Hmas Cerberus flood map & planning overlays
Hmas Cerberus has a median age of 21, 3rd-lowest in Victoria.
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A planning-constraint profile of Hmas Cerberus
(Mornington Peninsula, VIC) - 15.15 km², mapped from live council and
state overlay data. This suburb is highly constrained.
Profile updated 24 October 2026.
Constraint readout
15.15 km² - this suburb is highly constrained by planning overlays.
Elevation hillshade with street names, clipped to Hmas Cerberus'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 Hmas Cerberus
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 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.
Hmas Cerberus at a glance
How Hmas Cerberus is zoned
Selling in Hmas Cerberus? The zoning and planning overlays on this page are the controls a Section 32 vendor statement discloses.
Across its 15.15 km², Hmas Cerberus is highly constrained by planning overlays. About 29% of the suburb sits within a mapped flood overlay, and 96% is flagged bushfire-prone. There is 1 heritage-listed site on record, and the dominant land-use zone is Commonwealth Land (CA). The median lot measures about 559,156 m² across 45 parcels.
Who lives in Hmas Cerberus
Census 2021 figures published by the ABS for the Hmas Cerberus 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 1090, and decile 10 within Victoria. The national average is 1000.
Age profile
Share of Hmas Cerberus's 1,124 residents in each ABS age band.
Population trend, 2001 to 2025
Estimated resident population of Hastings - Somers, the wider ABS statistical area containing Hmas Cerberus. There is no annual population series published at suburb level, so this describes the surrounding area rather than Hmas Cerberus itself.
17,831 in 2001 to 23,795 in 2025, up 33%.
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.
Hmas Cerberus 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 Hmas Cerberus 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 49% of Hmas Cerberus. 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 Hmas Cerberus lot.
Hmas Cerberus planning - frequently asked
Is Hmas Cerberus flood-prone?
About 29% of Hmas Cerberus falls within a mapped flood overlay, against the council-wide suburb average of 4%.
Is Hmas Cerberus bushfire-prone?
Around 96% of Hmas Cerberus is mapped as bushfire-prone, compared with a Mornington Peninsula average of 86%.
Is Hmas Cerberus under a flight path?
Aircraft were observed below 3,000 ft over about 49% of Hmas Cerberus, and over about 68% 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 4,000 ft. At the busiest point in the suburb about 1 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 Hmas Cerberus?
The dominant planning zone in Hmas Cerberus is Commonwealth Land (CA), though the suburb also includes Green Wedge Zone (GWZ2) and Low Density Residential Zone (LDRZ).
Does Hmas Cerberus have heritage-listed places?
Hmas Cerberus has 1 heritage-listed place on record.
What is the typical lot size in Hmas Cerberus?
Across 45 surveyed parcels in Hmas Cerberus, the median lot size is about 559,156 m².
Does Hmas Cerberus have a train station?
There is no train station inside Hmas Cerberus itself. The suburb is served by 1 bus stop.
What is the population of Hmas Cerberus?
At the 2021 Census Hmas Cerberus had 1,124 usual residents, with a median age of 21 and an average household size of 3.0 people. The wider Hastings - Somers statistical area, which contains Hmas Cerberus, went from 17,831 people in 2001 to 23,795 in 2025, up 33%.
Is Hmas Cerberus an advantaged suburb?
On the ABS SEIFA 2021 index of relative socio-economic advantage and disadvantage (IRSAD), Hmas Cerberus scores 1090 and sits in decile 10 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 Hmas Cerberus?
Median household income in Hmas Cerberus was $2,323 a week at the 2021 Census, against $1,906 for the typical suburb in Mornington Peninsula. Median rent was $260 a week.
Compare nearby suburbs
| Nearby suburb | Distance | Flood mapped | Bushfire-prone |
|---|---|---|---|
| Crib Point | 2.9 km | 8% | 89% |
| Somers | 3.3 km | 3% | 88% |
| Bittern | 5.1 km | 5% | 96% |
| Balnarring Beach | 6.4 km | 16% | 95% |
| Balnarring | 6.5 km | 0% | 98% |
| Merricks Beach | 7.6 km | 4% | 96% |
| Hastings | 9.3 km | 14% | 77% |
| Merricks | 9.8 km | 2% | 98% |
| Cowes Bass Coast |
10.4 km | 1% | 68% |
| Silverleaves Bass Coast |
10.6 km | 94% | 82% |