Exford flood map & planning overlays
Exford sits 10.8% inside flood mapping, behind only Weir Views in Melton.
Free map preview, then PDF reports from $9 - about the price of an iced latte on a public holiday.
A planning-constraint profile of Exford
(Melton, VIC) - 11.23 km², mapped from live council and
state overlay data. This suburb is highly constrained.
Profile updated 24 October 2026.
Constraint readout
11.23 km² - this suburb is highly constrained by planning overlays.
Elevation hillshade with street names, clipped to Exford'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 Exford
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.
Exford at a glance
How Exford is zoned
Selling in Exford? The zoning and planning overlays on this page are the controls a Section 32 vendor statement discloses.
Across its 11.23 km², Exford is highly constrained by planning overlays. About 11% of the suburb sits within a mapped flood overlay, and 95% is flagged bushfire-prone. There are 6 heritage-listed sites on record, and the dominant land-use zone is Green Wedge Zone (GWZ). The median lot measures about 40,636 m² across 65 parcels.
Who lives in Exford
Census 2021 figures published by the ABS for the Exford 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 1000, and decile 6 within Victoria. The national average is 1000.
Age profile
Share of Exford's 133 residents in each ABS age band.
Population trend, 2001 to 2025
Estimated resident population of Eynesbury - Exford, the wider ABS statistical area containing Exford. There is no annual population series published at suburb level, so this describes the surrounding area rather than Exford itself.
81 in 2001 to 4,309 in 2025, up 5220%.
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.
Exford 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 Exford 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 Exford. 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 Exford lot.
Exford planning - frequently asked
Is Exford flood-prone?
About 11% of Exford falls within a mapped flood overlay, against the council-wide suburb average of 4%.
Is Exford bushfire-prone?
Around 95% of Exford is mapped as bushfire-prone, compared with a Melton average of 60%.
Is Exford under a flight path?
Aircraft were observed below 3,000 ft over about 100% of Exford, in the period sampled (4 Sep 2026 to 24 Oct 2026). The lowest measured aircraft was at 500 ft, with an average of 3,000 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 Exford?
The dominant planning zone in Exford is Green Wedge Zone (GWZ), though the suburb also includes Rural Conservation Zone (RCZ) and Public Use Zone (PUZ1).
Does Exford have heritage-listed places?
Exford has 6 heritage-listed places on record.
What is the typical lot size in Exford?
Across 65 surveyed parcels in Exford, the median lot size is about 40,636 m². There are also 25 registered easements mapped in the suburb.
What is the population of Exford?
At the 2021 Census Exford had 133 usual residents, with a median age of 39 and an average household size of 3.2 people. The wider Eynesbury - Exford statistical area, which contains Exford, went from 81 people in 2001 to 4,309 in 2025, up 5220%.
Is Exford an advantaged suburb?
On the ABS SEIFA 2021 index of relative socio-economic advantage and disadvantage (IRSAD), Exford scores 1000 and sits in decile 6 of 10 nationally and decile 6 within Victoria (decile 1 is the most disadvantaged tenth, decile 10 the least).
What is the median household income in Exford?
Median household income in Exford was $1,375 a week at the 2021 Census, against $1,841 for the typical suburb in Melton. Median rent was $429 a week and the median mortgage repayment $1,608 a month.
Compare nearby suburbs
| Nearby suburb | Distance | Flood mapped | Bushfire-prone |
|---|---|---|---|
| Weir Views | 2.6 km | 21% | 45% |
| Brookfield | 3.0 km | 10% | 56% |
| Melton South | 3.6 km | 3% | 7% |
| Strathtulloh | 4.8 km | 3% | 77% |
| Hopetoun Park Moorabool |
5.3 km | 18% | 100% |
| Cobblebank | 5.5 km | 1% | 75% |
| Melton West | 5.6 km | 3% | 53% |
| Parwan Moorabool |
6.6 km | 3% | 100% |
| Eynesbury | 7.0 km | 1% | 96% |
| Thornhill Park | 7.3 km | Not mapped | 64% |