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Boroondara flood map and planning overlays by suburb

Flood, bushfire and heritage mapping compared across 11 suburbs in Boroondara. Every one has some mapped flood. Check an address to see what touches a single lot.

Free map of every overlay on the lot, then a PDF report from $9. The suburb shading below compares suburbs; it does not tell you about one property.

Council mapBoroondara

Ashburton Balwyn Balwyn North Camberwell Canterbury Deepdene Glen Iris Hawthorn Hawthorn East Kew Kew East

Council readout

11 / 11
suburbs with mapped flood
0 / 11
suburbs with bushfire-prone land
957
heritage places
Kew East
highest flood share, 45%

Hover or tap a suburb on the map to see its figures. Tap again to open it.

Shading is the share of each suburb's area inside mapped overlays. It compares suburbs; whether one property is affected depends on where it sits, so check the exact address.

How Boroondara suburbs compare

Suburb-wide shares and counts. They do not decide the result for any one property.

Most mapped flood

  1. Kew East45%
  2. Hawthorn16%
  3. Kew10%
  4. Glen Iris9%
  5. Hawthorn East8%
  6. Balwyn North7%
  7. Ashburton7%
  8. Balwyn4%

Most bushfire-prone land

  1. Ashburton0%
  2. Balwyn0%
  3. Balwyn North0%
  4. Camberwell0%
  5. Canterbury0%
  6. Deepdene0%
  7. Glen Iris0%
  8. Hawthorn0%

Most heritage places

  1. Hawthorn239
  2. Kew225
  3. Hawthorn East111
  4. Camberwell106
  5. Canterbury87
  6. Glen Iris74
  7. Balwyn35
  8. Balwyn North30

Flood and bushfire rankings count only suburbs where LayeredGeo holds and could measure the mapping.

All 11 Boroondara suburbs

Select a suburb for its full profile. "Not mapped" means we hold no mapping for it there; "not measured" means we hold it but could not measure the share. Neither means no risk.

11 suburbs
Ashburton 7% 0% 15
Balwyn 4% 0% 35
Balwyn North 7% 0% 30
Camberwell 3% 0% 106
Canterbury 3% 0% 87
Deepdene <1% 0% 13
Glen Iris 9% 0% 74
Hawthorn 16% 0% 239
Hawthorn East 8% 0% 111
Kew 10% 0% 225
Kew East 45% 0% 22
No suburb by that name in Boroondara.

Boroondara flood map questions

How do I check if a property in Boroondara is in a flood zone?

Search the exact address in the free overlay map, which shows the mapped flood overlays on that property. The suburb shading on this page is a suburb-wide share and does not tell you about a single lot. Boroondara Council's own flood mapping and flood searches remain the official sources for planning decisions on a property.

Which Boroondara suburbs have the most mapped flood?

By share of suburb area inside mapped flood overlays: Kew East (45%), Hawthorn (16%), Kew (10%), Glen Iris (9%), Hawthorn East (8%). These are suburb-wide shares, so streets within the same suburb can differ.

How much of Boroondara is flood mapped?

All 11 Boroondara suburbs have some area inside mapped flood overlays.

What does the Boroondara flood map show?

The share of each suburb's area that falls inside the flood mapping LayeredGeo holds for Boroondara, shaded in five bands from none to 60% or more. It is a planning-mapping measure, not a prediction of how often a property floods.

Check your exact address

The free interactive map shows every overlay on a single Boroondara property. PDF reports from $9.

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