Kew East flood map & planning overlays
Kew East tops Boroondara for flood mapping (44.8%) and significant landscape overlay.
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A planning-constraint profile of Kew East
(Boroondara, VIC) - 4.05 km², mapped from live council and
state overlay data. This suburb is highly constrained.
Profile updated 24 October 2026.
Constraint readout
4.05 km² - this suburb is highly constrained by planning overlays.
Elevation hillshade with street names, clipped to Kew East'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 East
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 1,500 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.
Kew East at a glance
How Kew East is zoned
Selling in Kew East? The zoning and planning overlays on this page are the controls a Section 32 vendor statement discloses.
Across its 4.05 km², Kew East is highly constrained by planning overlays. About 45% of the suburb sits within a mapped flood overlay. There are 22 heritage-listed sites on record, and the dominant land-use zone is Neighbourhood Residential Zone (NRZ3). The median lot measures about 683 m² across 3,660 parcels.
Who lives in Kew East
Census 2021 figures published by the ABS for the Kew East 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 1123, and decile 10 within Victoria. The national average is 1000.
Age profile
Share of Kew East's 6,620 residents in each ABS age band.
Population trend, 2001 to 2025
Estimated resident population of Kew East, the wider ABS statistical area containing Kew East. There is no annual population series published at suburb level, so this describes the surrounding area rather than Kew East itself.
6,115 in 2001 to 6,759 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 East 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 East 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 94% of Kew East. 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 East lot.
Kew East planning - frequently asked
Is Kew East flood-prone?
About 45% of Kew East falls within a mapped flood overlay, against the council-wide suburb average of 10%.
Is Kew East bushfire-prone?
Bushfire mapping covers Kew East and little to none of it is mapped as bushfire-prone.
Is Kew East under a flight path?
Aircraft were observed below 3,000 ft over about 94% of Kew East, 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 4,500 ft. At the busiest point in the suburb about 26 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 East?
The dominant planning zone in Kew East is Neighbourhood Residential Zone (NRZ3), though the suburb also includes Special Use Zone (SUZ1) and Public Park and Recreation Zone (PPRZ).
Does Kew East have heritage-listed places?
Kew East has 22 heritage-listed places on record.
What is the typical lot size in Kew East?
Across 3,660 surveyed parcels in Kew East, the median lot size is about 683 m². There are also 804 registered easements mapped in the suburb.
Does Kew East have a train station?
There is no train station inside Kew East itself. The suburb is served by 33 bus stops and 9 tram stops.
What is the population of Kew East?
At the 2021 Census Kew East had 6,620 usual residents, with a median age of 41 and an average household size of 2.7 people. The wider Kew East statistical area, which contains Kew East, went from 6,115 people in 2001 to 6,759 in 2025, up 11%.
Is Kew East an advantaged suburb?
On the ABS SEIFA 2021 index of relative socio-economic advantage and disadvantage (IRSAD), Kew East scores 1123 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 East?
Median household income in Kew East was $2,490 a week at the 2021 Census, against $2,457 for the typical suburb in Boroondara. Median rent was $471 a week and the median mortgage repayment $3,000 a month.
Compare nearby suburbs
| Nearby suburb | Distance | Flood mapped | Bushfire-prone |
|---|---|---|---|
| Kew | 1.6 km | 10% | 0% |
| Ivanhoe East Banyule |
1.9 km | 27% | 13% |
| Alphington Darebin |
2.4 km | 28% | 0% |
| Deepdene | 2.6 km | <1% | 0% |
| Ivanhoe Banyule |
2.7 km | 20% | 0% |
| Balwyn North | 2.8 km | 7% | 0% |
| Eaglemont Banyule |
3.3 km | 22% | 18% |
| Fairfield Yarra |
3.6 km | 19% | 0% |
| Balwyn | 3.7 km | 4% | 0% |
| Bulleen Manningham |
4.1 km | 36% | 20% |