Clarinda flood map & planning overlays
Clarinda tops Kingston for environmental overlay (27.7%), median 45 (joint 2nd).
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A planning-constraint profile of Clarinda
(Kingston, VIC) - 3.66 km², mapped from live council and
state overlay data. This suburb is moderately constrained.
Profile updated 24 October 2026.
Constraint readout
3.66 km² - this suburb is moderately constrained by planning overlays.
Elevation hillshade with street names, clipped to Clarinda'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 Clarinda
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 4 a day
Night movements: observed, lowest 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.
Clarinda at a glance
How Clarinda is zoned
Selling in Clarinda? The zoning and planning overlays on this page are the controls a Section 32 vendor statement discloses.
Across its 3.66 km², Clarinda is moderately constrained by planning overlays. About 9% of the suburb sits within a mapped flood overlay. There is 1 heritage-listed site on record, and the dominant land-use zone is Neighbourhood Residential Zone (NRZ7). The median lot measures about 538 m² across 3,107 parcels.
Who lives in Clarinda
Census 2021 figures published by the ABS for the Clarinda 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 Clarinda's 7,441 residents in each ABS age band.
Population trend, 2001 to 2025
Estimated resident population of Clarinda - Oakleigh South, the wider ABS statistical area containing Clarinda. There is no annual population series published at suburb level, so this describes the surrounding area rather than Clarinda itself.
12,807 in 2001 to 11,741 in 2025, down 8%.
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.
Clarinda 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 Clarinda 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 Clarinda. 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 Clarinda lot.
Clarinda planning - frequently asked
Is Clarinda flood-prone?
About 9% of Clarinda falls within a mapped flood overlay, against the council-wide suburb average of 19%.
Is Clarinda bushfire-prone?
Bushfire mapping covers Clarinda and little to none of it is mapped as bushfire-prone (the Kingston average is 6%).
Is Clarinda under a flight path?
Aircraft were observed below 3,000 ft over about 100% of Clarinda, in the period sampled (4 Sep 2026 to 24 Oct 2026). The lowest measured aircraft was at 500 ft, with an average of 500 ft. At the busiest point in the suburb about 82 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 Clarinda?
The dominant planning zone in Clarinda is Neighbourhood Residential Zone (NRZ7), though the suburb also includes Green Wedge A Zone (GWAZ) and Public Park and Recreation Zone (PPRZ).
Does Clarinda have heritage-listed places?
Clarinda has 1 heritage-listed place on record.
What is the typical lot size in Clarinda?
Across 3,107 surveyed parcels in Clarinda, the median lot size is about 538 m². There are also 1,310 registered easements mapped in the suburb.
Does Clarinda have a train station?
There is no train station inside Clarinda itself. The suburb is served by 35 bus stops.
What is the population of Clarinda?
At the 2021 Census Clarinda had 7,441 usual residents, with a median age of 45 and an average household size of 2.7 people. The wider Clarinda - Oakleigh South statistical area, which contains Clarinda, went from 12,807 people in 2001 to 11,741 in 2025, down 8%.
Is Clarinda an advantaged suburb?
On the ABS SEIFA 2021 index of relative socio-economic advantage and disadvantage (IRSAD), Clarinda 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 Clarinda?
Median household income in Clarinda was $1,589 a week at the 2021 Census, against $1,932 for the typical suburb in Kingston. Median rent was $394 a week and the median mortgage repayment $2,000 a month.
Compare nearby suburbs
| Nearby suburb | Distance | Flood mapped | Bushfire-prone |
|---|---|---|---|
| Clayton South | 1.9 km | 8% | 2% |
| Heatherton | 2.0 km | 9% | 0% |
| Oakleigh South | 2.2 km | 3% | 0% |
| Clayton Monash |
3.8 km | 8% | 0% |
| Huntingdale Monash |
3.9 km | <1% | 0% |
| Moorabbin Airport | 3.9 km | 1% | 0% |
| Dingley Village | 4.0 km | 7% | 1% |
| Bentleigh East Glen Eira |
4.1 km | 6% | 0% |
| Moorabbin | 4.2 km | 10% | 0% |
| Oakleigh East Monash |
4.3 km | 4% | 0% |