the ABS SEIFA 2021 index of relative socio-economic advantage and disadvantage (IRSAD), Cannons Creek scores 962 and sits in decile 4 of 10 nationally and decile 3 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 Cannons Creek was $1,607 a week at the 2021 Census, against $1,912 for the typical suburb in Casey. Median rent was $313 a week and the median mortgage repayment $1,700 a month. These are 2021 Census figures and have not been indexed to today.

A Cannons Creek 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.