Donvale flood map & planning overlays
Donvale houses 12,644 people on 725 m² low-density lots, with 20 heritage places.
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A planning-constraint profile of Donvale
(Manningham, VIC) - 11.72 km², mapped from live council and
state overlay data. This suburb is highly constrained.
Profile updated 24 October 2026.
Constraint readout
11.72 km² - this suburb is highly constrained by planning overlays.
Elevation hillshade with street names, clipped to Donvale'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 Donvale
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.
Donvale at a glance
How Donvale is zoned
Selling in Donvale? The zoning and planning overlays on this page are the controls a Section 32 vendor statement discloses.
Across its 11.72 km², Donvale is highly constrained by planning overlays. About 5% of the suburb sits within a mapped flood overlay, and 75% is flagged bushfire-prone. There are 20 heritage-listed sites on record, and the dominant land-use zone is Low Density Residential Zone (LDRZ). The median lot measures about 725 m² across 5,751 parcels.
Who lives in Donvale
Census 2021 figures published by the ABS for the Donvale 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 1086, and decile 10 within Victoria. The national average is 1000.
Age profile
Share of Donvale's 12,644 residents in each ABS age band.
Population trend, 2001 to 2025
Estimated resident population of Donvale - Park Orchards, the wider ABS statistical area containing Donvale. There is no annual population series published at suburb level, so this describes the surrounding area rather than Donvale itself.
15,852 in 2001 to 16,894 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.
Donvale 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 Donvale 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 98% of Donvale. 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 Donvale lot.
Donvale planning - frequently asked
Is Donvale flood-prone?
About 5% of Donvale falls within a mapped flood overlay, against the council-wide suburb average of 10%.
Is Donvale bushfire-prone?
Around 75% of Donvale is mapped as bushfire-prone, compared with a Manningham average of 56%.
Is Donvale under a flight path?
Aircraft were observed below 3,000 ft over about 98% of Donvale, and over about 100% 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 2,500 ft. At the busiest point in the suburb about 4 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 Donvale?
The dominant planning zone in Donvale is Low Density Residential Zone (LDRZ), though the suburb also includes General Residential Zone (GRZ3) and Public Park and Recreation Zone (PPRZ).
Does Donvale have heritage-listed places?
Donvale has 20 heritage-listed places on record.
What is the typical lot size in Donvale?
Across 5,751 surveyed parcels in Donvale, the median lot size is about 725 m². There are also 3,896 registered easements mapped in the suburb.
Does Donvale have a train station?
There is no train station inside Donvale itself. The suburb is served by 58 bus stops.
What is the population of Donvale?
At the 2021 Census Donvale had 12,644 usual residents, with a median age of 45 and an average household size of 2.7 people. The wider Donvale - Park Orchards statistical area, which contains Donvale, went from 15,852 people in 2001 to 16,894 in 2025, up 7%.
Is Donvale an advantaged suburb?
On the ABS SEIFA 2021 index of relative socio-economic advantage and disadvantage (IRSAD), Donvale scores 1086 and sits in decile 10 of 10 nationally and decile 10 within Victoria (decile 1 is the most disadvantaged tenth, decile 10 the least).
What is the median household income in Donvale?
Median household income in Donvale was $2,100 a week at the 2021 Census, against $2,131 for the typical suburb in Manningham. Median rent was $450 a week and the median mortgage repayment $2,500 a month.
Compare nearby suburbs
| Nearby suburb | Distance | Flood mapped | Bushfire-prone |
|---|---|---|---|
| Doncaster East | 2.4 km | 4% | 7% |
| Park Orchards | 2.6 km | 4% | 100% |
| Blackburn North Whitehorse |
3.3 km | Not mapped | 0% |
| Nunawading Whitehorse |
3.4 km | 1% | <1% |
| Mitcham Whitehorse |
3.5 km | 1% | 15% |
| Ringwood North Maroondah |
4.3 km | 1% | 27% |
| Warrandyte | 4.6 km | 11% | 100% |
| Ringwood Maroondah |
4.6 km | 6% | 2% |
| Blackburn Whitehorse |
4.9 km | 7% | 7% |
| Templestowe | 4.9 km | 10% | 46% |