Footscray flood map & planning overlays
Footscray keeps 159 heritage places, joint 30th in Victoria.
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A planning-constraint profile of Footscray
(Maribyrnong, VIC) - 5.01 km², mapped from live council and
state overlay data. This suburb is moderately constrained.
Profile updated 24 October 2026.
Constraint readout
5.01 km² - this suburb is moderately constrained by planning overlays.
Elevation hillshade with street names, clipped to Footscray'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 Footscray
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 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.
Footscray at a glance
How Footscray is zoned
Selling in Footscray? The zoning and planning overlays on this page are the controls a Section 32 vendor statement discloses.
Across its 5.01 km², Footscray is moderately constrained by planning overlays. About 18% of the suburb sits within a mapped flood overlay. There are 159 heritage-listed sites on record, and the dominant land-use zone is Activity Centre Zone (ACZ1). The median lot measures about 976 m² across 15,132 parcels.
Who lives in Footscray
Census 2021 figures published by the ABS for the Footscray 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 1030, and decile 8 within Victoria. The national average is 1000.
Age profile
Share of Footscray's 17,131 residents in each ABS age band.
Population trend, 2001 to 2025
Estimated resident population of Footscray, the wider ABS statistical area containing Footscray. There is no annual population series published at suburb level, so this describes the surrounding area rather than Footscray itself.
11,564 in 2001 to 20,882 in 2025, up 81%.
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.
Footscray 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 Footscray 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 96% of Footscray. 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 Footscray lot.
Footscray planning - frequently asked
Is Footscray flood-prone?
About 18% of Footscray falls within a mapped flood overlay, against the council-wide suburb average of 9%.
Is Footscray bushfire-prone?
Bushfire mapping covers Footscray and little to none of it is mapped as bushfire-prone.
Is Footscray under a flight path?
Aircraft were observed below 3,000 ft over about 96% of Footscray, and over about 100% 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 500 ft, with an average of 1,500 ft. At the busiest point in the suburb about 14 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 Footscray?
The dominant planning zone in Footscray is Activity Centre Zone (ACZ1), though the suburb also includes Public Park and Recreation Zone (PPRZ) and Housing Choice and Transport Zone (HCTZ2).
Does Footscray have heritage-listed places?
Footscray has 159 heritage-listed places on record.
What is the typical lot size in Footscray?
Across 15,132 surveyed parcels in Footscray, the median lot size is about 976 m². There are also 1,137 registered easements mapped in the suburb.
Does Footscray have a train station?
Yes - Footscray has 2 train stations: Footscray Station, Middle Footscray Station. It is also served by 97 bus stops and 15 tram stops.
What is the population of Footscray?
At the 2021 Census Footscray had 17,131 usual residents, with a median age of 34 and an average household size of 2.1 people. The wider Footscray statistical area, which contains Footscray, went from 11,564 people in 2001 to 20,882 in 2025, up 81%.
Is Footscray an advantaged suburb?
On the ABS SEIFA 2021 index of relative socio-economic advantage and disadvantage (IRSAD), Footscray scores 1030 and sits in decile 8 of 10 nationally and decile 8 within Victoria (decile 1 is the most disadvantaged tenth, decile 10 the least).
What is the median household income in Footscray?
Median household income in Footscray was $1,763 a week at the 2021 Census, against $2,004 for the typical suburb in Maribyrnong. Median rent was $355 a week and the median mortgage repayment $1,940 a month.
Compare nearby suburbs
| Nearby suburb | Distance | Flood mapped | Bushfire-prone |
|---|---|---|---|
| Seddon | 0.7 km | 3% | 0% |
| Kingsville | 1.5 km | 5% | 0% |
| West Footscray | 2.0 km | 8% | 0% |
| Yarraville | 2.2 km | 10% | 0% |
| West Melbourne Melbourne |
2.5 km | 14% | 0% |
| Kensington Melbourne |
2.7 km | 27% | 0% |
| Maidstone | 2.7 km | 5% | 0% |
| Flemington Moonee Valley |
2.9 km | 41% | 0% |
| Spotswood Hobsons Bay |
3.3 km | 5% | 0% |
| Maribyrnong | 3.3 km | 24% | 0% |