Mill Park flood map & planning overlays
Mill Park is 28,712 strong with 150 bus stops, 2nd in Whittlesea both ways.
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A planning-constraint profile of Mill Park
(Whittlesea, VIC) - 12.83 km², mapped from live council and
state overlay data. This suburb is highly constrained.
Profile updated 24 October 2026.
Constraint readout
12.83 km² - this suburb is highly constrained by planning overlays.
Elevation hillshade with street names, clipped to Mill Park'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 Mill Park
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 2,000 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.
Mill Park at a glance
How Mill Park is zoned
Selling in Mill Park? The zoning and planning overlays on this page are the controls a Section 32 vendor statement discloses.
Across its 12.83 km², Mill Park is highly constrained by planning overlays. About 4% of the suburb sits within a mapped flood overlay, and 16% is flagged bushfire-prone. There are 8 heritage-listed sites on record, and the dominant land-use zone is General Residential Zone (GRZ5). The median lot measures about 603 m² across 11,886 parcels.
Who lives in Mill Park
Census 2021 figures published by the ABS for the Mill Park 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 985, and decile 5 within Victoria. The national average is 1000.
Age profile
Share of Mill Park's 28,712 residents in each ABS age band.
Population trend, 2001 to 2025
Estimated resident population of Mill Park - North, the wider ABS statistical area containing Mill Park. There is no annual population series published at suburb level, so this describes the surrounding area rather than Mill Park itself.
18,680 in 2001 to 17,610 in 2025, down 6%.
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.
Mill Park 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 Mill Park 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 77% of Mill Park. 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 Mill Park lot.
Mill Park planning - frequently asked
Is Mill Park flood-prone?
About 4% of Mill Park falls within a mapped flood overlay, against the council-wide suburb average of 4%.
Is Mill Park bushfire-prone?
Around 16% of Mill Park is mapped as bushfire-prone, compared with a Whittlesea average of 64%.
Is Mill Park under a flight path?
Aircraft were observed below 3,000 ft over about 77% of Mill Park, and over about 99% 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 24 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 Mill Park?
The dominant planning zone in Mill Park is General Residential Zone (GRZ5), though the suburb also includes Public Conservation and Resource Zone (PCRZ) and General Residential Zone (GRZ4).
Does Mill Park have heritage-listed places?
Mill Park has 8 heritage-listed places on record.
What is the typical lot size in Mill Park?
Across 11,886 surveyed parcels in Mill Park, the median lot size is about 603 m². There are also 8,434 registered easements mapped in the suburb.
Does Mill Park have a train station?
There is no train station inside Mill Park itself. The suburb is served by 150 bus stops.
What is the population of Mill Park?
At the 2021 Census Mill Park had 28,712 usual residents, with a median age of 40 and an average household size of 2.7 people. The wider Mill Park - North statistical area, which contains Mill Park, went from 18,680 people in 2001 to 17,610 in 2025, down 6%.
Is Mill Park an advantaged suburb?
On the ABS SEIFA 2021 index of relative socio-economic advantage and disadvantage (IRSAD), Mill Park scores 985 and sits in decile 5 of 10 nationally and decile 5 within Victoria (decile 1 is the most disadvantaged tenth, decile 10 the least).
What is the median household income in Mill Park?
Median household income in Mill Park was $1,735 a week at the 2021 Census, against $1,735 for the typical suburb in Whittlesea. Median rent was $366 a week and the median mortgage repayment $1,748 a month.
Compare nearby suburbs
| Nearby suburb | Distance | Flood mapped | Bushfire-prone |
|---|---|---|---|
| South Morang | 3.6 km | 5% | 52% |
| Watsonia North Banyule |
4.1 km | 5% | 0% |
| Bundoora Darebin |
4.3 km | 5% | 10% |
| Plenty Nillumbik |
4.4 km | 2% | 98% |
| Lalor | 4.6 km | 7% | 3% |
| Epping | 4.8 km | 4% | 37% |
| Thomastown | 5.3 km | 7% | 12% |
| Watsonia Banyule |
5.4 km | 3% | 0% |
| Greensborough Banyule |
5.7 km | 8% | 20% |
| St Helena Banyule |
6.0 km | 4% | 29% |