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Yarra flood map and planning overlays by suburb

Flood, bushfire and heritage mapping compared across 10 suburbs in Yarra. 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 mapYarra

Abbotsford Burnley Clifton Hill Collingwood Cremorne Fairfield Fitzroy Fitzroy North Princes Hill Richmond

Council readout

10 / 10
suburbs with mapped flood
0 / 10
suburbs with bushfire-prone land
813
heritage places
Burnley
highest flood share, 41%

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 Yarra suburbs compare

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

Most mapped flood

  1. Burnley41%
  2. Fairfield19%
  3. Abbotsford18%
  4. Cremorne16%
  5. Collingwood15%
  6. Fitzroy10%
  7. Princes Hill10%
  8. Fitzroy North6%

Most bushfire-prone land

  1. Abbotsford0%
  2. Burnley0%
  3. Clifton Hill0%
  4. Collingwood0%
  5. Cremorne0%
  6. Fairfield0%
  7. Fitzroy0%
  8. Fitzroy North0%

Most heritage places

  1. Richmond216
  2. Fitzroy160
  3. Abbotsford115
  4. Collingwood103
  5. Fitzroy North61
  6. Cremorne58
  7. Fairfield37
  8. Clifton Hill24

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

All 10 Yarra 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.

10 suburbs
Abbotsford 18% 0% 115
Burnley 41% 0% 15
Clifton Hill 4% 0% 24
Collingwood 15% 0% 103
Cremorne 16% 0% 58
Fairfield 19% 0% 37
Fitzroy 10% 0% 160
Fitzroy North 6% 0% 61
Princes Hill 10% 0% 24
Richmond 6% 0% 216
No suburb by that name in Yarra.

Yarra flood map questions

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

Which Yarra suburbs have the most mapped flood?

By share of suburb area inside mapped flood overlays: Burnley (41%), Fairfield (19%), Abbotsford (18%), Cremorne (16%), Collingwood (15%). These are suburb-wide shares, so streets within the same suburb can differ.

How much of Yarra is flood mapped?

All 10 Yarra suburbs have some area inside mapped flood overlays.

What does the Yarra flood map show?

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

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