Fairfield flood map & planning overlays

The schematic on this page is a Fairfield flood map: the mapped flood overlays drawn over the suburb's terrain and street grid, covering about 19% of the suburb. Flood lines vary block to block, so for a specific property use the free interactive map - search any Fairfield address and it shows the flood, zoning and bushfire mapping on the exact lot boundary.

About 19% of Fairfield falls within a mapped flood overlay, against the council-wide suburb average of 14%. Flood overlays vary block to block, so whether a particular lot is affected needs a property-level check.

Bushfire mapping covers Fairfield and little to none of it is mapped as bushfire-prone. Always confirm for the exact lot, as mapping can change.

The dominant planning zone in Fairfield is Public Park and Recreation Zone (PPRZ), though the suburb also includes General Residential Zone (GRZ2) and General Residential Zone (GRZ1). Zoning sets what you can build and do on a site, and can differ lot by lot.

Fairfield has 37 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 4,825 surveyed parcels in Fairfield, the median lot size is about 613 m². There are also 540 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.

Yes - Fairfield has 1 train station: Fairfield Station. It is also served by 39 bus stops.

At the 2021 Census Fairfield had 6,535 usual residents, with a median age of 37 and an average household size of 2.2 people. The wider Clifton Hill - Alphington statistical area, which contains Fairfield, went from 7,673 people in 2001 to 11,419 in 2025, up 49%. ABS publishes no annual population series for individual suburbs, so that trend describes the surrounding area rather than Fairfield alone.

On the ABS SEIFA 2021 index of relative socio-economic advantage and disadvantage (IRSAD), Fairfield scores 1102 and sits in decile 10 of 10 nationally and decile 10 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 Fairfield was $1,967 a week at the 2021 Census, against $2,231 for the typical suburb in Yarra. Median rent was $369 a week and the median mortgage repayment $2,167 a month. These are 2021 Census figures and have not been indexed to today.

A Fairfield 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.