Melton flood map & planning overlays

The schematic on this page is a Melton flood map: the mapped flood overlays drawn over the suburb's terrain and street grid, covering about 6% of the suburb. Flood lines vary block to block, so for a specific property use the free interactive map - search any Melton address and it shows the flood, zoning and bushfire mapping on the exact lot boundary.

About 6% of Melton falls within a mapped flood overlay, against the council-wide suburb average of 4%. Flood overlays vary block to block, so whether a particular lot is affected needs a property-level check.

Around 63% of Melton is mapped as bushfire-prone, compared with a Melton average of 68%. A bushfire-prone designation can trigger additional building requirements, so check the specific address.

The dominant planning zone in Melton is Green Wedge Zone (GWZ), though the suburb also includes Industrial 1 Zone (IN1Z) and General Residential Zone (GRZ1). Zoning sets what you can build and do on a site, and can differ lot by lot.

Melton has 36 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 5,245 surveyed parcels in Melton, the median lot size is about 585 m². There are also 1,614 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 Melton itself. The suburb is served by 59 bus stops.

At the 2021 Census Melton had 7,953 usual residents, with a median age of 40 and an average household size of 2.4 people. The wider Kurunjang - Toolern Vale statistical area, which contains Melton, went from 6,108 people in 2001 to 12,082 in 2025, up 98%. ABS publishes no annual population series for individual suburbs, so that trend describes the surrounding area rather than Melton alone.

On the ABS SEIFA 2021 index of relative socio-economic advantage and disadvantage (IRSAD), Melton scores 845 and sits in decile 1 of 10 nationally and decile 1 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 Melton was $1,058 a week at the 2021 Census, against $1,841 for the typical suburb in Melton. Median rent was $300 a week and the median mortgage repayment $1,300 a month. These are 2021 Census figures and have not been indexed to today.

A Melton 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.