This page covers the Cardinia suburb only. For all of Cardinia, see the Cardinia flood map by suburb →
Cardinia flood map & planning overlays
The suburb of Cardinia is 96.1% flood-mapped, with 6 heritage places.
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A planning-constraint profile of Cardinia
(Cardinia, VIC) - 26.99 km², mapped from live council and
state overlay data. This suburb is highly constrained.
Profile updated 24 October 2026.
Constraint readout
26.99 km² - this suburb is highly constrained by planning overlays.
Elevation hillshade with street names, clipped to Cardinia'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 Cardinia
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: not established - night is sampled as often as day, but too few night flights have been seen here to conclude either way.
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.
Cardinia at a glance
How Cardinia is zoned
Selling in Cardinia? The zoning and planning overlays on this page are the controls a Section 32 vendor statement discloses.
Across its 26.99 km², Cardinia is highly constrained by planning overlays. About 96% of the suburb sits within a mapped flood overlay, and 100% is flagged bushfire-prone. There are 6 heritage-listed sites on record, and the dominant land-use zone is Green Wedge Zone (GWZ1). The median lot measures about 21,748 m² across 215 parcels.
Who lives in Cardinia
Census 2021 figures published by the ABS for the Cardinia 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 992, and decile 5 within Victoria. The national average is 1000.
Age profile
Share of Cardinia's 342 residents in each ABS age band.
Population trend, 2001 to 2025
Estimated resident population of Koo Wee Rup, the wider ABS statistical area containing Cardinia. There is no annual population series published at suburb level, so this describes the surrounding area rather than Cardinia itself.
5,236 in 2001 to 12,598 in 2025, up 141%.
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.
Cardinia 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 Cardinia 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 Cardinia. 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 Cardinia lot.
Cardinia planning - frequently asked
Is Cardinia flood-prone?
About 96% of Cardinia falls within a mapped flood overlay, against the council-wide suburb average of 48%.
Is Cardinia bushfire-prone?
Around 100% of Cardinia is mapped as bushfire-prone, compared with a Cardinia average of 97%.
Is Cardinia under a flight path?
Aircraft were observed below 3,000 ft over about 100% of Cardinia, in the period sampled (4 Sep 2026 to 24 Oct 2026). The lowest measured aircraft was at 500 ft, with an average of 3,000 ft. At the busiest point in the suburb about 4 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 Cardinia?
The dominant planning zone in Cardinia is Green Wedge Zone (GWZ1), though the suburb also includes Special Use Zone (SUZ1) and Public Use Zone (PUZ1).
Does Cardinia have heritage-listed places?
Cardinia has 6 heritage-listed places on record.
What is the typical lot size in Cardinia?
Across 215 surveyed parcels in Cardinia, the median lot size is about 21,748 m². There are also 67 registered easements mapped in the suburb.
What is the population of Cardinia?
At the 2021 Census Cardinia had 342 usual residents, with a median age of 44 and an average household size of 2.9 people. The wider Koo Wee Rup statistical area, which contains Cardinia, went from 5,236 people in 2001 to 12,598 in 2025, up 141%.
Is Cardinia an advantaged suburb?
On the ABS SEIFA 2021 index of relative socio-economic advantage and disadvantage (IRSAD), Cardinia scores 992 and sits in decile 6 of 10 nationally and decile 5 within Victoria (decile 1 is the most disadvantaged tenth, decile 10 the least).
What is the median household income in Cardinia?
Median household income in Cardinia was $1,875 a week at the 2021 Census, against $1,976 for the typical suburb in Cardinia. Median rent was $390 a week and the median mortgage repayment $1,950 a month.
Compare nearby suburbs
| Nearby suburb | Distance | Flood mapped | Bushfire-prone |
|---|---|---|---|
| Rythdale | 3.4 km | 94% | 100% |
| Officer South | 4.6 km | 36% | 94% |
| Dalmore | 4.8 km | 98% | 100% |
| Clyde Casey |
5.9 km | 44% | 83% |
| Tooradin Casey |
6.8 km | 88% | 97% |
| Pakenham South | 6.9 km | 100% | 100% |
| Clyde North Casey |
7.5 km | 25% | 39% |
| Koo Wee Rup | 8.2 km | 99% | 97% |
| Pakenham | 9.6 km | 23% | 69% |
| Koo Wee Rup North | 9.9 km | 100% | 100% |