Heatherton flood map & planning overlays
Heatherton shares the busiest sky in Victoria, 435 flights a day (joint).
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A planning-constraint profile of Heatherton
(Kingston, VIC) - 6.97 km², mapped from live council and
state overlay data. This suburb is moderately constrained.
Profile updated 24 October 2026.
Constraint readout
6.97 km² - this suburb is moderately constrained by planning overlays.
Elevation hillshade with street names, clipped to Heatherton's boundary, with the flood, bushfire and environmental overlays drawn on top. Amber hatching is the published aircraft noise (ANEF) contour. 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 Heatherton
The ANEF contour is a published planning forecast and observed overflight is what a sampled tracking feed recorded - neither describes any individual property.
Inside an aircraft noise contour
16% of the suburb's land sits inside a published ANEF or airport-environs contour. Contours vary street by street, so whether a particular lot is inside one needs a property-level check.
Contours held
- Victorian Airport Environs Overlay
Observed overflight - sampled 4 Sep to 24 Oct 2026
typical observed square 8 a day
Night movements: observed, lowest 500 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.
Heatherton at a glance
How Heatherton is zoned
Selling in Heatherton? The zoning and planning overlays on this page are the controls a Section 32 vendor statement discloses.
Across its 6.97 km², Heatherton is moderately constrained by planning overlays. About 9% of the suburb sits within a mapped flood overlay. There are 8 heritage-listed sites on record, and the dominant land-use zone is Green Wedge A Zone (GWAZ). The median lot measures about 437 m² across 1,400 parcels.
Who lives in Heatherton
Census 2021 figures published by the ABS for the Heatherton 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 1061, and decile 9 within Victoria. The national average is 1000.
Age profile
Share of Heatherton's 2,826 residents in each ABS age band.
Population trend, 2001 to 2025
Estimated resident population of Moorabbin - Heatherton, the wider ABS statistical area containing Heatherton. There is no annual population series published at suburb level, so this describes the surrounding area rather than Heatherton itself.
6,484 in 2001 to 9,826 in 2025, up 52%.
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.
Heatherton 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) | Inside a held contour | 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 Heatherton 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 Heatherton. 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 Heatherton lot.
Heatherton planning - frequently asked
Is Heatherton flood-prone?
About 9% of Heatherton falls within a mapped flood overlay, against the council-wide suburb average of 19%.
Is Heatherton bushfire-prone?
Bushfire mapping covers Heatherton and little to none of it is mapped as bushfire-prone (the Kingston average is 6%).
Is Heatherton affected by aircraft noise?
About 16% of Heatherton sits inside a published aircraft noise contour. ANEF contours are forecasts published per airport and used to control noise-sensitive development; they are not a measurement at any one house, and a property can sit under a flight path and outside every contour.
Is Heatherton under a flight path?
Aircraft were observed below 3,000 ft over about 100% of Heatherton, in the period sampled (4 Sep 2026 to 24 Oct 2026). The lowest measured aircraft was at 500 ft, with an average of 500 ft. At the busiest point in the suburb about 439 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 Heatherton?
The dominant planning zone in Heatherton is Green Wedge A Zone (GWAZ), though the suburb also includes Special Use Zone (SUZ1) and Green Wedge Zone (GWZ2).
Does Heatherton have heritage-listed places?
Heatherton has 8 heritage-listed places on record.
What is the typical lot size in Heatherton?
Across 1,400 surveyed parcels in Heatherton, the median lot size is about 437 m². There are also 1,240 registered easements mapped in the suburb.
Does Heatherton have a train station?
There is no train station inside Heatherton itself. The suburb is served by 28 bus stops.
What is the population of Heatherton?
At the 2021 Census Heatherton had 2,826 usual residents, with a median age of 41 and an average household size of 2.8 people. The wider Moorabbin - Heatherton statistical area, which contains Heatherton, went from 6,484 people in 2001 to 9,826 in 2025, up 52%.
Is Heatherton an advantaged suburb?
On the ABS SEIFA 2021 index of relative socio-economic advantage and disadvantage (IRSAD), Heatherton scores 1061 and sits in decile 9 of 10 nationally and decile 9 within Victoria (decile 1 is the most disadvantaged tenth, decile 10 the least).
What is the median household income in Heatherton?
Median household income in Heatherton was $2,088 a week at the 2021 Census, against $1,932 for the typical suburb in Kingston. Median rent was $471 a week and the median mortgage repayment $2,224 a month.
Compare nearby suburbs
| Nearby suburb | Distance | Flood mapped | Bushfire-prone |
|---|---|---|---|
| Clarinda | 2.0 km | 9% | 0% |
| Moorabbin Airport | 2.7 km | 1% | 0% |
| Cheltenham | 2.9 km | 6% | 0% |
| Moorabbin | 3.2 km | 10% | 0% |
| Oakleigh South | 3.2 km | 3% | 0% |
| Clayton South | 3.6 km | 8% | 2% |
| Dingley Village | 3.8 km | 7% | 1% |
| Mentone | 4.0 km | 12% | 0% |
| Bentleigh East Glen Eira |
4.2 km | 6% | 0% |
| Parkdale | 4.3 km | 14% | 0% |