Dromana flood map & planning overlays
Dromana is home to 6,626 people and 31 heritage places, 88.9% bushfire.
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A planning-constraint profile of Dromana
(Mornington Peninsula, VIC) - 30.54 km², mapped from live council and
state overlay data. This suburb is highly constrained.
Profile updated 24 October 2026.
Constraint readout
30.54 km² - this suburb is highly constrained by planning overlays.
Elevation hillshade with street names, clipped to Dromana'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 Dromana
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 0 a day
Night movements: observed, lowest 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.
Dromana at a glance
How Dromana is zoned
Selling in Dromana? The zoning and planning overlays on this page are the controls a Section 32 vendor statement discloses.
Across its 30.54 km², Dromana is highly constrained by planning overlays. Flood mapping covers the suburb and none of it falls within a mapped flood overlay, and 89% is flagged bushfire-prone. There are 31 heritage-listed sites on record, and the dominant land-use zone is Green Wedge Zone (GWZ3). The median lot measures about 655 m² across 6,184 parcels.
Who lives in Dromana
Census 2021 figures published by the ABS for the Dromana 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 978, and decile 4 within Victoria. The national average is 1000.
Age profile
Share of Dromana's 6,626 residents in each ABS age band.
Population trend, 2001 to 2025
Estimated resident population of Dromana, the wider ABS statistical area containing Dromana. There is no annual population series published at suburb level, so this describes the surrounding area rather than Dromana itself.
8,455 in 2001 to 13,925 in 2025, up 65%.
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.
Dromana 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 Dromana 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 81% of Dromana. 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 Dromana lot.
Dromana planning - frequently asked
Is Dromana flood-prone?
Flood mapping covers Dromana and less than 1% of the suburb falls within a mapped flood overlay (the council-wide suburb average is 4%).
Is Dromana bushfire-prone?
Around 89% of Dromana is mapped as bushfire-prone, compared with a Mornington Peninsula average of 86%.
Is Dromana under a flight path?
Aircraft were observed below 3,000 ft over about 81% of Dromana, and over about 90% 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 3 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 Dromana?
The dominant planning zone in Dromana is Green Wedge Zone (GWZ3), though the suburb also includes General Residential Zone (GRZ1) and Green Wedge Zone (GWZ2).
Does Dromana have heritage-listed places?
Dromana has 31 heritage-listed places on record.
What is the typical lot size in Dromana?
Across 6,184 surveyed parcels in Dromana, the median lot size is about 655 m². There are also 1,882 registered easements mapped in the suburb.
Does Dromana have a train station?
There is no train station inside Dromana itself. The suburb is served by 16 bus stops.
What is the population of Dromana?
At the 2021 Census Dromana had 6,626 usual residents, with a median age of 50 and an average household size of 2.2 people. The wider Dromana statistical area, which contains Dromana, went from 8,455 people in 2001 to 13,925 in 2025, up 65%.
Is Dromana an advantaged suburb?
On the ABS SEIFA 2021 index of relative socio-economic advantage and disadvantage (IRSAD), Dromana scores 978 and sits in decile 5 of 10 nationally and decile 4 within Victoria (decile 1 is the most disadvantaged tenth, decile 10 the least).
What is the median household income in Dromana?
Median household income in Dromana was $1,304 a week at the 2021 Census, against $1,906 for the typical suburb in Mornington Peninsula. Median rent was $380 a week and the median mortgage repayment $1,781 a month.
Compare nearby suburbs
| Nearby suburb | Distance | Flood mapped | Bushfire-prone |
|---|---|---|---|
| Safety Beach | 2.0 km | <1% | 26% |
| Red Hill | 3.3 km | Not mapped | 100% |
| Merricks North | 5.3 km | Not mapped | 100% |
| Arthurs Seat | 5.6 km | Not mapped | 100% |
| Red Hill South | 6.4 km | Not mapped | 100% |
| Mount Martha | 6.7 km | <1% | 80% |
| Mccrae | 7.3 km | <1% | 76% |
| Tuerong | 7.9 km | Not mapped | 100% |
| Main Ridge | 8.7 km | Not mapped | 100% |
| Merricks | 9.2 km | 2% | 98% |