Glen Iris flood map & planning overlays

The schematic on this page is a Glen Iris flood map: the mapped flood overlays drawn over the suburb's terrain and street grid, covering about 9% of the suburb. Flood lines vary block to block, so for a specific property use the free interactive map - search any Glen Iris address and it shows the flood, zoning and bushfire mapping on the exact lot boundary.

About 9% of Glen Iris falls within a mapped flood overlay, against the council-wide suburb average of 10%. Flood overlays vary block to block, so whether a particular lot is affected needs a property-level check.

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

The dominant planning zone in Glen Iris is Neighbourhood Residential Zone (NRZ3), though the suburb also includes Housing Choice and Transport Zone (HCTZ1) and Public Park and Recreation Zone (PPRZ). Zoning sets what you can build and do on a site, and can differ lot by lot.

Glen Iris has 74 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 14,778 surveyed parcels in Glen Iris, the median lot size is about 716 m². There are also 2,370 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 - Glen Iris has 3 train stations: Burwood Station, Gardiner Station, Glen Iris Station. It is also served by 50 bus stops and 23 tram stops.

At the 2021 Census Glen Iris had 26,131 usual residents, with a median age of 40 and an average household size of 2.5 people. The wider Glen Iris - East statistical area, which contains Glen Iris, went from 15,114 people in 2001 to 17,650 in 2025, up 17%. ABS publishes no annual population series for individual suburbs, so that trend describes the surrounding area rather than Glen Iris alone.

On the ABS SEIFA 2021 index of relative socio-economic advantage and disadvantage (IRSAD), Glen Iris scores 1144 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 Glen Iris was $2,491 a week at the 2021 Census, against $2,457 for the typical suburb in Boroondara. Median rent was $450 a week and the median mortgage repayment $2,830 a month. These are 2021 Census figures and have not been indexed to today.

A Glen Iris 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.