Coburg flood map & planning overlays

The schematic on this page is a Coburg flood map: the mapped flood overlays drawn over the suburb's terrain and street grid, covering about 24% of the suburb. Flood lines vary block to block, so for a specific property use the free interactive map - search any Coburg address and it shows the flood, zoning and bushfire mapping on the exact lot boundary.

About 24% of Coburg falls within a mapped flood overlay, against the council-wide suburb average of 22%. Flood overlays vary block to block, so whether a particular lot is affected needs a property-level check.

Bushfire mapping covers Coburg and little to none of it is mapped as bushfire-prone. Always confirm for the exact lot, as mapping can change.

The dominant planning zone in Coburg is Neighbourhood Residential Zone (NRZ1), though the suburb also includes Housing Choice and Transport Zone (HCTZ2) and General Residential Zone (GRZ1). Zoning sets what you can build and do on a site, and can differ lot by lot.

Coburg has 144 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 16,966 surveyed parcels in Coburg, the median lot size is about 416 m². There are also 1,639 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.

Yes - Coburg has 2 train stations: Coburg Station, Moreland Station. It is also served by 100 bus stops and 33 tram stops.

At the 2021 Census Coburg had 26,574 usual residents, with a median age of 37 and an average household size of 2.5 people. The wider Coburg - East statistical area, which contains Coburg, went from 9,812 people in 2001 to 14,457 in 2025, up 47%. ABS publishes no annual population series for individual suburbs, so that trend describes the surrounding area rather than Coburg alone.

On the ABS SEIFA 2021 index of relative socio-economic advantage and disadvantage (IRSAD), Coburg scores 1065 and sits in decile 9 of 10 nationally and decile 9 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 Coburg was $2,065 a week at the 2021 Census, against $2,045 for the typical suburb in Merri-Bek. Median rent was $430 a week and the median mortgage repayment $2,167 a month. These are 2021 Census figures and have not been indexed to today.

A Coburg 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.