Chelsea Heights flood map & planning overlays
Chelsea Heights: 32.2% bushfire mapping, 2nd in Kingston.
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A planning-constraint profile of Chelsea Heights
(Kingston, VIC) - 3.13 km², mapped from live council and
state overlay data. This suburb is highly constrained.
Profile updated 24 October 2026.
Constraint readout
3.13 km² - this suburb is highly constrained by planning overlays.
Elevation hillshade with street names, clipped to Chelsea Heights'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 Chelsea Heights
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 2 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.
Chelsea Heights at a glance
How Chelsea Heights is zoned
Selling in Chelsea Heights? The zoning and planning overlays on this page are the controls a Section 32 vendor statement discloses.
Across its 3.13 km², Chelsea Heights is highly constrained by planning overlays. About 27% of the suburb sits within a mapped flood overlay, and 32% is flagged bushfire-prone. The dominant land-use zone is Neighbourhood Residential Zone (NRZ7). The median lot measures about 540 m² across 2,480 parcels.
Who lives in Chelsea Heights
Census 2021 figures published by the ABS for the Chelsea Heights 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 1024, and decile 7 within Victoria. The national average is 1000.
Age profile
Share of Chelsea Heights's 5,393 residents in each ABS age band.
Population trend, 2001 to 2025
Estimated resident population of Chelsea Heights, the wider ABS statistical area containing Chelsea Heights. There is no annual population series published at suburb level, so this describes the surrounding area rather than Chelsea Heights itself.
5,440 in 2001 to 5,445 in 2025, up 0%.
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.
Chelsea Heights 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 Chelsea Heights 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 Chelsea Heights. 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 Chelsea Heights lot.
Chelsea Heights planning - frequently asked
Is Chelsea Heights flood-prone?
About 27% of Chelsea Heights falls within a mapped flood overlay, against the council-wide suburb average of 19%.
Is Chelsea Heights bushfire-prone?
Around 32% of Chelsea Heights is mapped as bushfire-prone, compared with a Kingston average of 6%.
Is Chelsea Heights under a flight path?
Aircraft were observed below 3,000 ft over about 100% of Chelsea Heights, in the period sampled (4 Sep 2026 to 24 Oct 2026). The lowest measured aircraft was at 500 ft, with an average of 2,000 ft. At the busiest point in the suburb about 8 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 Chelsea Heights?
The dominant planning zone in Chelsea Heights is Neighbourhood Residential Zone (NRZ7), though the suburb also includes Public Use Zone (PUZ1) and Commercial 2 Zone (C2Z).
Does Chelsea Heights have heritage-listed places?
No heritage-listed places are on record within Chelsea Heights.
What is the typical lot size in Chelsea Heights?
Across 2,480 surveyed parcels in Chelsea Heights, the median lot size is about 540 m². There are also 909 registered easements mapped in the suburb.
Does Chelsea Heights have a train station?
There is no train station inside Chelsea Heights itself. The suburb is served by 41 bus stops.
What is the population of Chelsea Heights?
At the 2021 Census Chelsea Heights had 5,393 usual residents, with a median age of 40 and an average household size of 2.6 people. The wider Chelsea Heights statistical area, which contains Chelsea Heights, went from 5,440 people in 2001 to 5,445 in 2025, up 0%.
Is Chelsea Heights an advantaged suburb?
On the ABS SEIFA 2021 index of relative socio-economic advantage and disadvantage (IRSAD), Chelsea Heights scores 1024 and sits in decile 8 of 10 nationally and decile 7 within Victoria (decile 1 is the most disadvantaged tenth, decile 10 the least).
What is the median household income in Chelsea Heights?
Median household income in Chelsea Heights was $1,867 a week at the 2021 Census, against $1,932 for the typical suburb in Kingston. Median rent was $412 a week and the median mortgage repayment $2,001 a month.
Compare nearby suburbs
| Nearby suburb | Distance | Flood mapped | Bushfire-prone |
|---|---|---|---|
| Chelsea | 1.5 km | 18% | 7% |
| Edithvale | 1.6 km | 25% | 3% |
| Aspendale Gardens | 2.0 km | 41% | 18% |
| Bonbeach | 2.6 km | 31% | 11% |
| Waterways | 2.7 km | 54% | 3% |
| Aspendale | 3.3 km | 14% | <1% |
| Patterson Lakes | 3.3 km | 38% | 17% |
| Bangholme Greater Dandenong |
3.8 km | 11% | 60% |
| Carrum | 4.2 km | 21% | <1% |
| Braeside | 4.3 km | 24% | 40% |