Fulham flood map & planning overlays
Fulham earns $2,042, 2nd in Wellington, young at 35 (joint).
A planning-constraint profile of Fulham
(Wellington, VIC) - 54.36 km², mapped from live council and
state overlay data. This suburb is highly constrained.
Profile updated 24 October 2026.
Free map preview, then PDF reports from $9 - about the price of an iced latte on a public holiday.
Suburb-wide figures; the free map shows which overlays touch your lot.
Constraint readout
54.36 km² - this suburb is highly constrained by planning overlays.
Elevation hillshade with street names, clipped to Fulham'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 Fulham
Two different things, kept apart on purpose. The ANEF contour is the planning instrument - a forecast published per airport that planning schemes use to control noise-sensitive development. Observed overflight is what a sampled aircraft-tracking feed actually recorded over the suburb - where aircraft flew, how low and how often.
Inside an aircraft noise contour
<1% of the suburb's land sits inside a published ANEF or airport-environs contour. Contours vary street by street, so whether a particular lot is inside one needs a property-level check.
Contours held
- Victorian Airport Environs Overlay
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.
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.
Fulham at a glance
How Fulham is zoned
Selling in Fulham? The zoning and planning overlays on this page are the controls a Section 32 vendor statement discloses.
Across its 54.36 km², Fulham is highly constrained by planning overlays. About 12% of the suburb sits within a mapped flood overlay, and 100% is flagged bushfire-prone. There are 3 heritage-listed sites on record, and the dominant land-use zone is Farming Zone (FZ). The median lot measures about 100,433 m² across 208 parcels.
Who lives in Fulham
Census 2021 figures published by the ABS for the Fulham suburb boundary itself, not a wider region.
Age profile
Share of Fulham's 994 residents in each ABS age band.
Population trend, 2001 to 2025
Estimated resident population of Rosedale, the wider ABS statistical area containing Fulham. There is no annual population series published at suburb level, so this describes the surrounding area rather than Fulham itself.
4,441 in 2001 to 5,020 in 2025, up 13%.
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.
Fulham 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) | Inside a held contour | 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 Fulham 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 81% of Fulham. 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 Fulham lot.
Fulham planning - frequently asked
Is Fulham flood-prone?
About 12% of Fulham falls within a mapped flood overlay, against the council-wide suburb average of 26%.
Is Fulham bushfire-prone?
Around 100% of Fulham is mapped as bushfire-prone, compared with a Wellington average of 96%.
Is Fulham affected by aircraft noise?
About <1% of Fulham 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.
Is Fulham under a flight path?
Aircraft were observed below 3,000 ft over about 81% of Fulham, and over about 89% 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 50 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 Fulham?
The dominant planning zone in Fulham is Farming Zone (FZ), though the suburb also includes Special Use Zone (SUZ1) and Transport Zone (TRZ2).
Does Fulham have heritage-listed places?
Fulham has 3 heritage-listed places on record.
What is the typical lot size in Fulham?
Across 208 surveyed parcels in Fulham, the median lot size is about 100,433 m². There are also 429 registered easements mapped in the suburb.
What is the population of Fulham?
At the 2021 Census Fulham had 994 usual residents, with a median age of 35 and an average household size of 2.5 people. The wider Rosedale statistical area, which contains Fulham, went from 4,441 people in 2001 to 5,020 in 2025, up 13%.
What is the median household income in Fulham?
Median household income in Fulham was $2,042 a week at the 2021 Census, against $1,357 for the typical suburb in Wellington. Median rent was $133 a week and the median mortgage repayment $1,650 a month.
Compare nearby suburbs
| Nearby suburb | Distance | Flood mapped | Bushfire-prone |
|---|---|---|---|
| Myrtlebank | 5.6 km | 47% | 100% |
| Wurruk | 6.2 km | 31% | 96% |
| Kilmany | 6.5 km | 15% | 100% |
| Bundalaguah | 7.6 km | 25% | 100% |
| Pearsondale | 8.2 km | 68% | 100% |
| Riverslea | 8.5 km | 38% | 100% |
| Denison | 9.2 km | 17% | 100% |
| Montgomery | 9.8 km | 3% | 100% |
| Nambrok | 10.2 km | Not mapped | 100% |
| Sale | 10.6 km | 41% | 78% |