Middle Park flood map & planning overlays

The schematic on this page is a Middle Park flood map: the mapped flood overlays drawn over the suburb's terrain and street grid, covering about 14% of the suburb. Flood lines vary block to block, so for a specific property use the free interactive map - search any Middle Park address and it shows the flood, zoning and bushfire mapping on the exact lot boundary.

About 14% of Middle Park falls within a mapped flood overlay, against the council-wide suburb average of 20%. Flood overlays vary block to block, so whether a particular lot is affected needs a property-level check.

Bushfire mapping covers Middle Park and little to none of it is mapped as bushfire-prone. Always confirm for the exact lot, as mapping can change.

The dominant planning zone in Middle Park is Neighbourhood Residential Zone (NRZ1), though the suburb also includes Transport Zone (TRZ2) and General Residential Zone (GRZ2). Zoning sets what you can build and do on a site, and can differ lot by lot.

Middle Park has 14 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 2,854 surveyed parcels in Middle Park, the median lot size is about 337 m². There are also 155 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 Middle Park itself. The suburb is served by 11 bus stops and 11 tram stops.

At the 2021 Census Middle Park had 4,000 usual residents, with a median age of 45 and an average household size of 2.3 people. The wider Albert Park statistical area, which contains Middle Park, went from 12,368 people in 2001 to 17,253 in 2025, up 39%. ABS publishes no annual population series for individual suburbs, so that trend describes the surrounding area rather than Middle Park alone.

On the ABS SEIFA 2021 index of relative socio-economic advantage and disadvantage (IRSAD), Middle Park scores 1147 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 Middle Park was $2,836 a week at the 2021 Census, against $2,096 for the typical suburb in Port Phillip. Median rent was $602 a week and the median mortgage repayment $3,467 a month. These are 2021 Census figures and have not been indexed to today.

A Middle Park 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.