Healesville flood map & planning overlays
Healesville has 7,589 residents and 50 heritage places, 2nd in Yarra Ranges.
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A planning-constraint profile of Healesville
(Yarra Ranges, VIC) - 142.19 km², mapped from live council and
state overlay data. This suburb is highly constrained.
Profile updated 24 October 2026.
Constraint readout
142.19 km² - this suburb is highly constrained by planning overlays.
Elevation hillshade with street names, clipped to Healesville'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 Healesville
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: observed, lowest 9,000 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.
Healesville at a glance
How Healesville is zoned
Selling in Healesville? The zoning and planning overlays on this page are the controls a Section 32 vendor statement discloses.
Across its 142.19 km², Healesville is highly constrained by planning overlays. About 9% of the suburb sits within a mapped flood overlay, and 100% is flagged bushfire-prone. There are 50 heritage-listed sites on record, and the dominant land-use zone is Public Use Zone (PUZ1). The median lot measures about 1,032 m² across 4,622 parcels.
Who lives in Healesville
Census 2021 figures published by the ABS for the Healesville 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 983, and decile 4 within Victoria. The national average is 1000.
Age profile
Share of Healesville's 7,589 residents in each ABS age band.
Population trend, 2001 to 2025
Estimated resident population of Healesville - Yarra Glen, the wider ABS statistical area containing Healesville. There is no annual population series published at suburb level, so this describes the surrounding area rather than Healesville itself.
11,841 in 2001 to 14,116 in 2025, up 19%.
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.
Healesville 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 Healesville 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 30% of Healesville. 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 Healesville lot.
Healesville planning - frequently asked
Is Healesville flood-prone?
About 9% of Healesville falls within a mapped flood overlay, against the council-wide suburb average of 7%.
Is Healesville bushfire-prone?
Around 100% of Healesville is mapped as bushfire-prone, compared with a Yarra Ranges average of 95%.
Is Healesville under a flight path?
Aircraft were observed below 3,000 ft over about 30% of Healesville, and over about 60% 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 3,500 ft. At the busiest point in the suburb about 2 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 Healesville?
The dominant planning zone in Healesville is Public Use Zone (PUZ1), though the suburb also includes Green Wedge Zone (GWZ5) and Rural Conservation Zone (RCZ1).
Does Healesville have heritage-listed places?
Healesville has 50 heritage-listed places on record.
What is the typical lot size in Healesville?
Across 4,622 surveyed parcels in Healesville, the median lot size is about 1,032 m². There are also 1,942 registered easements mapped in the suburb.
Does Healesville have a train station?
There is no train station inside Healesville itself. The suburb is served by 37 bus stops.
What is the population of Healesville?
At the 2021 Census Healesville had 7,589 usual residents, with a median age of 46 and an average household size of 2.4 people. The wider Healesville - Yarra Glen statistical area, which contains Healesville, went from 11,841 people in 2001 to 14,116 in 2025, up 19%.
Is Healesville an advantaged suburb?
On the ABS SEIFA 2021 index of relative socio-economic advantage and disadvantage (IRSAD), Healesville scores 983 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 Healesville?
Median household income in Healesville was $1,472 a week at the 2021 Census, against $1,999 for the typical suburb in Yarra Ranges. Median rent was $350 a week and the median mortgage repayment $1,733 a month.
Compare nearby suburbs
| Nearby suburb | Distance | Flood mapped | Bushfire-prone |
|---|---|---|---|
| Badger Creek | 2.8 km | 1% | 100% |
| Mount Toolebewong | 5.9 km | Not mapped | 100% |
| Don Valley | 8.0 km | 3% | 100% |
| Fernshaw | 8.2 km | Not mapped | 100% |
| Chum Creek | 8.9 km | Not mapped | 100% |
| Tarrawarra | 10.3 km | 34% | 100% |
| Gruyere | 10.9 km | 9% | 100% |
| Millgrove | 11.9 km | 4% | 100% |
| Woori Yallock | 12.8 km | 21% | 97% |
| Launching Place | 12.8 km | 16% | 100% |