Elwood flood map & planning overlays
Elwood houses 15,153 people with 78 heritage places, 43.6% flood.
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A planning-constraint profile of Elwood
(Port Phillip, VIC) - 2.61 km², mapped from live council and
state overlay data. This suburb is highly constrained.
Profile updated 24 October 2026.
Constraint readout
2.61 km² - this suburb is highly constrained by planning overlays.
Elevation hillshade with street names, clipped to Elwood'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 Elwood
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 1,000 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.
Elwood at a glance
How Elwood is zoned
Selling in Elwood? The zoning and planning overlays on this page are the controls a Section 32 vendor statement discloses.
Across its 2.61 km², Elwood is highly constrained by planning overlays. About 44% of the suburb sits within a mapped flood overlay. There are 78 heritage-listed sites on record, and the dominant land-use zone is General Residential Zone (GRZ1). The median lot measures about 653 m² across 12,262 parcels.
Who lives in Elwood
Census 2021 figures published by the ABS for the Elwood 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 1117, and decile 10 within Victoria. The national average is 1000.
Age profile
Share of Elwood's 15,153 residents in each ABS age band.
Population trend, 2001 to 2025
Estimated resident population of Elwood, the wider ABS statistical area containing Elwood. There is no annual population series published at suburb level, so this describes the surrounding area rather than Elwood itself.
13,342 in 2001 to 16,056 in 2025, up 20%.
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.
Elwood 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 Elwood 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 100% of Elwood. 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 Elwood lot.
Elwood planning - frequently asked
Is Elwood flood-prone?
About 44% of Elwood falls within a mapped flood overlay, against the council-wide suburb average of 22%.
Is Elwood bushfire-prone?
Bushfire mapping covers Elwood and little to none of it is mapped as bushfire-prone.
Is Elwood under a flight path?
Aircraft were observed below 3,000 ft over about 100% of Elwood, in the period sampled (4 Sep 2026 to 24 Oct 2026). The lowest measured aircraft was at 500 ft, with an average of 1,500 ft. At the busiest point in the suburb about 8 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 Elwood?
The dominant planning zone in Elwood is General Residential Zone (GRZ1), though the suburb also includes Neighbourhood Residential Zone (NRZ5) and Neighbourhood Residential Zone (NRZ6).
Does Elwood have heritage-listed places?
Elwood has 78 heritage-listed places on record.
What is the typical lot size in Elwood?
Across 12,262 surveyed parcels in Elwood, the median lot size is about 653 m². There are also 767 registered easements mapped in the suburb.
Does Elwood have a train station?
There is no train station inside Elwood itself. The suburb is served by 39 bus stops and 5 tram stops.
What is the population of Elwood?
At the 2021 Census Elwood had 15,153 usual residents, with a median age of 38 and an average household size of 1.9 people. The wider Elwood statistical area, which contains Elwood, went from 13,342 people in 2001 to 16,056 in 2025, up 20%.
Is Elwood an advantaged suburb?
On the ABS SEIFA 2021 index of relative socio-economic advantage and disadvantage (IRSAD), Elwood scores 1117 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 Elwood?
Median household income in Elwood was $2,096 a week at the 2021 Census, against $2,096 for the typical suburb in Port Phillip. Median rent was $415 a week and the median mortgage repayment $2,300 a month.
Compare nearby suburbs
| Nearby suburb | Distance | Flood mapped | Bushfire-prone |
|---|---|---|---|
| Ripponlea | 0.9 km | 16% | 0% |
| Balaclava | 1.4 km | 49% | 0% |
| St Kilda | 1.9 km | 15% | 0% |
| Elsternwick Glen Eira |
2.0 km | 7% | 0% |
| St Kilda East Glen Eira |
2.2 km | 19% | 0% |
| St Kilda West | 2.8 km | 24% | 0% |
| Gardenvale Glen Eira |
2.8 km | 28% | 0% |
| Windsor Stonnington |
3.0 km | 13% | 0% |
| Brighton Bayside |
3.1 km | 12% | 0% |
| Caulfield North Glen Eira |
3.4 km | 8% | 0% |