Kew flood map & planning overlays
The VIC Kew holds 225 heritage places for 24,499 people.
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A planning-constraint profile of Kew
(Boroondara, VIC) - 10.53 km², mapped from live council and
state overlay data. This suburb is moderately constrained.
Profile updated 24 October 2026.
Constraint readout
10.53 km² - this suburb is moderately constrained by planning overlays.
Elevation hillshade with street names, clipped to Kew'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 Kew
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.
Kew at a glance
How Kew is zoned
Selling in Kew? The zoning and planning overlays on this page are the controls a Section 32 vendor statement discloses.
Across its 10.53 km², Kew is moderately constrained by planning overlays. About 10% of the suburb sits within a mapped flood overlay. There are 225 heritage-listed sites on record, and the dominant land-use zone is Neighbourhood Residential Zone (NRZ3). The median lot measures about 781 m² across 15,516 parcels.
Who lives in Kew
Census 2021 figures published by the ABS for the Kew 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 1134, and decile 10 within Victoria. The national average is 1000.
Age profile
Share of Kew's 24,499 residents in each ABS age band.
Population trend, 2001 to 2025
Estimated resident population of Kew - West, the wider ABS statistical area containing Kew. There is no annual population series published at suburb level, so this describes the surrounding area rather than Kew itself.
12,481 in 2001 to 13,799 in 2025, up 11%.
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.
Kew 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 Kew 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 99% of Kew. 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 Kew lot.
Kew planning - frequently asked
Is Kew flood-prone?
About 10% of Kew falls within a mapped flood overlay, against the council-wide suburb average of 10%.
Is Kew bushfire-prone?
Bushfire mapping covers Kew and little to none of it is mapped as bushfire-prone.
Is Kew under a flight path?
Aircraft were observed below 3,000 ft over about 99% of Kew, and over about 100% 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 33 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 Kew?
The dominant planning zone in Kew is Neighbourhood Residential Zone (NRZ3), though the suburb also includes Housing Choice and Transport Zone (HCTZ2) and Public Park and Recreation Zone (PPRZ).
Does Kew have heritage-listed places?
Kew has 225 heritage-listed places on record.
What is the typical lot size in Kew?
Across 15,516 surveyed parcels in Kew, the median lot size is about 781 m². There are also 2,667 registered easements mapped in the suburb.
Does Kew have a train station?
There is no train station inside Kew itself. The suburb is served by 70 bus stops and 46 tram stops.
What is the population of Kew?
At the 2021 Census Kew had 24,499 usual residents, with a median age of 41 and an average household size of 2.5 people. The wider Kew - West statistical area, which contains Kew, went from 12,481 people in 2001 to 13,799 in 2025, up 11%.
Is Kew an advantaged suburb?
On the ABS SEIFA 2021 index of relative socio-economic advantage and disadvantage (IRSAD), Kew scores 1134 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 Kew?
Median household income in Kew was $2,497 a week at the 2021 Census, against $2,457 for the typical suburb in Boroondara. Median rent was $476 a week and the median mortgage repayment $3,000 a month.
Compare nearby suburbs
| Nearby suburb | Distance | Flood mapped | Bushfire-prone |
|---|---|---|---|
| Kew East | 1.6 km | 45% | 0% |
| Deepdene | 2.5 km | <1% | 0% |
| Alphington Darebin |
2.8 km | 28% | 0% |
| Hawthorn | 3.1 km | 16% | 0% |
| Fairfield Yarra |
3.2 km | 19% | 0% |
| Ivanhoe East Banyule |
3.4 km | 27% | 13% |
| Hawthorn East | 3.5 km | 8% | 0% |
| Abbotsford Yarra |
3.6 km | 18% | 0% |
| Ivanhoe Banyule |
3.7 km | 20% | 0% |
| Burnley Yarra |
3.8 km | 41% | 0% |