Greensborough flood map & planning overlays

The schematic on this page is a Greensborough flood map: the mapped flood overlays drawn over the suburb's terrain and street grid, covering about 8% of the suburb. Flood lines vary block to block, so for a specific property use the free interactive map - search any Greensborough address and it shows the flood, zoning and bushfire mapping on the exact lot boundary.

About 8% of Greensborough falls within a mapped flood overlay, against the council-wide suburb average of 12%. Flood overlays vary block to block, so whether a particular lot is affected needs a property-level check.

Around 32% of Greensborough is mapped as bushfire-prone, compared with a Banyule average of 13%. A bushfire-prone designation can trigger additional building requirements, so check the specific address.

The dominant planning zone in Greensborough is Neighbourhood Residential Zone (NRZ3), though the suburb also includes General Residential Zone (GRZ1) and General Residential Zone (GRZ2). Zoning sets what you can build and do on a site, and can differ lot by lot.

Greensborough has 22 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 10,084 surveyed parcels in Greensborough, the median lot size is about 631 m². There are also 5,134 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 - Greensborough has 1 train station: Greensborough Station. It is also served by 104 bus stops.

At the 2021 Census Greensborough had 21,070 usual residents, with a median age of 41 and an average household size of 2.6 people. The wider Greensborough statistical area, which contains Greensborough, went from 21,359 people in 2001 to 21,386 in 2025, up 0%. ABS publishes no annual population series for individual suburbs, so that trend describes the surrounding area rather than Greensborough alone.

On the ABS SEIFA 2021 index of relative socio-economic advantage and disadvantage (IRSAD), Greensborough scores 1060 and sits in decile 9 of 10 nationally and decile 9 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 Greensborough was $2,075 a week at the 2021 Census, against $2,072 for the typical suburb in Banyule. Median rent was $404 a week and the median mortgage repayment $2,167 a month. These are 2021 Census figures and have not been indexed to today.

A Greensborough 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.