Property Report / Areas / Melbourne

Melbourne flood map and planning overlays by suburb

Flood, bushfire and heritage mapping compared across 11 suburbs in Melbourne. 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 mapMelbourne

Carlton Carlton North Docklands East Melbourne Kensington Melbourne North Melbourne Parkville Southbank South Wharf West Melbourne

Council readout

11 / 11
suburbs with mapped flood
0 / 11
suburbs with bushfire-prone land
2,936
heritage places
Southbank
highest flood share, 62%

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 Melbourne suburbs compare

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

Most mapped flood

  1. Southbank62%
  2. Docklands48%
  3. North Melbourne29%
  4. Kensington27%
  5. Melbourne18%
  6. West Melbourne14%
  7. Carlton North10%
  8. Carlton5%

Most bushfire-prone land

  1. Carlton0%
  2. Carlton North0%
  3. Docklands0%
  4. East Melbourne0%
  5. Kensington0%
  6. Melbourne0%
  7. North Melbourne0%
  8. Parkville0%

Most heritage places

  1. Melbourne1917
  2. East Melbourne225
  3. Carlton145
  4. West Melbourne141
  5. Parkville140
  6. Kensington113
  7. North Melbourne103
  8. Southbank94

Flood and bushfire rankings count only suburbs where LayeredGeo holds and could measure the mapping. Places with almost no residents are left out (South Wharf).

All 11 Melbourne 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
Carlton 5% 0% 145
Carlton North 10% 0% 18
Docklands 48% 0% 32
East Melbourne <1% 0% 225
Kensington 27% 0% 113
Melbourne 18% 0% 1917
North Melbourne 29% 0% 103
Parkville 3% 0% 140
Southbank 62% 0% 94
South Wharf 32% 0% 8
West Melbourne 14% 0% 141
No suburb by that name in Melbourne.

Melbourne flood map questions

How do I check if a property in Melbourne 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. Melbourne Council's own flood mapping and flood searches remain the official sources for planning decisions on a property.

Which Melbourne suburbs have the most mapped flood?

By share of suburb area inside mapped flood overlays: Southbank (62%), Docklands (48%), North Melbourne (29%), Kensington (27%), Melbourne (18%). These are suburb-wide shares, so streets within the same suburb can differ.

How much of Melbourne is flood mapped?

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

What does the Melbourne flood map show?

The share of each suburb's area that falls inside the flood mapping LayeredGeo holds for Melbourne, 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 Melbourne property. PDF reports from $9.

Open the overlay map →

← All VIC councils