Coburg North flood map & planning overlays
Coburg North: 34.3% landscape overlay, 2nd in Merri-Bek, median 38.
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A planning-constraint profile of Coburg North
(Merri-Bek, VIC) - 4.85 km², mapped from live council and
state overlay data. This suburb is highly constrained.
Profile updated 24 October 2026.
Constraint readout
4.85 km² - this suburb is highly constrained by planning overlays.
Elevation hillshade with street names, clipped to Coburg North'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 Coburg North
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: 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.
Coburg North at a glance
How Coburg North is zoned
Selling in Coburg North? The zoning and planning overlays on this page are the controls a Section 32 vendor statement discloses.
Across its 4.85 km², Coburg North is highly constrained by planning overlays. About 13% of the suburb sits within a mapped flood overlay. There are 40 heritage-listed sites on record, and the dominant land-use zone is Industrial 1 Zone (IN1Z). The median lot measures about 468 m² across 5,959 parcels.
Who lives in Coburg North
Census 2021 figures published by the ABS for the Coburg North 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 1042, and decile 8 within Victoria. The national average is 1000.
Age profile
Share of Coburg North's 8,327 residents in each ABS age band.
Population trend, 2001 to 2025
Estimated resident population of Coburg North, the wider ABS statistical area containing Coburg North. There is no annual population series published at suburb level, so this describes the surrounding area rather than Coburg North itself.
6,404 in 2001 to 8,932 in 2025, up 39%.
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.
Coburg North 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 Coburg North 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 Coburg North. 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 Coburg North lot.
Coburg North planning - frequently asked
Is Coburg North flood-prone?
About 13% of Coburg North falls within a mapped flood overlay, against the council-wide suburb average of 14%.
Is Coburg North bushfire-prone?
Bushfire mapping covers Coburg North and little to none of it is mapped as bushfire-prone.
Is Coburg North under a flight path?
Aircraft were observed below 3,000 ft over about 100% of Coburg North, in the period sampled (4 Sep 2026 to 24 Oct 2026). The lowest measured aircraft was at 500 ft, with an average of 1,500 ft. At the busiest point in the suburb about 21 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 Coburg North?
The dominant planning zone in Coburg North is Industrial 1 Zone (IN1Z), though the suburb also includes Neighbourhood Residential Zone (NRZ1) and General Residential Zone (GRZ1).
Does Coburg North have heritage-listed places?
Coburg North has 40 heritage-listed places on record.
What is the typical lot size in Coburg North?
Across 5,959 surveyed parcels in Coburg North, the median lot size is about 468 m². There are also 1,723 registered easements mapped in the suburb.
Does Coburg North have a train station?
Yes - Coburg North has 2 train stations: Batman Station, Merlynston Station. It is also served by 54 bus stops and 6 tram stops.
What is the population of Coburg North?
At the 2021 Census Coburg North had 8,327 usual residents, with a median age of 38 and an average household size of 2.5 people. The wider Coburg North statistical area, which contains Coburg North, went from 6,404 people in 2001 to 8,932 in 2025, up 39%.
Is Coburg North an advantaged suburb?
On the ABS SEIFA 2021 index of relative socio-economic advantage and disadvantage (IRSAD), Coburg North scores 1042 and sits in decile 8 of 10 nationally and decile 8 within Victoria (decile 1 is the most disadvantaged tenth, decile 10 the least).
What is the median household income in Coburg North?
Median household income in Coburg North was $1,981 a week at the 2021 Census, against $2,045 for the typical suburb in Merri-Bek. Median rent was $401 a week and the median mortgage repayment $2,167 a month.
Compare nearby suburbs
| Nearby suburb | Distance | Flood mapped | Bushfire-prone |
|---|---|---|---|
| Coburg | 2.0 km | 15% | 0% |
| Hadfield | 2.5 km | 20% | 0% |
| Fawkner | 2.5 km | 12% | 0% |
| Pascoe Vale | 2.8 km | 17% | 0% |
| Pascoe Vale South | 3.0 km | 8% | 0% |
| Reservoir Darebin |
3.4 km | 6% | 0% |
| Preston Darebin |
3.8 km | 7% | 0% |
| Strathmore Moonee Valley |
4.2 km | 6% | 0% |
| Oak Park | 4.3 km | 14% | 0% |
| Brunswick | 4.5 km | 15% | 0% |