Hawthorn flood map & planning overlays
Hawthorn leads Boroondara on heritage (239) and is its youngest (34).
A planning-constraint profile of Hawthorn
(Boroondara, VIC) - 5.91 km², mapped from live council and
state overlay data. This suburb is moderately constrained.
Profile updated 17 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
5.91 km² - this suburb is moderately constrained by planning overlays.
Elevation hillshade with street names, clipped to Hawthorn'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 Hawthorn
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.
Observed overflight - sampled 4 Sep to 17 Oct 2026
typical observed square 1 a day
Night movements: observed, lowest 1,000 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.
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.
Hawthorn at a glance
How Hawthorn is zoned
Selling in Hawthorn? The zoning and planning overlays on this page are the controls a Section 32 vendor statement discloses.
Across its 5.91 km², Hawthorn is moderately constrained by planning overlays. About 16% of the suburb sits within a mapped flood overlay. There are 239 heritage-listed sites on record, and the dominant land-use zone is Housing Choice and Transport Zone (HCTZ2). The median lot measures about 935 m² across 18,282 parcels.
Who lives in Hawthorn
Census 2021 figures published by the ABS for the Hawthorn 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 1128, and decile 10 within Victoria. The national average is 1000.
Age profile
Share of Hawthorn's 22,322 residents in each ABS age band.
Population trend, 2001 to 2025
Estimated resident population of Hawthorn - South, the wider ABS statistical area containing Hawthorn. There is no annual population series published at suburb level, so this describes the surrounding area rather than Hawthorn itself.
10,322 in 2001 to 13,562 in 2025, up 31%.
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.
Hawthorn 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 17 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 Hawthorn 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 100% of Hawthorn. 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 Hawthorn lot.
Hawthorn planning - frequently asked
Is Hawthorn flood-prone?
About 16% of Hawthorn falls within a mapped flood overlay, against the council-wide suburb average of 10%.
Is Hawthorn bushfire-prone?
Bushfire mapping covers Hawthorn and little to none of it is mapped as bushfire-prone.
Is Hawthorn under a flight path?
Aircraft were observed below 3,000 ft over about 100% of Hawthorn, in the period sampled (4 Sep 2026 to 17 Oct 2026). The lowest measured aircraft was at 500 ft, with an average of 3,500 ft. At the busiest point in the suburb about 30 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 Hawthorn?
The dominant planning zone in Hawthorn is Housing Choice and Transport Zone (HCTZ2), though the suburb also includes Neighbourhood Residential Zone (NRZ3) and Public Park and Recreation Zone (PPRZ).
Does Hawthorn have heritage-listed places?
Hawthorn has 239 heritage-listed places on record.
What is the typical lot size in Hawthorn?
Across 18,282 surveyed parcels in Hawthorn, the median lot size is about 935 m². There are also 2,399 registered easements mapped in the suburb.
Does Hawthorn have a train station?
Yes - Hawthorn has 2 train stations: Glenferrie Station, Hawthorn Station. It is also served by 23 bus stops and 53 tram stops.
What is the population of Hawthorn?
At the 2021 Census Hawthorn had 22,322 usual residents, with a median age of 34 and an average household size of 2.1 people. The wider Hawthorn - South statistical area, which contains Hawthorn, went from 10,322 people in 2001 to 13,562 in 2025, up 31%.
Is Hawthorn an advantaged suburb?
On the ABS SEIFA 2021 index of relative socio-economic advantage and disadvantage (IRSAD), Hawthorn scores 1128 and sits in decile 10 of 10 nationally and decile 10 within Victoria (decile 1 is the most disadvantaged tenth, decile 10 the least).
What is the median household income in Hawthorn?
Median household income in Hawthorn was $2,145 a week at the 2021 Census, against $2,457 for the typical suburb in Boroondara. Median rent was $400 a week and the median mortgage repayment $2,259 a month.
Compare nearby suburbs
| Nearby suburb | Distance | Flood mapped | Bushfire-prone |
|---|---|---|---|
| Kooyong Stonnington |
1.4 km | 24% | 0% |
| Hawthorn East | 1.4 km | 8% | 0% |
| Burnley Yarra |
1.6 km | 41% | 0% |
| Toorak Stonnington |
2.0 km | 11% | 0% |
| Richmond Yarra |
2.9 km | 6% | 0% |
| Kew | 3.1 km | 10% | 0% |
| Malvern Stonnington |
3.3 km | 6% | 0% |
| Deepdene | 3.4 km | <1% | 0% |
| Armadale Stonnington |
3.5 km | 7% | 0% |
| Camberwell | 3.6 km | 3% | 0% |