Kangaroo Ground flood map & planning overlays

The schematic on this page is a Kangaroo Ground flood map: the mapped flood overlays drawn over the suburb's terrain and street grid, covering about 2% of the suburb. Flood lines vary block to block, so for a specific property use the free interactive map - search any Kangaroo Ground address and it shows the flood, zoning and bushfire mapping on the exact lot boundary.

About 2% of Kangaroo Ground falls within a mapped flood overlay, against the council-wide suburb average of 3%. Flood overlays vary block to block, so whether a particular lot is affected needs a property-level check.

Around 100% of Kangaroo Ground is mapped as bushfire-prone, compared with a Nillumbik average of 98%. A bushfire-prone designation can trigger additional building requirements, so check the specific address.

The dominant planning zone in Kangaroo Ground is Rural Conservation Zone (RCZ3), though the suburb also includes Rural Conservation Zone (RCZ4) and Public Conservation and Resource Zone (PCRZ). Zoning sets what you can build and do on a site, and can differ lot by lot.

Kangaroo Ground has 29 heritage-listed places 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 573 surveyed parcels in Kangaroo Ground, the median lot size is about 60,047 m². There are also 1,092 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 Kangaroo Ground itself. The suburb is served by 12 bus stops.

At the 2021 Census Kangaroo Ground had 1,208 usual residents, with a median age of 44 and an average household size of 3.1 people. The wider Research - North Warrandyte statistical area, which contains Kangaroo Ground, went from 6,956 people in 2001 to 7,039 in 2025, up 1%. ABS publishes no annual population series for individual suburbs, so that trend describes the surrounding area rather than Kangaroo Ground alone.

On the ABS SEIFA 2021 index of relative socio-economic advantage and disadvantage (IRSAD), Kangaroo Ground scores 1130 and sits in decile 10 of 10 nationally and decile 10 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 Kangaroo Ground was $2,909 a week at the 2021 Census, against $2,391 for the typical suburb in Nillumbik. Median rent was $383 a week and the median mortgage repayment $3,337 a month. These are 2021 Census figures and have not been indexed to today.

A Kangaroo Ground 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.