Essendon Fields flood map & planning overlays
Essendon Fields holds Moonee Valley's biggest lots, 5 ha.
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A planning-constraint profile of Essendon Fields
(Moonee Valley, VIC) - 2.98 km², mapped from live council and
state overlay data. This suburb is relatively unconstrained.
Profile updated 24 October 2026.
Constraint readout
2.98 km² - this suburb is relatively unconstrained by planning overlays.
Elevation hillshade with street names, clipped to Essendon Fields'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 Essendon Fields
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 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.
Essendon Fields at a glance
How Essendon Fields is zoned
Selling in Essendon Fields? The zoning and planning overlays on this page are the controls a Section 32 vendor statement discloses.
Across its 2.98 km², Essendon Fields is relatively unconstrained by planning overlays. Flood mapping covers the suburb and none of it falls within a mapped flood overlay. The dominant land-use zone is Commonwealth Land (CA). The median lot measures about 48,395 m² across 3 parcels.
Who lives in Essendon Fields
Census 2021 figures published by the ABS for the Essendon Fields suburb boundary itself, not a wider region.
Population trend, 2001 to 2025
Estimated resident population of Essendon Airport, the wider ABS statistical area containing Essendon Fields. There is no annual population series published at suburb level, so this describes the surrounding area rather than Essendon Fields itself.
0 in 2001 to 14 in 2025.
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.
Essendon Fields 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 Essendon Fields 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 Essendon Fields. 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 Essendon Fields lot.
Essendon Fields planning - frequently asked
Is Essendon Fields flood-prone?
Flood mapping covers Essendon Fields and none of the suburb falls within a mapped flood overlay (the council-wide suburb average is 10%).
Is Essendon Fields bushfire-prone?
Bushfire mapping covers Essendon Fields and little to none of it is mapped as bushfire-prone (the Moonee Valley average is 2%).
Is Essendon Fields under a flight path?
Aircraft were observed below 3,000 ft over about 100% of Essendon Fields, in the period sampled (4 Sep 2026 to 24 Oct 2026). The lowest measured aircraft was at 500 ft, with an average of 500 ft. At the busiest point in the suburb about 83 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 Essendon Fields?
The dominant planning zone in Essendon Fields is Commonwealth Land (CA), though the suburb also includes Public Use Zone (PUZ1) and Transport Zone (TRZ2).
Does Essendon Fields have heritage-listed places?
No heritage-listed places are on record within Essendon Fields.
What is the typical lot size in Essendon Fields?
Across 3 surveyed parcels in Essendon Fields, the median lot size is about 48,395 m². There are also 63 registered easements mapped in the suburb.
Does Essendon Fields have a train station?
There is no train station inside Essendon Fields itself. The suburb is served by 3 bus stops.
Compare nearby suburbs
| Nearby suburb | Distance | Flood mapped | Bushfire-prone |
|---|---|---|---|
| Strathmore Heights | 1.1 km | 8% | 0% |
| Essendon North | 1.6 km | <1% | 0% |
| Airport West | 1.8 km | 4% | 0% |
| Oak Park Merri-Bek |
1.8 km | 14% | 0% |
| Strathmore | 1.9 km | 6% | 0% |
| Niddrie | 2.1 km | 4% | 0% |
| Gowanbrae Merri-Bek |
2.5 km | 11% | 0% |
| Essendon | 2.9 km | 4% | 0% |
| Glenroy Merri-Bek |
2.9 km | 10% | 0% |
| Tullamarine Hume |
3.0 km | 2% | 3% |