Flinders flood map & planning overlays

The schematic on this page is a Flinders flood map: the mapped flood overlays drawn over the suburb's terrain and street grid, covering about 1% of the suburb. Flood lines vary block to block, so for a specific property use the free interactive map - search any Flinders address and it shows the flood, zoning and bushfire mapping on the exact lot boundary.

About 1% of Flinders falls within a mapped flood overlay, against the council-wide suburb average of 3%. Flood overlays vary block to block, so whether a particular lot is affected needs a property-level check.

Around 100% of Flinders is mapped as bushfire-prone, compared with a Mornington Peninsula average of 89%. A bushfire-prone designation can trigger additional building requirements, so check the specific address.

The dominant planning zone in Flinders is Green Wedge Zone (GWZ3), though the suburb also includes Green Wedge Zone (GWZ2) and General Residential Zone (GRZ1). Zoning sets what you can build and do on a site, and can differ lot by lot.

Flinders has 17 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 1,323 surveyed parcels in Flinders, the median lot size is about 1,500 m². There are also 558 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.

There is no train station inside Flinders itself. The suburb is served by 5 bus stops.

At the 2021 Census Flinders had 1,130 usual residents, with a median age of 63 and an average household size of 2.1 people. The wider Flinders statistical area, which contains Flinders, went from 5,811 people in 2001 to 6,064 in 2025, up 4%. ABS publishes no annual population series for individual suburbs, so that trend describes the surrounding area rather than Flinders alone.

On the ABS SEIFA 2021 index of relative socio-economic advantage and disadvantage (IRSAD), Flinders scores 1111 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 Flinders was $2,104 a week at the 2021 Census, against $1,906 for the typical suburb in Mornington Peninsula. Median rent was $451 a week and the median mortgage repayment $2,500 a month. These are 2021 Census figures and have not been indexed to today.

A Flinders 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.