Mckinnon flood map & planning overlays
Mckinnon is Glen Eira's best-paid ($2,410) and dearest to rent ($516).
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A planning-constraint profile of Mckinnon
(Glen Eira, VIC) - 1.56 km², mapped from live council and
state overlay data. This suburb is moderately constrained.
Profile updated 24 October 2026.
Constraint readout
1.56 km² - this suburb is moderately constrained by planning overlays.
Elevation hillshade with street names, clipped to Mckinnon'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 Mckinnon
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 2 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.
Mckinnon at a glance
How Mckinnon is zoned
Selling in Mckinnon? The zoning and planning overlays on this page are the controls a Section 32 vendor statement discloses.
Across its 1.56 km², Mckinnon is moderately constrained by planning overlays. About 27% of the suburb sits within a mapped flood overlay. There are 20 heritage-listed sites on record, and the dominant land-use zone is Neighbourhood Residential Zone (NRZ1). The median lot measures about 558 m² across 3,314 parcels.
Who lives in Mckinnon
Census 2021 figures published by the ABS for the Mckinnon 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 1112, and decile 10 within Victoria. The national average is 1000.
Age profile
Share of Mckinnon's 6,878 residents in each ABS age band.
Population trend, 2001 to 2025
Estimated resident population of Bentleigh - McKinnon, the wider ABS statistical area containing Mckinnon. There is no annual population series published at suburb level, so this describes the surrounding area rather than Mckinnon itself.
19,086 in 2001 to 26,966 in 2025, up 41%.
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.
Mckinnon 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 Mckinnon 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 100% of Mckinnon. 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 Mckinnon lot.
Mckinnon planning - frequently asked
Is Mckinnon flood-prone?
About 27% of Mckinnon falls within a mapped flood overlay, against the council-wide suburb average of 12%.
Is Mckinnon bushfire-prone?
Bushfire mapping covers Mckinnon and little to none of it is mapped as bushfire-prone.
Is Mckinnon under a flight path?
Aircraft were observed below 3,000 ft over about 100% of Mckinnon, in the period sampled (4 Sep 2026 to 24 Oct 2026). The lowest measured aircraft was at 500 ft, with an average of 2,000 ft. At the busiest point in the suburb about 4 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 Mckinnon?
The dominant planning zone in Mckinnon is Neighbourhood Residential Zone (NRZ1), though the suburb also includes Housing Choice and Transport Zone (HCTZ2) and Public Park and Recreation Zone (PPRZ).
Does Mckinnon have heritage-listed places?
Mckinnon has 20 heritage-listed places on record.
What is the typical lot size in Mckinnon?
Across 3,314 surveyed parcels in Mckinnon, the median lot size is about 558 m². There are also 583 registered easements mapped in the suburb.
Does Mckinnon have a train station?
Yes - Mckinnon has 1 train station: Mckinnon Station. It is also served by 25 bus stops.
What is the population of Mckinnon?
At the 2021 Census Mckinnon had 6,878 usual residents, with a median age of 40 and an average household size of 2.8 people. The wider Bentleigh - McKinnon statistical area, which contains Mckinnon, went from 19,086 people in 2001 to 26,966 in 2025, up 41%.
Is Mckinnon an advantaged suburb?
On the ABS SEIFA 2021 index of relative socio-economic advantage and disadvantage (IRSAD), Mckinnon scores 1112 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 Mckinnon?
Median household income in Mckinnon was $2,410 a week at the 2021 Census, against $2,102 for the typical suburb in Glen Eira. Median rent was $516 a week and the median mortgage repayment $2,689 a month.
Compare nearby suburbs
| Nearby suburb | Distance | Flood mapped | Bushfire-prone |
|---|---|---|---|
| Ormond | 1.0 km | 16% | 0% |
| Bentleigh | 1.4 km | 14% | 0% |
| Glen Huntly | 2.1 km | 0% | 0% |
| Caulfield South | 2.1 km | 14% | 0% |
| Brighton East Bayside |
2.2 km | 8% | 0% |
| Carnegie | 2.4 km | 19% | 0% |
| Bentleigh East | 2.8 km | 6% | 0% |
| Gardenvale | 3.0 km | 28% | 0% |
| Caulfield | 3.1 km | 1% | 0% |
| Murrumbeena | 3.2 km | 18% | 0% |