Mont Albert flood map & planning overlays
Mont Albert earns $2,324 a week with 48 heritage places, 3rd in Whitehorse.
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A planning-constraint profile of Mont Albert
(Whitehorse, VIC) - 1.71 km², mapped from live council and
state overlay data. This suburb is relatively unconstrained.
Profile updated 24 October 2026.
Constraint readout
1.71 km² - this suburb is relatively unconstrained by planning overlays.
Elevation hillshade with street names, clipped to Mont Albert'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 Mont Albert
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 1,000 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.
Mont Albert at a glance
How Mont Albert is zoned
Selling in Mont Albert? The zoning and planning overlays on this page are the controls a Section 32 vendor statement discloses.
Across its 1.71 km², Mont Albert is relatively unconstrained by planning overlays. Flood mapping covers the suburb and none of it falls within a mapped flood overlay. There are 48 heritage-listed sites on record, and the dominant land-use zone is Neighbourhood Residential Zone (NRZ5). The median lot measures about 595 m² across 3,079 parcels.
Who lives in Mont Albert
Census 2021 figures published by the ABS for the Mont Albert 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 1123, and decile 10 within Victoria. The national average is 1000.
Age profile
Share of Mont Albert's 4,948 residents in each ABS age band.
Population trend, 2001 to 2025
Estimated resident population of Surrey Hills (East) - Mont Albert, the wider ABS statistical area containing Mont Albert. There is no annual population series published at suburb level, so this describes the surrounding area rather than Mont Albert itself.
9,243 in 2001 to 10,776 in 2025, up 17%.
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.
Mont Albert 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 Mont Albert 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 Mont Albert. 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 Mont Albert lot.
Mont Albert planning - frequently asked
Is Mont Albert flood-prone?
Flood mapping covers Mont Albert and less than 1% of the suburb falls within a mapped flood overlay (the council-wide suburb average is 4%).
Is Mont Albert bushfire-prone?
Bushfire mapping covers Mont Albert and little to none of it is mapped as bushfire-prone (the Whitehorse average is 3%).
Is Mont Albert under a flight path?
Aircraft were observed below 3,000 ft over about 100% of Mont Albert, in the period sampled (4 Sep 2026 to 24 Oct 2026). The lowest measured aircraft was at 1,000 ft, with an average of 2,500 ft. At the busiest point in the suburb about 1 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 Mont Albert?
The dominant planning zone in Mont Albert is Neighbourhood Residential Zone (NRZ5), though the suburb also includes General Residential Zone (GRZ4) and PRZ4.
Does Mont Albert have heritage-listed places?
Mont Albert has 48 heritage-listed places on record.
What is the typical lot size in Mont Albert?
Across 3,079 surveyed parcels in Mont Albert, the median lot size is about 595 m². There are also 580 registered easements mapped in the suburb.
Does Mont Albert have a train station?
Yes - Mont Albert has 1 train station: Union Station. It is also served by 18 bus stops and 5 tram stops.
What is the population of Mont Albert?
At the 2021 Census Mont Albert had 4,948 usual residents, with a median age of 42 and an average household size of 2.5 people. The wider Surrey Hills (East) - Mont Albert statistical area, which contains Mont Albert, went from 9,243 people in 2001 to 10,776 in 2025, up 17%.
Is Mont Albert an advantaged suburb?
On the ABS SEIFA 2021 index of relative socio-economic advantage and disadvantage (IRSAD), Mont Albert scores 1123 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 Mont Albert?
Median household income in Mont Albert was $2,324 a week at the 2021 Census, against $1,941 for the typical suburb in Whitehorse. Median rent was $451 a week and the median mortgage repayment $2,500 a month.
Compare nearby suburbs
| Nearby suburb | Distance | Flood mapped | Bushfire-prone |
|---|---|---|---|
| Surrey Hills | 1.0 km | 2% | 0% |
| Box Hill | 1.6 km | 2% | 0% |
| Mont Albert North | 1.8 km | 10% | 0% |
| Balwyn Boroondara |
2.1 km | 4% | 0% |
| Box Hill North | 2.4 km | 3% | 0% |
| Box Hill South | 2.4 km | 8% | <1% |
| Canterbury Boroondara |
2.7 km | 3% | 0% |
| Burwood | 3.4 km | 3% | 2% |
| Camberwell Boroondara |
3.5 km | 3% | 0% |
| Balwyn North Boroondara |
3.7 km | 7% | 0% |