Grovedale flood map & planning overlays
Grovedale is Greater Geelong's best-served suburb, 83 bus stops, for 14,869 people.
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A planning-constraint profile of Grovedale
(Greater Geelong, VIC) - 7.05 km², mapped from live council and
state overlay data. This suburb is moderately constrained.
Profile updated 24 October 2026.
Constraint readout
7.05 km² - this suburb is moderately constrained by planning overlays.
Elevation hillshade with street names, clipped to Grovedale'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 Grovedale
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 0 a day
Night movements: not established - night is sampled as often as day, but too few night flights have been seen here to conclude either way.
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.
Grovedale at a glance
How Grovedale is zoned
Selling in Grovedale? The zoning and planning overlays on this page are the controls a Section 32 vendor statement discloses.
Across its 7.05 km², Grovedale is moderately constrained by planning overlays. About 2% of the suburb sits within a mapped flood overlay, and 12% is flagged bushfire-prone. There are 3 heritage-listed sites on record, and the dominant land-use zone is General Residential Zone (GRZ1). The median lot measures about 630 m² across 6,961 parcels.
Who lives in Grovedale
Census 2021 figures published by the ABS for the Grovedale 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 972, and decile 4 within Victoria. The national average is 1000.
Age profile
Share of Grovedale's 14,869 residents in each ABS age band.
Population trend, 2001 to 2025
Estimated resident population of Grovedale - Mount Duneed, the wider ABS statistical area containing Grovedale. There is no annual population series published at suburb level, so this describes the surrounding area rather than Grovedale itself.
13,320 in 2001 to 28,585 in 2025, up 115%.
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.
Grovedale 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 Grovedale 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 73% of Grovedale. 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 Grovedale lot.
Grovedale planning - frequently asked
Is Grovedale flood-prone?
About 2% of Grovedale falls within a mapped flood overlay, against the council-wide suburb average of 18%.
Is Grovedale bushfire-prone?
Around 12% of Grovedale is mapped as bushfire-prone, compared with a Greater Geelong average of 50%.
Is Grovedale under a flight path?
Aircraft were observed below 3,000 ft over about 73% of Grovedale, 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 2,500 ft. At the busiest point in the suburb about 1 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 Grovedale?
The dominant planning zone in Grovedale is General Residential Zone (GRZ1), though the suburb also includes Public Park and Recreation Zone (PPRZ) and General Residential Zone (GRZ4).
Does Grovedale have heritage-listed places?
Grovedale has 3 heritage-listed places on record.
What is the typical lot size in Grovedale?
Across 6,961 surveyed parcels in Grovedale, the median lot size is about 630 m². There are also 3,516 registered easements mapped in the suburb.
Does Grovedale have a train station?
There is no train station inside Grovedale itself. The suburb is served by 83 bus stops.
What is the population of Grovedale?
At the 2021 Census Grovedale had 14,869 usual residents, with a median age of 41 and an average household size of 2.4 people. The wider Grovedale - Mount Duneed statistical area, which contains Grovedale, went from 13,320 people in 2001 to 28,585 in 2025, up 115%.
Is Grovedale an advantaged suburb?
On the ABS SEIFA 2021 index of relative socio-economic advantage and disadvantage (IRSAD), Grovedale scores 972 and sits in decile 5 of 10 nationally and decile 4 within Victoria (decile 1 is the most disadvantaged tenth, decile 10 the least).
What is the median household income in Grovedale?
Median household income in Grovedale was $1,477 a week at the 2021 Census, against $1,670 for the typical suburb in Greater Geelong. Median rent was $350 a week and the median mortgage repayment $1,582 a month.
Compare nearby suburbs
| Nearby suburb | Distance | Flood mapped | Bushfire-prone |
|---|---|---|---|
| Marshall | 2.3 km | 16% | 67% |
| Belmont | 2.7 km | 30% | 10% |
| Highton | 3.5 km | 11% | 15% |
| Charlemont | 3.9 km | 40% | 83% |
| Wandana Heights | 4.0 km | 5% | 46% |
| Waurn Ponds | 4.6 km | 3% | 72% |
| Armstrong Creek | 4.6 km | 34% | 48% |
| Breakwater | 4.7 km | 26% | 30% |
| South Geelong | 4.8 km | 34% | <1% |
| St Albans Park | 5.2 km | 38% | 50% |