Diggers Rest flood map & planning overlays

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

Flood mapping covers Diggers Rest and none of the suburb falls within a mapped flood overlay (the council-wide suburb average is 4%). Flood overlays vary block to block, so whether a particular lot is affected needs a property-level check.

Around 100% of Diggers Rest is mapped as bushfire-prone, compared with a Melton average of 68%. A bushfire-prone designation can trigger additional building requirements, so check the specific address.

About 21% of Diggers Rest sits inside a published aircraft noise contour. ANEF contours are forecasts published per airport and used to control noise-sensitive development; they are not a measurement at any one house, and a property can sit under a flight path and outside every contour.

The dominant planning zone in Diggers Rest is Green Wedge Zone (GWZ), though the suburb also includes Green Wedge A Zone (GWAZ) and Urban Growth Zone (UGZ5). Zoning sets what you can build and do on a site, and can differ lot by lot.

Diggers Rest has 45 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 4,600 surveyed parcels in Diggers Rest, the median lot size is about 420 m². There are also 1,573 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 - Diggers Rest has 1 train station: Diggers Rest Station. It is also served by 30 bus stops.

At the 2021 Census Diggers Rest had 5,669 usual residents, with a median age of 33 and an average household size of 2.6 people. The wider Diggers Rest statistical area, which contains Diggers Rest, went from 1,934 people in 2001 to 7,434 in 2025, up 284%. ABS publishes no annual population series for individual suburbs, so that trend describes the surrounding area rather than Diggers Rest alone.

On the ABS SEIFA 2021 index of relative socio-economic advantage and disadvantage (IRSAD), Diggers Rest scores 1001 and sits in decile 6 of 10 nationally and decile 6 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 Diggers Rest was $1,991 a week at the 2021 Census, against $1,841 for the typical suburb in Melton. Median rent was $397 a week and the median mortgage repayment $1,800 a month. These are 2021 Census figures and have not been indexed to today.

A Diggers Rest 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.