Craigieburn flood map & planning overlays
Craigieburn houses 65,178 people, the 2nd-biggest suburb in Victoria.
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A planning-constraint profile of Craigieburn
(Hume, VIC) - 35.46 km², mapped from live council and
state overlay data. This suburb is highly constrained.
Profile updated 24 October 2026.
Constraint readout
35.46 km² - this suburb is highly constrained by planning overlays.
Elevation hillshade with street names, clipped to Craigieburn'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 Craigieburn
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 1,500 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.
Craigieburn at a glance
How Craigieburn is zoned
Selling in Craigieburn? The zoning and planning overlays on this page are the controls a Section 32 vendor statement discloses.
Across its 35.46 km², Craigieburn is highly constrained by planning overlays. About 2% of the suburb sits within a mapped flood overlay, and 36% is flagged bushfire-prone. There are 19 heritage-listed sites on record, and the dominant land-use zone is Comprehensive Development Zone (CDZ1). The median lot measures about 444 m² across 25,496 parcels.
Who lives in Craigieburn
Census 2021 figures published by the ABS for the Craigieburn 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 956, and decile 3 within Victoria. The national average is 1000.
Age profile
Share of Craigieburn's 65,178 residents in each ABS age band.
Population trend, 2001 to 2025
Estimated resident population of Craigieburn - North, the wider ABS statistical area containing Craigieburn. There is no annual population series published at suburb level, so this describes the surrounding area rather than Craigieburn itself.
120 in 2001 to 12,846 in 2025, up 10605%.
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.
Craigieburn 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 Craigieburn 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 75% of Craigieburn. 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 Craigieburn lot.
Craigieburn planning - frequently asked
Is Craigieburn flood-prone?
About 2% of Craigieburn falls within a mapped flood overlay, against the council-wide suburb average of 4%.
Is Craigieburn bushfire-prone?
Around 36% of Craigieburn is mapped as bushfire-prone, compared with a Hume average of 42%.
Is Craigieburn under a flight path?
Aircraft were observed below 3,000 ft over about 75% of Craigieburn, and over about 95% at any altitude up to 10,000 ft, in the period sampled (4 Sep 2026 to 24 Oct 2026). The lowest measured aircraft was at 500 ft, with an average of 4,500 ft. At the busiest point in the suburb about 23 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 Craigieburn?
The dominant planning zone in Craigieburn is Comprehensive Development Zone (CDZ1), though the suburb also includes General Residential Zone (GRZ1) and Urban Growth Zone (UGZ8).
Does Craigieburn have heritage-listed places?
Craigieburn has 19 heritage-listed places on record.
What is the typical lot size in Craigieburn?
Across 25,496 surveyed parcels in Craigieburn, the median lot size is about 444 m². There are also 11,036 registered easements mapped in the suburb.
Does Craigieburn have a train station?
Yes - Craigieburn has 1 train station: Craigieburn Station. It is also served by 202 bus stops.
What is the population of Craigieburn?
At the 2021 Census Craigieburn had 65,178 usual residents, with a median age of 32 and an average household size of 3.3 people. The wider Craigieburn - North statistical area, which contains Craigieburn, went from 120 people in 2001 to 12,846 in 2025, up 10605%.
Is Craigieburn an advantaged suburb?
On the ABS SEIFA 2021 index of relative socio-economic advantage and disadvantage (IRSAD), Craigieburn scores 956 and sits in decile 4 of 10 nationally and decile 3 within Victoria (decile 1 is the most disadvantaged tenth, decile 10 the least).
What is the median household income in Craigieburn?
Median household income in Craigieburn was $1,798 a week at the 2021 Census, against $1,683 for the typical suburb in Hume. Median rent was $380 a week and the median mortgage repayment $1,850 a month.
Compare nearby suburbs
| Nearby suburb | Distance | Flood mapped | Bushfire-prone |
|---|---|---|---|
| Mickleham | 4.6 km | 6% | 80% |
| Roxburgh Park | 4.9 km | <1% | 1% |
| Yuroke | 5.7 km | Not mapped | 100% |
| Somerton | 6.1 km | 2% | 14% |
| Kalkallo | 6.8 km | 4% | 46% |
| Donnybrook Whittlesea |
7.2 km | <1% | 84% |
| Greenvale | 7.6 km | 6% | 59% |
| Wollert Whittlesea |
7.6 km | 2% | 75% |
| Meadow Heights | 7.8 km | 4% | 14% |
| Coolaroo | 8.1 km | 4% | 0% |