Lysterfield flood map & planning overlays

The schematic on this page is a Lysterfield flood map: the mapped flood overlays drawn over the suburb's terrain and street grid, covering about 7% of the suburb. Flood lines vary block to block, so for a specific property use the free interactive map - search any Lysterfield address and it shows the flood, zoning and bushfire mapping on the exact lot boundary.

About 7% of Lysterfield falls within a mapped flood overlay, against the council-wide suburb average of 12%. Flood overlays vary block to block, so whether a particular lot is affected needs a property-level check.

Around 92% of Lysterfield is mapped as bushfire-prone, compared with a Knox average of 43%. A bushfire-prone designation can trigger additional building requirements, so check the specific address.

The dominant planning zone in Lysterfield is Public Conservation and Resource Zone (PCRZ), though the suburb also includes Green Wedge Zone (GWZ6) and Green Wedge Zone (GWZ2). Zoning sets what you can build and do on a site, and can differ lot by lot.

Lysterfield has 10 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 2,604 surveyed parcels in Lysterfield, the median lot size is about 801 m². There are also 1,783 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 Lysterfield itself. The suburb is served by 25 bus stops.

At the 2021 Census Lysterfield had 6,681 usual residents, with a median age of 41 and an average household size of 3.2 people. The wider Lysterfield statistical area, which contains Lysterfield, went from 5,516 people in 2001 to 6,622 in 2025, up 20%. ABS publishes no annual population series for individual suburbs, so that trend describes the surrounding area rather than Lysterfield alone.

On the ABS SEIFA 2021 index of relative socio-economic advantage and disadvantage (IRSAD), Lysterfield scores 1088 and sits in decile 10 of 10 nationally and decile 10 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 Lysterfield was $2,754 a week at the 2021 Census, against $1,915 for the typical suburb in Knox. Median rent was $435 a week and the median mortgage repayment $2,200 a month. These are 2021 Census figures and have not been indexed to today.

A Lysterfield 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.