Hillside (Greater Melbourne) flood map & planning overlays
The Melton Hillside houses 17,331 people, 3rd in the council.
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A planning-constraint profile of Hillside (Greater Melbourne)
(Melton, VIC) - 8.19 km², mapped from live council and
state overlay data. This suburb is moderately constrained.
Profile updated 24 October 2026.
Constraint readout
8.19 km² - this suburb is moderately constrained by planning overlays.
Elevation hillshade with street names, clipped to Hillside (Greater Melbourne)'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 Hillside (Greater Melbourne)
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
14% 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.
Highest contour present
Under AS 2021, land between ANEF 20 and 25 is conditionally acceptable for houses, usually with noise attenuation built in. The contour is a forecast, not a measurement at any one house.
Contours held
- Victorian Airport Environs Overlay
- vic_melbourne_airport_anef_20
Observed overflight - sampled 4 Sep to 24 Oct 2026
typical observed square 14 a day
Night movements: observed, lowest 1,500 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.
Hillside (Greater Melbourne) at a glance
How Hillside (Greater Melbourne) is zoned
Selling in Hillside (Greater Melbourne)? The zoning and planning overlays on this page are the controls a Section 32 vendor statement discloses.
Across its 8.19 km², Hillside (Greater Melbourne) is moderately constrained by planning overlays. Flood mapping covers the suburb and none of it falls within a mapped flood overlay, and 17% is flagged bushfire-prone. There is 1 heritage-listed site on record, and the dominant land-use zone is General Residential Zone (GRZ1). The median lot measures about 650 m² across 6,132 parcels.
Who lives in Hillside (Greater Melbourne)
Census 2021 figures published by the ABS for the Hillside (Greater Melbourne) 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 1009, and decile 6 within Victoria. The national average is 1000.
Age profile
Share of Hillside (Greater Melbourne)'s 17,331 residents in each ABS age band.
Population trend, 2001 to 2025
Estimated resident population of Hillside, the wider ABS statistical area containing Hillside (Greater Melbourne). There is no annual population series published at suburb level, so this describes the surrounding area rather than Hillside (Greater Melbourne) itself.
8,166 in 2001 to 16,173 in 2025, up 98%.
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.
Hillside (Greater Melbourne) 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 Hillside (Greater Melbourne) 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 6% of Hillside (Greater Melbourne). 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 Hillside (Greater Melbourne) lot.
Hillside (Greater Melbourne) planning - frequently asked
Is Hillside (Greater Melbourne) flood-prone?
Flood mapping covers Hillside (Greater Melbourne) and less than 1% of the suburb falls within a mapped flood overlay (the council-wide suburb average is 4%).
Is Hillside (Greater Melbourne) bushfire-prone?
Around 17% of Hillside (Greater Melbourne) is mapped as bushfire-prone, compared with a Melton average of 60%.
Is Hillside (Greater Melbourne) affected by aircraft noise?
About 14% of Hillside (Greater Melbourne) sits inside a published aircraft noise contour, and the highest contour present is ANEF 20 - under AS 2021, land between ANEF 20 and 25 is conditionally acceptable for houses, usually with noise attenuation in the build. 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 Hillside (Greater Melbourne) under a flight path?
Aircraft were observed below 3,000 ft over about 6% of Hillside (Greater Melbourne), and over about 86% 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 1,500 ft, with an average of 6,500 ft. At the busiest point in the suburb about 49 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 Hillside (Greater Melbourne)?
The dominant planning zone in Hillside (Greater Melbourne) is General Residential Zone (GRZ1), though the suburb also includes Neighbourhood Residential Zone (NRZ1) and Green Wedge Zone (GWZ).
Does Hillside (Greater Melbourne) have heritage-listed places?
Hillside (Greater Melbourne) has 1 heritage-listed place on record.
What is the typical lot size in Hillside (Greater Melbourne)?
Across 6,132 surveyed parcels in Hillside (Greater Melbourne), the median lot size is about 650 m². There are also 2,744 registered easements mapped in the suburb.
Does Hillside (Greater Melbourne) have a train station?
There is no train station inside Hillside (Greater Melbourne) itself. The suburb is served by 48 bus stops.
What is the population of Hillside (Greater Melbourne)?
At the 2021 Census Hillside (Greater Melbourne) had 17,331 usual residents, with a median age of 36 and an average household size of 3.2 people. The wider Hillside statistical area, which contains Hillside (Greater Melbourne), went from 8,166 people in 2001 to 16,173 in 2025, up 98%.
Is Hillside (Greater Melbourne) an advantaged suburb?
On the ABS SEIFA 2021 index of relative socio-economic advantage and disadvantage (IRSAD), Hillside (Greater Melbourne) scores 1009 and sits in decile 7 of 10 nationally and decile 6 within Victoria (decile 1 is the most disadvantaged tenth, decile 10 the least).
What is the median household income in Hillside (Greater Melbourne)?
Median household income in Hillside (Greater Melbourne) was $2,190 a week at the 2021 Census, against $1,841 for the typical suburb in Melton. Median rent was $380 a week and the median mortgage repayment $1,900 a month.
Compare nearby suburbs
| Nearby suburb | Distance | Flood mapped | Bushfire-prone |
|---|---|---|---|
| Sydenham Brimbank |
2.0 km | 3% | <1% |
| Calder Park Brimbank |
2.5 km | 3% | 47% |
| Taylors Hill | 2.9 km | 1% | 0% |
| Fraser Rise | 3.0 km | <1% | 42% |
| Taylors Lakes Brimbank |
3.7 km | 8% | 3% |
| Delahey Brimbank |
4.4 km | 2% | 0% |
| Caroline Springs | 4.5 km | 3% | 4% |
| Keilor North Brimbank |
4.6 km | 9% | 100% |
| Burnside Heights | 4.8 km | 3% | 7% |
| Plumpton | 5.0 km | 1% | 100% |