Hillside (Greater Melbourne) flood map & planning overlays

The schematic on this page is a Hillside (Greater Melbourne) flood map: the mapped flood overlays drawn over the suburb's terrain and street grid. Flood lines vary block to block, so for a specific property use the free interactive map - search any Hillside (Greater Melbourne) address and it shows the flood, zoning and bushfire mapping on the exact lot boundary.

Flood mapping covers Hillside (Greater Melbourne) and none of the suburb falls within a mapped flood overlay (the council-wide suburb average is 4%). Flood overlays vary block to block, so whether a particular lot is affected needs a property-level check.

Around 17% of Hillside (Greater Melbourne) is mapped as bushfire-prone, compared with a Melton average of 68%. A bushfire-prone designation can trigger additional building requirements, so check the specific address.

About 14% of Hillside (Greater Melbourne) 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.

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). Zoning sets what you can build and do on a site, and can differ lot by lot.

Hillside (Greater Melbourne) has 1 heritage-listed place on record. Heritage listing affects what you can alter or demolish, so confirm whether a specific property is listed or near a heritage place.

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 - an easement can restrict where you can build, so always check the title and overlays for the specific lot.

There is no train station inside Hillside (Greater Melbourne) itself. The suburb is served by 47 bus stops.

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%. ABS publishes no annual population series for individual suburbs, so that trend describes the surrounding area rather than Hillside (Greater Melbourne) alone.

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 being the most disadvantaged tenth of Australian suburbs and decile 10 the least. The national average score is 1000. SEIFA summarises income, education, occupation and housing across the whole suburb, so it describes the area, not any particular household in it.

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. These are 2021 Census figures and have not been indexed to today.

A Hillside (Greater Melbourne) planning report pulls every overlay - zoning, flood, bushfire, heritage, environmental and noise - that touches a single lot, on live council and state data. The interactive map preview is free; the full PDF report is $9.