Heathmont flood map & planning overlays
Heathmont has 15 heritage places and Maroondah's most flood mapping, 7.2%.
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A planning-constraint profile of Heathmont
(Maroondah, VIC) - 4.46 km², mapped from live council and
state overlay data. This suburb is highly constrained.
Profile updated 24 October 2026.
Constraint readout
4.46 km² - this suburb is highly constrained by planning overlays.
Elevation hillshade with street names, clipped to Heathmont'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 Heathmont
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.
Heathmont at a glance
How Heathmont is zoned
Selling in Heathmont? The zoning and planning overlays on this page are the controls a Section 32 vendor statement discloses.
Across its 4.46 km², Heathmont is highly constrained by planning overlays. About 7% of the suburb sits within a mapped flood overlay, and 5% is flagged bushfire-prone. There are 15 heritage-listed sites on record, and the dominant land-use zone is Neighbourhood Residential Zone (NRZ3). The median lot measures about 668 m² across 4,638 parcels.
Who lives in Heathmont
Census 2021 figures published by the ABS for the Heathmont 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 1068, and decile 10 within Victoria. The national average is 1000.
Age profile
Share of Heathmont's 9,933 residents in each ABS age band.
Population trend, 2001 to 2025
Estimated resident population of Ringwood East, the wider ABS statistical area containing Heathmont. There is no annual population series published at suburb level, so this describes the surrounding area rather than Heathmont itself.
18,448 in 2001 to 22,164 in 2025, up 20%.
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.
Heathmont 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 Heathmont 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 85% of Heathmont. 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 Heathmont lot.
Heathmont planning - frequently asked
Is Heathmont flood-prone?
About 7% of Heathmont falls within a mapped flood overlay, against the council-wide suburb average of 2%.
Is Heathmont bushfire-prone?
Around 5% of Heathmont is mapped as bushfire-prone, compared with a Maroondah average of 19%.
Is Heathmont under a flight path?
Aircraft were observed below 3,000 ft over about 85% of Heathmont, 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 3,000 ft. At the busiest point in the suburb about 3 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 Heathmont?
The dominant planning zone in Heathmont is Neighbourhood Residential Zone (NRZ3), though the suburb also includes Neighbourhood Residential Zone (NRZ2) and General Residential Zone (GRZ1).
Does Heathmont have heritage-listed places?
Heathmont has 15 heritage-listed places on record.
What is the typical lot size in Heathmont?
Across 4,638 surveyed parcels in Heathmont, the median lot size is about 668 m². There are also 1,853 registered easements mapped in the suburb.
Does Heathmont have a train station?
Yes - Heathmont has 1 train station: Heathmont Station. It is also served by 18 bus stops.
What is the population of Heathmont?
At the 2021 Census Heathmont had 9,933 usual residents, with a median age of 41 and an average household size of 2.7 people. The wider Ringwood East statistical area, which contains Heathmont, went from 18,448 people in 2001 to 22,164 in 2025, up 20%.
Is Heathmont an advantaged suburb?
On the ABS SEIFA 2021 index of relative socio-economic advantage and disadvantage (IRSAD), Heathmont scores 1068 and sits in decile 9 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 Heathmont?
Median household income in Heathmont was $2,140 a week at the 2021 Census, against $2,140 for the typical suburb in Maroondah. Median rent was $400 a week and the median mortgage repayment $2,167 a month.
Compare nearby suburbs
| Nearby suburb | Distance | Flood mapped | Bushfire-prone |
|---|---|---|---|
| Ringwood East | 1.9 km | <1% | 4% |
| Bayswater Knox |
2.6 km | 16% | 10% |
| Ringwood | 2.6 km | 6% | 2% |
| Wantirna Knox |
3.3 km | 15% | 33% |
| Croydon South | 3.4 km | Not mapped | 0% |
| Bayswater North | 3.4 km | <1% | 10% |
| Vermont Whitehorse |
4.2 km | 4% | 11% |
| Ringwood North | 4.2 km | 1% | 27% |
| Mitcham Whitehorse |
4.3 km | 1% | 15% |
| Boronia Knox |
4.7 km | 4% | 17% |