Doreen flood map & planning overlays

The schematic on this page is a Doreen flood map: the mapped flood overlays drawn over the suburb's terrain and street grid, covering about 2% of the suburb. Flood lines vary block to block, so for a specific property use the free interactive map - search any Doreen address and it shows the flood, zoning and bushfire mapping on the exact lot boundary.

About 2% of Doreen 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 100% of Doreen is mapped as bushfire-prone, compared with a Nillumbik average of 98%. A bushfire-prone designation can trigger additional building requirements, so check the specific address.

The dominant planning zone in Doreen is Green Wedge Zone (GWZ), though the suburb also includes General Residential Zone (GRZ1) and Rural Conservation Zone (RCZ3). Zoning sets what you can build and do on a site, and can differ lot by lot.

Doreen has 35 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 11,120 surveyed parcels in Doreen, the median lot size is about 481 m². There are also 4,712 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.

There is no train station inside Doreen itself. The suburb is served by 90 bus stops.

At the 2021 Census Doreen had 27,122 usual residents, with a median age of 33 and an average household size of 3.0 people. The wider Panton Hill - St Andrews statistical area, which contains Doreen, went from 5,103 people in 2001 to 5,130 in 2025, up 1%. ABS publishes no annual population series for individual suburbs, so that trend describes the surrounding area rather than Doreen alone.

On the ABS SEIFA 2021 index of relative socio-economic advantage and disadvantage (IRSAD), Doreen scores 1025 and sits in decile 8 of 10 nationally and decile 7 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 Doreen was $2,151 a week at the 2021 Census, against $2,391 for the typical suburb in Nillumbik. Median rent was $397 a week and the median mortgage repayment $2,000 a month. These are 2021 Census figures and have not been indexed to today.

A Doreen 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.