Hastings flood map & planning overlays
The VIC Hastings is 13.8% flood-mapped, 3rd on the Peninsula.
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A planning-constraint profile of Hastings
(Mornington Peninsula, VIC) - 26.85 km², mapped from live council and
state overlay data. This suburb is highly constrained.
Profile updated 24 October 2026.
Constraint readout
26.85 km² - this suburb is highly constrained by planning overlays.
Elevation hillshade with street names, clipped to Hastings'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 Hastings
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 2,000 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.
Hastings at a glance
How Hastings is zoned
Selling in Hastings? The zoning and planning overlays on this page are the controls a Section 32 vendor statement discloses.
Across its 26.85 km², Hastings is highly constrained by planning overlays. About 14% of the suburb sits within a mapped flood overlay, and 77% is flagged bushfire-prone. There are 15 heritage-listed sites on record, and the dominant land-use zone is Special Use Zone (SUZ1). The median lot measures about 597 m² across 6,282 parcels.
Who lives in Hastings
Census 2021 figures published by the ABS for the Hastings 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 907, and decile 1 within Victoria. The national average is 1000.
Age profile
Share of Hastings's 10,369 residents in each ABS age band.
Population trend, 2001 to 2025
Estimated resident population of Hastings - Somers, the wider ABS statistical area containing Hastings. There is no annual population series published at suburb level, so this describes the surrounding area rather than Hastings itself.
17,831 in 2001 to 23,795 in 2025, up 33%.
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.
Hastings 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 Hastings 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 92% of Hastings. 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 Hastings lot.
Hastings planning - frequently asked
Is Hastings flood-prone?
About 14% of Hastings falls within a mapped flood overlay, against the council-wide suburb average of 4%.
Is Hastings bushfire-prone?
Around 77% of Hastings is mapped as bushfire-prone, compared with a Mornington Peninsula average of 86%.
Is Hastings under a flight path?
Aircraft were observed below 3,000 ft over about 92% of Hastings, and over about 99% 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 1,000 ft. At the busiest point in the suburb about 29 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 Hastings?
The dominant planning zone in Hastings is Special Use Zone (SUZ1), though the suburb also includes Green Wedge Zone (GWZ2) and General Residential Zone (GRZ1).
Does Hastings have heritage-listed places?
Hastings has 15 heritage-listed places on record.
What is the typical lot size in Hastings?
Across 6,282 surveyed parcels in Hastings, the median lot size is about 597 m². There are also 1,754 registered easements mapped in the suburb.
Does Hastings have a train station?
Yes - Hastings has 1 train station: Hastings Station. It is also served by 29 bus stops.
What is the population of Hastings?
At the 2021 Census Hastings had 10,369 usual residents, with a median age of 41 and an average household size of 2.3 people. The wider Hastings - Somers statistical area, which contains Hastings, went from 17,831 people in 2001 to 23,795 in 2025, up 33%.
Is Hastings an advantaged suburb?
On the ABS SEIFA 2021 index of relative socio-economic advantage and disadvantage (IRSAD), Hastings scores 907 and sits in decile 2 of 10 nationally and decile 1 within Victoria (decile 1 is the most disadvantaged tenth, decile 10 the least).
What is the median household income in Hastings?
Median household income in Hastings was $1,197 a week at the 2021 Census, against $1,906 for the typical suburb in Mornington Peninsula. Median rent was $320 a week and the median mortgage repayment $1,687 a month.
Compare nearby suburbs
| Nearby suburb | Distance | Flood mapped | Bushfire-prone |
|---|---|---|---|
| Tyabb | 3.5 km | 3% | 94% |
| Bittern | 4.6 km | 5% | 96% |
| Crib Point | 6.7 km | 8% | 89% |
| Somerville | 7.7 km | 7% | 83% |
| Balnarring | 8.2 km | 0% | 98% |
| Tuerong | 8.2 km | Not mapped | 100% |
| Moorooduc | 8.4 km | Not mapped | 100% |
| Hmas Cerberus | 9.3 km | 29% | 96% |
| Somers | 9.6 km | 3% | 88% |
| Merricks North | 11.0 km | Not mapped | 100% |