Fawkner flood map & planning overlays

The schematic on this page is a Fawkner flood map: the mapped flood overlays drawn over the suburb's terrain and street grid, covering about 21% of the suburb. Flood lines vary block to block, so for a specific property use the free interactive map - search any Fawkner address and it shows the flood, zoning and bushfire mapping on the exact lot boundary.

About 21% of Fawkner falls within a mapped flood overlay, against the council-wide suburb average of 22%. Flood overlays vary block to block, so whether a particular lot is affected needs a property-level check.

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

About 2% of Fawkner sits inside a published aircraft noise contour. ANEF contours are forecasts published per airport and used to control noise-sensitive development; they are not a measurement at any one house, and a property can sit under a flight path and outside every contour.

The dominant planning zone in Fawkner is Neighbourhood Residential Zone (NRZ1), though the suburb also includes General Residential Zone (GRZ1) and Public Park and Recreation Zone (PPRZ). Zoning sets what you can build and do on a site, and can differ lot by lot.

Fawkner has 9 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 6,867 surveyed parcels in Fawkner, the median lot size is about 577 m². There are also 1,743 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 - Fawkner has 1 train station: Gowrie Station. It is also served by 79 bus stops.

At the 2021 Census Fawkner had 14,274 usual residents, with a median age of 35 and an average household size of 2.8 people. The wider Fawkner statistical area, which contains Fawkner, went from 12,297 people in 2001 to 15,096 in 2025, up 23%. ABS publishes no annual population series for individual suburbs, so that trend describes the surrounding area rather than Fawkner alone.

On the ABS SEIFA 2021 index of relative socio-economic advantage and disadvantage (IRSAD), Fawkner scores 950 and sits in decile 3 of 10 nationally and decile 2 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 Fawkner was $1,428 a week at the 2021 Census, against $2,045 for the typical suburb in Merri-Bek. Median rent was $376 a week and the median mortgage repayment $1,876 a month. These are 2021 Census figures and have not been indexed to today.

A Fawkner 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.