Donnybrook flood map & planning overlays
The VIC Donnybrook: Whittlesea's top rent, $401, on its smallest lots, 350 m², and a joint-youngest median of 30.
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A planning-constraint profile of Donnybrook
(Whittlesea, VIC) - 24.53 km², mapped from live council and
state overlay data. This suburb is highly constrained.
Profile updated 24 October 2026.
Constraint readout
24.53 km² - this suburb is highly constrained by planning overlays.
Elevation hillshade with street names, clipped to Donnybrook'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 Donnybrook
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 2 a day
Night movements: observed, lowest 2,000 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.
Donnybrook at a glance
How Donnybrook is zoned
Selling in Donnybrook? The zoning and planning overlays on this page are the controls a Section 32 vendor statement discloses.
Across its 24.53 km², Donnybrook is highly constrained by planning overlays. Flood mapping covers the suburb and none of it falls within a mapped flood overlay, and 84% is flagged bushfire-prone. There are 13 heritage-listed sites on record, and the dominant land-use zone is Urban Growth Zone (UGZ6). The median lot measures about 350 m² across 9,760 parcels.
Who lives in Donnybrook
Census 2021 figures published by the ABS for the Donnybrook 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 1042, and decile 8 within Victoria. The national average is 1000.
Age profile
Share of Donnybrook's 2,100 residents in each ABS age band.
Population trend, 2001 to 2025
Estimated resident population of Whittlesea, the wider ABS statistical area containing Donnybrook. There is no annual population series published at suburb level, so this describes the surrounding area rather than Donnybrook itself.
5,781 in 2001 to 18,174 in 2025, up 214%.
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.
Donnybrook 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 Donnybrook address
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See what's in the $9 report →Aircraft have been seen below 3,000 ft over about 49% of Donnybrook. 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 Donnybrook lot.
Donnybrook planning - frequently asked
Is Donnybrook flood-prone?
Flood mapping covers Donnybrook and less than 1% of the suburb falls within a mapped flood overlay (the council-wide suburb average is 4%).
Is Donnybrook bushfire-prone?
Around 84% of Donnybrook is mapped as bushfire-prone, compared with a Whittlesea average of 64%.
Is Donnybrook under a flight path?
Aircraft were observed below 3,000 ft over about 49% of Donnybrook, and over about 99% 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 5,500 ft. At the busiest point in the suburb about 26 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 Donnybrook?
The dominant planning zone in Donnybrook is Urban Growth Zone (UGZ6), though the suburb also includes Urban Growth Zone (UGZ7) and Green Wedge Zone (GWZ).
Does Donnybrook have heritage-listed places?
Donnybrook has 13 heritage-listed places on record.
What is the typical lot size in Donnybrook?
Across 9,760 surveyed parcels in Donnybrook, the median lot size is about 350 m². There are also 2,959 registered easements mapped in the suburb.
Does Donnybrook have a train station?
Yes - Donnybrook has 1 train station: Donnybrook Station. It is also served by 16 bus stops.
What is the population of Donnybrook?
At the 2021 Census Donnybrook had 2,100 usual residents, with a median age of 30 and an average household size of 3.0 people. The wider Whittlesea statistical area, which contains Donnybrook, went from 5,781 people in 2001 to 18,174 in 2025, up 214%.
Is Donnybrook an advantaged suburb?
On the ABS SEIFA 2021 index of relative socio-economic advantage and disadvantage (IRSAD), Donnybrook scores 1042 and sits in decile 9 of 10 nationally and decile 8 within Victoria (decile 1 is the most disadvantaged tenth, decile 10 the least).
What is the median household income in Donnybrook?
Median household income in Donnybrook was $2,207 a week at the 2021 Census, against $1,735 for the typical suburb in Whittlesea. Median rent was $401 a week and the median mortgage repayment $2,100 a month.
Compare nearby suburbs
| Nearby suburb | Distance | Flood mapped | Bushfire-prone |
|---|---|---|---|
| Kalkallo Hume |
2.9 km | 4% | 46% |
| Woodstock | 5.9 km | <1% | 99% |
| Wollert | 6.0 km | 2% | 75% |
| Craigieburn Hume |
7.2 km | 2% | 36% |
| Beveridge Mitchell |
7.3 km | 3% | 98% |
| Mickleham Hume |
7.9 km | 6% | 80% |
| Eden Park | 9.1 km | Not mapped | 100% |
| Mernda | 10.3 km | 4% | 64% |
| Roxburgh Park Hume |
11.0 km | <1% | 1% |
| Somerton Hume |
11.0 km | 2% | 14% |