Don Valley flood map & planning overlays
Don Valley's 1,683 m² RCZ3 lots sit wholly in bushfire mapping.
A planning-constraint profile of Don Valley
(Yarra Ranges, VIC) - 13.78 km², mapped from live council and
state overlay data. This suburb is highly constrained.
Profile updated 24 October 2026.
Free map preview, then PDF reports from $9 - about the price of an iced latte on a public holiday.
Suburb-wide figures; the free map shows which overlays touch your lot.
Constraint readout
13.78 km² - this suburb is highly constrained by planning overlays.
Elevation hillshade with street names, clipped to Don Valley'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 Don Valley
Two different things, kept apart on purpose. The ANEF contour is the planning instrument - a forecast published per airport that planning schemes use to control noise-sensitive development. Observed overflight is what a sampled aircraft-tracking feed actually recorded over the suburb - where aircraft flew, how low and how often.
Observed overflight - sampled 4 Sep to 24 Oct 2026
Night movements: not established - night is sampled as often as day, but too few night flights have been seen here to conclude either way.
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.
Don Valley at a glance
How Don Valley is zoned
Selling in Don Valley? The zoning and planning overlays on this page are the controls a Section 32 vendor statement discloses.
Across its 13.78 km², Don Valley is highly constrained by planning overlays. About 3% of the suburb sits within a mapped flood overlay, and 100% is flagged bushfire-prone. There are 3 heritage-listed sites on record, and the dominant land-use zone is Rural Conservation Zone (RCZ3). The median lot measures about 1,683 m² across 558 parcels.
Who lives in Don Valley
Census 2021 figures published by the ABS for the Don Valley 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 969, and decile 3 within Victoria. The national average is 1000.
Age profile
Share of Don Valley's 586 residents in each ABS age band.
Population trend, 2001 to 2025
Estimated resident population of Yarra Valley, the wider ABS statistical area containing Don Valley. There is no annual population series published at suburb level, so this describes the surrounding area rather than Don Valley itself.
15,932 in 2001 to 17,087 in 2025, up 7%.
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.
Don Valley 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 Don Valley 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 5% of Don Valley. 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 Don Valley lot.
Don Valley planning - frequently asked
Is Don Valley flood-prone?
About 3% of Don Valley falls within a mapped flood overlay, against the council-wide suburb average of 7%.
Is Don Valley bushfire-prone?
Around 100% of Don Valley is mapped as bushfire-prone, compared with a Yarra Ranges average of 95%.
Is Don Valley under a flight path?
Aircraft were observed below 3,000 ft over about 5% of Don Valley, and over about 39% 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 2,000 ft, with an average of 5,000 ft. 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 Don Valley?
The dominant planning zone in Don Valley is Rural Conservation Zone (RCZ3), though the suburb also includes Green Wedge Zone (GWZ4) and Public Conservation and Resource Zone (PCRZ).
Does Don Valley have heritage-listed places?
Don Valley has 3 heritage-listed places on record.
What is the typical lot size in Don Valley?
Across 558 surveyed parcels in Don Valley, the median lot size is about 1,683 m². There are also 193 registered easements mapped in the suburb.
What is the population of Don Valley?
At the 2021 Census Don Valley had 586 usual residents, with a median age of 44 and an average household size of 2.8 people. The wider Yarra Valley statistical area, which contains Don Valley, went from 15,932 people in 2001 to 17,087 in 2025, up 7%.
Is Don Valley an advantaged suburb?
On the ABS SEIFA 2021 index of relative socio-economic advantage and disadvantage (IRSAD), Don Valley scores 969 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 Don Valley?
Median household income in Don Valley was $1,760 a week at the 2021 Census, against $1,999 for the typical suburb in Yarra Ranges. Median rent was $270 a week and the median mortgage repayment $1,800 a month.
Compare nearby suburbs
| Nearby suburb | Distance | Flood mapped | Bushfire-prone |
|---|---|---|---|
| Mount Toolebewong | 3.0 km | Not mapped | 100% |
| Launching Place | 5.4 km | 16% | 100% |
| Millgrove | 5.4 km | 4% | 100% |
| Wesburn | 5.5 km | 3% | 100% |
| Badger Creek | 6.5 km | 1% | 100% |
| Woori Yallock | 7.3 km | 21% | 97% |
| Yarra Junction | 7.7 km | 15% | 100% |
| Healesville | 8.0 km | 9% | 100% |
| Warburton | 9.3 km | <1% | 100% |
| Seville East | 9.7 km | 16% | 90% |