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Melton West flood map & planning overlays
Melton West is home to 8,784 people, 53.2% bushfire-mapped, median 36.
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A planning-constraint profile of Melton West
(Melton, VIC) - 9.27 km², mapped from live council and
state overlay data. This suburb is highly constrained.
Profile updated 24 October 2026.
Constraint readout
9.27 km² - this suburb is highly constrained by planning overlays.
Elevation hillshade with street names, clipped to Melton West'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 Melton West
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 1 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.
Melton West at a glance
How Melton West is zoned
Selling in Melton West? The zoning and planning overlays on this page are the controls a Section 32 vendor statement discloses.
Across its 9.27 km², Melton West is highly constrained by planning overlays. About 3% of the suburb sits within a mapped flood overlay, and 53% is flagged bushfire-prone. There are 8 heritage-listed sites on record, and the dominant land-use zone is General Residential Zone (GRZ1). The median lot measures about 705 m² across 3,475 parcels.
Who lives in Melton West
Census 2021 figures published by the ABS for the Melton West 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 900, and decile 1 within Victoria. The national average is 1000.
Age profile
Share of Melton West's 8,784 residents in each ABS age band.
Population trend, 2001 to 2025
Estimated resident population of Melton West, the wider ABS statistical area containing Melton West. There is no annual population series published at suburb level, so this describes the surrounding area rather than Melton West itself.
8,178 in 2001 to 22,710 in 2025, up 178%.
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.
Melton West 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 Melton West address
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See what's in the $9 report →Aircraft have been seen below 3,000 ft over about 86% of Melton West. 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 Melton West lot.
Melton West planning - frequently asked
Is Melton West flood-prone?
About 3% of Melton West falls within a mapped flood overlay, against the council-wide suburb average of 4%.
Is Melton West bushfire-prone?
Around 53% of Melton West is mapped as bushfire-prone, compared with a Melton average of 60%.
Is Melton West under a flight path?
Aircraft were observed below 3,000 ft over about 86% of Melton West, and over about 97% at any altitude up to 10,000 ft, in the period sampled (4 Sep 2026 to 24 Oct 2026). The lowest measured aircraft was at 500 ft, with an average of 5,000 ft. At the busiest point in the suburb about 2 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 Melton West?
The dominant planning zone in Melton West is General Residential Zone (GRZ1), though the suburb also includes Green Wedge A Zone (GWAZ) and Urban Growth Zone (UGZ).
Does Melton West have heritage-listed places?
Melton West has 8 heritage-listed places on record.
What is the typical lot size in Melton West?
Across 3,475 surveyed parcels in Melton West, the median lot size is about 705 m². There are also 3,034 registered easements mapped in the suburb.
Does Melton West have a train station?
There is no train station inside Melton West itself. The suburb is served by 54 bus stops.
What is the population of Melton West?
At the 2021 Census Melton West had 8,784 usual residents, with a median age of 36 and an average household size of 2.8 people. The wider Melton West statistical area, which contains Melton West, went from 8,178 people in 2001 to 22,710 in 2025, up 178%.
Is Melton West an advantaged suburb?
On the ABS SEIFA 2021 index of relative socio-economic advantage and disadvantage (IRSAD), Melton West scores 900 and sits in decile 2 of 10 nationally and decile 1 within Victoria (decile 1 is the most disadvantaged tenth, decile 10 the least).
What is the median household income in Melton West?
Median household income in Melton West was $1,450 a week at the 2021 Census, against $1,841 for the typical suburb in Melton. Median rent was $320 a week and the median mortgage repayment $1,500 a month.
Compare nearby suburbs
| Nearby suburb | Distance | Flood mapped | Bushfire-prone |
|---|---|---|---|
| Brookfield | 2.5 km | 10% | 56% |
| Harkness | 2.7 km | <1% | 77% |
| Long Forest Moorabool |
3.7 km | 5% | 100% |
| Hopetoun Park Moorabool |
3.9 km | 18% | 100% |
| Melton South | 4.0 km | 3% | 7% |
| Kurunjang | 4.9 km | 4% | 36% |
| Exford | 5.6 km | 11% | 95% |
| Cobblebank | 6.2 km | 1% | 75% |
| Merrimu Moorabool |
6.3 km | 5% | 100% |
| Weir Views | 6.5 km | 21% | 45% |