Flowerdale flood map & planning overlays
Flowerdale keeps 8,095 m² farm lots, 100% bushfire, median 48.
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A planning-constraint profile of Flowerdale
(Murrindindi, VIC) - 152.5 km², mapped from live council and
state overlay data. This suburb is highly constrained.
Profile updated 24 October 2026.
Constraint readout
152.5 km² - this suburb is highly constrained by planning overlays.
Elevation hillshade with street names, clipped to Flowerdale'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 Flowerdale
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
Night movements: observed, lowest 4,500 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.
Flowerdale at a glance
How Flowerdale is zoned
Selling in Flowerdale? The zoning and planning overlays on this page are the controls a Section 32 vendor statement discloses.
Across its 152.5 km², Flowerdale is highly constrained by planning overlays. About 2% of the suburb sits within a mapped flood overlay, and 100% is flagged bushfire-prone. There is 1 heritage-listed site on record, and the dominant land-use zone is Farming Zone (FZ1). The median lot measures about 8,095 m² across 843 parcels.
Who lives in Flowerdale
Census 2021 figures published by the ABS for the Flowerdale 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 930, and decile 2 within Victoria. The national average is 1000.
Age profile
Share of Flowerdale's 790 residents in each ABS age band.
Population trend, 2001 to 2025
Estimated resident population of Yea, the wider ABS statistical area containing Flowerdale. There is no annual population series published at suburb level, so this describes the surrounding area rather than Flowerdale itself.
3,497 in 2001 to 4,368 in 2025, up 25%.
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.
Flowerdale 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 Flowerdale 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 5% of Flowerdale. 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 Flowerdale lot.
Flowerdale planning - frequently asked
Is Flowerdale flood-prone?
About 2% of Flowerdale falls within a mapped flood overlay, against the council-wide suburb average of 9%.
Is Flowerdale bushfire-prone?
Around 100% of Flowerdale is mapped as bushfire-prone, compared with a Murrindindi average of 100%.
Is Flowerdale under a flight path?
Aircraft were observed below 3,000 ft over about 5% of Flowerdale, and over about 49% at any altitude up to 10,000 ft, in the period sampled (4 Sep 2026 to 24 Oct 2026). The lowest measured aircraft was at 1,500 ft, with an average of 6,000 ft. 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 Flowerdale?
The dominant planning zone in Flowerdale is Farming Zone (FZ1), though the suburb also includes Public Conservation and Resource Zone (PCRZ) and Rural Living Zone (RLZ3).
Does Flowerdale have heritage-listed places?
Flowerdale has 1 heritage-listed place on record.
What is the typical lot size in Flowerdale?
Across 843 surveyed parcels in Flowerdale, the median lot size is about 8,095 m². There are also 119 registered easements mapped in the suburb.
Does Flowerdale have a train station?
There is no train station inside Flowerdale itself. The suburb is served by 6 bus stops.
What is the population of Flowerdale?
At the 2021 Census Flowerdale had 790 usual residents, with a median age of 48 and an average household size of 2.2 people. The wider Yea statistical area, which contains Flowerdale, went from 3,497 people in 2001 to 4,368 in 2025, up 25%.
Is Flowerdale an advantaged suburb?
On the ABS SEIFA 2021 index of relative socio-economic advantage and disadvantage (IRSAD), Flowerdale scores 930 and sits in decile 3 of 10 nationally and decile 2 within Victoria (decile 1 is the most disadvantaged tenth, decile 10 the least).
What is the median household income in Flowerdale?
Median household income in Flowerdale was $1,223 a week at the 2021 Census, against $1,375 for the typical suburb in Murrindindi. Median rent was $286 a week and the median mortgage repayment $1,300 a month.
Compare nearby suburbs
| Nearby suburb | Distance | Flood mapped | Bushfire-prone |
|---|---|---|---|
| Yea | 11.0 km | 6% | 99% |
| Strath Creek | 11.3 km | 6% | 100% |
| Clonbinane Mitchell |
13.4 km | <1% | 100% |
| Homewood | 14.8 km | 12% | 100% |
| Glenburn | 14.9 km | 2% | 100% |
| Pheasant Creek | 15.5 km | Not mapped | 100% |
| Kinglake Central | 15.6 km | Not mapped | 100% |
| Reedy Creek Mitchell |
16.9 km | Not mapped | 100% |
| Kinglake West | 17.0 km | Not mapped | 100% |
| Kerrisdale | 17.9 km | 15% | 100% |