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Kooyong flood map & planning overlays

Kooyong earns $3,218 a week, 6th-highest in Victoria.

A planning-constraint profile of Kooyong (Stonnington, VIC) - 0.5 km², mapped from live council and state overlay data. This suburb is moderately constrained.
Profile updated 24 October 2026.

Elevation hillshade with street names, clipped to Kooyong'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 Kooyong

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

Under observed aircraft
100%
of the suburb, at or below 10,000 ft
Below 3,000 ft
100%
of the suburb's area
Lowest measured
500 ft
averaging 3,000 ft
Busiest square
~1 a day
1 a day below 3,000 ft · ±16% · area average
typical observed square 1 a day

Night movements: observed, lowest 3,000 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.

Kooyong at a glance

Parcels 560 Median lot 781 m² Mapped easements 183 Train Kooyong Station Tram stops 6

How Kooyong is zoned

Neighbourhood Residential Zone (NRZ1) 34%
Public Park and Recreation Zone (PPRZ) 27%
Transport Zone (TRZ2) 16%
General Residential Zone (GRZ1) 10%
Transport Zone (TRZ1) 6%
General Residential Zone (GRZ8) 4%

Selling in Kooyong? The zoning and planning overlays on this page are the controls a Section 32 vendor statement discloses.

Across its 0.5 km², Kooyong is moderately constrained by planning overlays. About 24% of the suburb sits within a mapped flood overlay. There are 13 heritage-listed sites on record, and the dominant land-use zone is Neighbourhood Residential Zone (NRZ1). The median lot measures about 781 m² across 560 parcels.

Who lives in Kooyong

Census 2021 figures published by the ABS for the Kooyong suburb boundary itself, not a wider region.

Population
842
usual residents, 2021
Median age
44
years
Median household income
$3,218
per week, Stonnington suburb typical $2,288
Median rent
$590
per week, Stonnington suburb typical $421
Median mortgage
$3,425
per month
Household size
2.5
people, average

Socio-economic standing

ABS SEIFA 2021 ranks every Australian suburb. Decile 1 is the most disadvantaged tenth of the country, decile 10 the least.

Advantage and disadvantage (IRSAD) Decile 10
most disadvantagedleast disadvantaged

Score 1172, and decile 10 within Victoria. The national average is 1000.

Relative disadvantage (IRSD) Decile 10
most disadvantagedleast disadvantaged

Age profile

Share of Kooyong's 842 residents in each ABS age band.

0-4 4.4%
5-14 10.7%
15-19 6.4%
20-24 6.9%
25-34 12.9%
35-44 9.2%
45-54 12.3%
55-64 12.7%
65-74 11.4%
75-84 8.6%
85+ 4.5%

Population trend, 2001 to 2025

Estimated resident population of Malvern - Glen Iris, the wider ABS statistical area containing Kooyong. There is no annual population series published at suburb level, so this describes the surrounding area rather than Kooyong itself.

18,525 in 2001 to 21,820 in 2025, up 18%.

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.

Kooyong data sources and coverage

“Not mapped” means we hold no source layer for this suburb - never an all-clear.

DatasetCoveragePublisher
Flood mappingMappedVicmap Planning and Victorian Government spatial services
Bushfire-prone mappingMappedVicmap Planning and Victorian Government spatial services
ZoningMappedVicmap Planning and Victorian Government spatial services
Heritage and environmentMapped where publishedVicmap Planning and Victorian Government spatial services
Aircraft noise contours (ANEF)Not heldVicmap Planning and Victorian Government spatial services, Defence
Observed flight pathsObservedadsb.lol, under the Open Database License
DemographicsAvailableAustralian 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 Kooyong address

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Aircraft have been seen below 3,000 ft over about 100% of Kooyong. 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 Kooyong lot.

Kooyong planning - frequently asked

Is Kooyong flood-prone?

About 24% of Kooyong falls within a mapped flood overlay, against the council-wide suburb average of 12%.

Is Kooyong bushfire-prone?

Bushfire mapping covers Kooyong and little to none of it is mapped as bushfire-prone.

Is Kooyong under a flight path?

Aircraft were observed below 3,000 ft over about 100% of Kooyong, in the period sampled (4 Sep 2026 to 24 Oct 2026). The lowest measured aircraft was at 500 ft, with an average of 3,000 ft. At the busiest point in the suburb about 1 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 Kooyong?

The dominant planning zone in Kooyong is Neighbourhood Residential Zone (NRZ1), though the suburb also includes Public Park and Recreation Zone (PPRZ) and Transport Zone (TRZ2).

Does Kooyong have heritage-listed places?

Kooyong has 13 heritage-listed places on record.

What is the typical lot size in Kooyong?

Across 560 surveyed parcels in Kooyong, the median lot size is about 781 m². There are also 183 registered easements mapped in the suburb.

Does Kooyong have a train station?

Yes - Kooyong has 1 train station: Kooyong Station. It is also served by 6 tram stops.

What is the population of Kooyong?

At the 2021 Census Kooyong had 842 usual residents, with a median age of 44 and an average household size of 2.5 people. The wider Malvern - Glen Iris statistical area, which contains Kooyong, went from 18,525 people in 2001 to 21,820 in 2025, up 18%.

Is Kooyong an advantaged suburb?

On the ABS SEIFA 2021 index of relative socio-economic advantage and disadvantage (IRSAD), Kooyong scores 1172 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 Kooyong?

Median household income in Kooyong was $3,218 a week at the 2021 Census, against $2,288 for the typical suburb in Stonnington. Median rent was $590 a week and the median mortgage repayment $3,425 a month.

Compare nearby suburbs

Nearby suburbDistanceFlood mappedBushfire-prone
Hawthorn
Boroondara
1.4 km 16% 0%
Toorak 1.6 km 11% 0%
Hawthorn East
Boroondara
1.6 km 8% 0%
Malvern 1.9 km 6% 0%
Burnley
Yarra
2.1 km 41% 0%
Armadale 2.3 km 7% 0%
Prahran 2.9 km 13% 0%
Glen Iris
Boroondara
3.3 km 9% 0%
Camberwell
Boroondara
3.4 km 3% 0%
Caulfield North
Glen Eira
3.5 km 8% 0%

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