Hughesdale flood map & planning overlays
Hughesdale has Monash's most flood mapping (11%) and 2nd-best income.
Free map preview, then PDF reports from $9 - about the price of an iced latte on a public holiday.
A planning-constraint profile of Hughesdale
(Monash, VIC) - 2.01 km², mapped from live council and
state overlay data. This suburb is relatively unconstrained.
Profile updated 24 October 2026.
Constraint readout
2.01 km² - this suburb is relatively unconstrained by planning overlays.
Elevation hillshade with street names, clipped to Hughesdale'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 Hughesdale
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 1,000 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.
Hughesdale at a glance
How Hughesdale is zoned
Selling in Hughesdale? The zoning and planning overlays on this page are the controls a Section 32 vendor statement discloses.
Across its 2.01 km², Hughesdale is relatively unconstrained by planning overlays. About 11% of the suburb sits within a mapped flood overlay. There are 12 heritage-listed sites on record, and the dominant land-use zone is Housing Choice and Transport Zone (HCTZ2). The median lot measures about 557 m² across 4,205 parcels.
Who lives in Hughesdale
Census 2021 figures published by the ABS for the Hughesdale 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 1073, and decile 10 within Victoria. The national average is 1000.
Age profile
Share of Hughesdale's 7,563 residents in each ABS age band.
Population trend, 2001 to 2025
Estimated resident population of Hughesdale, the wider ABS statistical area containing Hughesdale. There is no annual population series published at suburb level, so this describes the surrounding area rather than Hughesdale itself.
6,382 in 2001 to 8,132 in 2025, up 27%.
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.
Hughesdale 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 Hughesdale 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 Hughesdale. 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 Hughesdale lot.
Hughesdale planning - frequently asked
Is Hughesdale flood-prone?
About 11% of Hughesdale falls within a mapped flood overlay, against the council-wide suburb average of 6%.
Is Hughesdale bushfire-prone?
Bushfire mapping covers Hughesdale and little to none of it is mapped as bushfire-prone (the Monash average is 2%).
Is Hughesdale under a flight path?
Aircraft were observed below 3,000 ft over about 100% of Hughesdale, in the period sampled (4 Sep 2026 to 24 Oct 2026). The lowest measured aircraft was at 500 ft, with an average of 2,000 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 Hughesdale?
The dominant planning zone in Hughesdale is Housing Choice and Transport Zone (HCTZ2), though the suburb also includes Housing Choice and Transport Zone (HCTZ1) and General Residential Zone (GRZ3).
Does Hughesdale have heritage-listed places?
Hughesdale has 12 heritage-listed places on record.
What is the typical lot size in Hughesdale?
Across 4,205 surveyed parcels in Hughesdale, the median lot size is about 557 m². There are also 529 registered easements mapped in the suburb.
Does Hughesdale have a train station?
There is no train station inside Hughesdale itself. The suburb is served by 33 bus stops.
What is the population of Hughesdale?
At the 2021 Census Hughesdale had 7,563 usual residents, with a median age of 38 and an average household size of 2.5 people. The wider Hughesdale statistical area, which contains Hughesdale, went from 6,382 people in 2001 to 8,132 in 2025, up 27%.
Is Hughesdale an advantaged suburb?
On the ABS SEIFA 2021 index of relative socio-economic advantage and disadvantage (IRSAD), Hughesdale scores 1073 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 Hughesdale?
Median household income in Hughesdale was $2,057 a week at the 2021 Census, against $1,922 for the typical suburb in Monash. Median rent was $416 a week and the median mortgage repayment $2,167 a month.
Compare nearby suburbs
| Nearby suburb | Distance | Flood mapped | Bushfire-prone |
|---|---|---|---|
| Murrumbeena Glen Eira |
1.0 km | 18% | 0% |
| Oakleigh | 1.2 km | 7% | 0% |
| Chadstone | 2.3 km | 2% | 0% |
| Carnegie Glen Eira |
2.3 km | 19% | 0% |
| Malvern East Stonnington |
2.5 km | 12% | 0% |
| Huntingdale | 2.6 km | <1% | 0% |
| Bentleigh East Glen Eira |
3.0 km | 6% | 0% |
| Oakleigh East | 3.2 km | 4% | 0% |
| Ormond Glen Eira |
3.3 km | 16% | 0% |
| Oakleigh South Kingston |
3.3 km | 3% | 0% |