Crib Point flood map & planning overlays

The schematic on this page is a Crib Point flood map: the mapped flood overlays drawn over the suburb's terrain and street grid, covering about 7% of the suburb. Flood lines vary block to block, so for a specific property use the free interactive map - search any Crib Point address and it shows the flood, zoning and bushfire mapping on the exact lot boundary.

About 7% of Crib Point falls within a mapped flood overlay, against the council-wide suburb average of 3%. Flood overlays vary block to block, so whether a particular lot is affected needs a property-level check.

Around 99% of Crib Point is mapped as bushfire-prone, compared with a Mornington Peninsula average of 89%. A bushfire-prone designation can trigger additional building requirements, so check the specific address.

The dominant planning zone in Crib Point is Special Use Zone (SUZ1), though the suburb also includes General Residential Zone (GRZ1) and Public Use Zone (PUZ7). Zoning sets what you can build and do on a site, and can differ lot by lot.

Crib Point has 7 heritage-listed places on record. Heritage listing affects what you can alter or demolish, so confirm whether a specific property is listed or near a heritage place.

Across 2,254 surveyed parcels in Crib Point, the median lot size is about 978 m². There are also 441 registered easements mapped in the suburb - an easement can restrict where you can build, so always check the title and overlays for the specific lot.

Yes - Crib Point has 3 train stations: Crib Point Station, Morradoo Station, Stony Point Station. It is also served by 11 bus stops.

At the 2021 Census Crib Point had 3,343 usual residents, with a median age of 39 and an average household size of 2.5 people. The wider Hastings - Somers statistical area, which contains Crib Point, went from 17,831 people in 2001 to 23,795 in 2025, up 33%. ABS publishes no annual population series for individual suburbs, so that trend describes the surrounding area rather than Crib Point alone.

On the ABS SEIFA 2021 index of relative socio-economic advantage and disadvantage (IRSAD), Crib Point scores 940 and sits in decile 3 of 10 nationally and decile 2 within Victoria - decile 1 being the most disadvantaged tenth of Australian suburbs and decile 10 the least. The national average score is 1000. SEIFA summarises income, education, occupation and housing across the whole suburb, so it describes the area, not any particular household in it.

Median household income in Crib Point was $1,447 a week at the 2021 Census, against $1,906 for the typical suburb in Mornington Peninsula. Median rent was $340 a week and the median mortgage repayment $1,603 a month. These are 2021 Census figures and have not been indexed to today.

A Crib Point planning report pulls every overlay - zoning, flood, bushfire, heritage, environmental and noise - that touches a single lot, on live council and state data. The interactive map preview is free; the full PDF report is $9.