Kensington flood map & planning overlays
The VIC Kensington keeps 272 m² lots, 8th-smallest in Victoria.
Free map preview, then PDF reports from $9 - about the price of an iced latte on a public holiday.
A planning-constraint profile of Kensington
(Melbourne, VIC) - 2.15 km², mapped from live council and
state overlay data. This suburb is moderately constrained.
Profile updated 24 October 2026.
Constraint readout
2.15 km² - this suburb is moderately constrained by planning overlays.
Elevation hillshade with street names, clipped to Kensington'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 Kensington
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 2 a day
Night movements: observed, lowest 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.
Kensington at a glance
How Kensington is zoned
Selling in Kensington? The zoning and planning overlays on this page are the controls a Section 32 vendor statement discloses.
Across its 2.15 km², Kensington is moderately constrained by planning overlays. About 27% of the suburb sits within a mapped flood overlay. There are 113 heritage-listed sites on record, and the dominant land-use zone is General Residential Zone (GRZ1). The median lot measures about 272 m² across 6,651 parcels.
Who lives in Kensington
Census 2021 figures published by the ABS for the Kensington 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 1097, and decile 10 within Victoria. The national average is 1000.
Age profile
Share of Kensington's 10,745 residents in each ABS age band.
Population trend, 2001 to 2025
Estimated resident population of Kensington (Vic.), the wider ABS statistical area containing Kensington. There is no annual population series published at suburb level, so this describes the surrounding area rather than Kensington itself.
7,686 in 2001 to 12,423 in 2025, up 62%.
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.
Kensington 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 Kensington 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 Kensington. 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 Kensington lot.
Kensington planning - frequently asked
Is Kensington flood-prone?
About 27% of Kensington falls within a mapped flood overlay, against the council-wide suburb average of 22%.
Is Kensington bushfire-prone?
Bushfire mapping covers Kensington and little to none of it is mapped as bushfire-prone.
Is Kensington under a flight path?
Aircraft were observed below 3,000 ft over about 100% of Kensington, in the period sampled (4 Sep 2026 to 24 Oct 2026). The lowest measured aircraft was at 500 ft, with an average of 1,500 ft. At the busiest point in the suburb about 12 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 Kensington?
The dominant planning zone in Kensington is General Residential Zone (GRZ1), though the suburb also includes Neighbourhood Residential Zone (NRZ3) and Public Park and Recreation Zone (PPRZ).
Does Kensington have heritage-listed places?
Kensington has 113 heritage-listed places on record.
What is the typical lot size in Kensington?
Across 6,651 surveyed parcels in Kensington, the median lot size is about 272 m². There are also 813 registered easements mapped in the suburb.
Does Kensington have a train station?
Yes - Kensington has 2 train stations: Kensington Station, South Kensington Station. It is also served by 12 bus stops and 5 tram stops.
What is the population of Kensington?
At the 2021 Census Kensington had 10,745 usual residents, with a median age of 35 and an average household size of 2.1 people. The wider Kensington (Vic.) statistical area, which contains Kensington, went from 7,686 people in 2001 to 12,423 in 2025, up 62%.
Is Kensington an advantaged suburb?
On the ABS SEIFA 2021 index of relative socio-economic advantage and disadvantage (IRSAD), Kensington scores 1097 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 Kensington?
Median household income in Kensington was $2,216 a week at the 2021 Census, against $1,926 for the typical suburb in Melbourne. Median rent was $416 a week and the median mortgage repayment $2,162 a month.
Compare nearby suburbs
| Nearby suburb | Distance | Flood mapped | Bushfire-prone |
|---|---|---|---|
| Flemington Moonee Valley |
0.9 km | 41% | 0% |
| North Melbourne | 1.7 km | 29% | 0% |
| Ascot Vale Moonee Valley |
1.7 km | 22% | 0% |
| Travancore Moonee Valley |
1.7 km | 5% | 0% |
| West Melbourne | 1.8 km | 14% | 0% |
| Parkville | 2.4 km | 3% | 0% |
| Footscray Maribyrnong |
2.7 km | 18% | 0% |
| Docklands | 3.1 km | 48% | 0% |
| Seddon Maribyrnong |
3.2 km | 3% | 0% |
| Moonee Ponds Moonee Valley |
3.3 km | 3% | 0% |