Lyndhurst flood map & planning overlays

The schematic on this page is a Lyndhurst flood map: the mapped flood overlays drawn over the suburb's terrain and street grid, covering about 4% of the suburb. Flood lines vary block to block, so for a specific property use the free interactive map - search any Lyndhurst address and it shows the flood, zoning and bushfire mapping on the exact lot boundary.

About 4% of Lyndhurst falls within a mapped flood overlay, against the council-wide suburb average of 8%. Flood overlays vary block to block, so whether a particular lot is affected needs a property-level check.

Around 50% of Lyndhurst is mapped as bushfire-prone, compared with a Greater Dandenong average of 19%. A bushfire-prone designation can trigger additional building requirements, so check the specific address.

The dominant planning zone in Lyndhurst is Green Wedge Zone (GWZ1), though the suburb also includes General Residential Zone (GRZ1) and Public Use Zone (PUZ5). Zoning sets what you can build and do on a site, and can differ lot by lot.

Lyndhurst has 5 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 3,155 surveyed parcels in Lyndhurst, the median lot size is about 544 m². There are also 1,013 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 Lyndhurst itself. The suburb is served by 18 bus stops.

At the 2021 Census Lyndhurst had 8,926 usual residents, with a median age of 33 and an average household size of 3.5 people. The wider Dandenong - South statistical area, which contains Lyndhurst, went from 5,728 people in 2001 to 10,039 in 2025, up 75%. ABS publishes no annual population series for individual suburbs, so that trend describes the surrounding area rather than Lyndhurst alone.

On the ABS SEIFA 2021 index of relative socio-economic advantage and disadvantage (IRSAD), Lyndhurst scores 1059 and sits in decile 9 of 10 nationally and decile 9 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 Lyndhurst was $2,446 a week at the 2021 Census, against $1,419 for the typical suburb in Greater Dandenong. Median rent was $430 a week and the median mortgage repayment $2,167 a month. These are 2021 Census figures and have not been indexed to today.

A Lyndhurst 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.