Moonee Ponds flood map & planning overlays
Moonee Ponds tops Moonee Valley for heritage (168), with 16,224 people.
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A planning-constraint profile of Moonee Ponds
(Moonee Valley, VIC) - 4.36 km², mapped from live council and
state overlay data. This suburb is relatively unconstrained.
Profile updated 24 October 2026.
Constraint readout
4.36 km² - this suburb is relatively unconstrained by planning overlays.
Elevation hillshade with street names, clipped to Moonee Ponds'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 Moonee Ponds
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 6 a day
Night movements: observed, lowest 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.
Moonee Ponds at a glance
How Moonee Ponds is zoned
Selling in Moonee Ponds? The zoning and planning overlays on this page are the controls a Section 32 vendor statement discloses.
Across its 4.36 km², Moonee Ponds is relatively unconstrained by planning overlays. About 3% of the suburb sits within a mapped flood overlay. There are 168 heritage-listed sites on record, and the dominant land-use zone is Residential 1 Zone (R1Z). The median lot measures about 607 m² across 11,565 parcels.
Who lives in Moonee Ponds
Census 2021 figures published by the ABS for the Moonee Ponds 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 1097, and decile 10 within Victoria. The national average is 1000.
Age profile
Share of Moonee Ponds's 16,224 residents in each ABS age band.
Population trend, 2001 to 2025
Estimated resident population of Moonee Ponds, the wider ABS statistical area containing Moonee Ponds. There is no annual population series published at suburb level, so this describes the surrounding area rather than Moonee Ponds itself.
12,608 in 2001 to 17,965 in 2025, up 42%.
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.
Moonee Ponds 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 Moonee Ponds 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 Moonee Ponds. 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 Moonee Ponds lot.
Moonee Ponds planning - frequently asked
Is Moonee Ponds flood-prone?
About 3% of Moonee Ponds falls within a mapped flood overlay, against the council-wide suburb average of 10%.
Is Moonee Ponds bushfire-prone?
Bushfire mapping covers Moonee Ponds and little to none of it is mapped as bushfire-prone (the Moonee Valley average is 2%).
Is Moonee Ponds under a flight path?
Aircraft were observed below 3,000 ft over about 100% of Moonee Ponds, in the period sampled (4 Sep 2026 to 24 Oct 2026). The lowest measured aircraft was at 500 ft, with an average of 1,500 ft. At the busiest point in the suburb about 28 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 Moonee Ponds?
The dominant planning zone in Moonee Ponds is Residential 1 Zone (R1Z), though the suburb also includes Activity Centre Zone (ACZ1) and Public Park and Recreation Zone (PPRZ).
Does Moonee Ponds have heritage-listed places?
Moonee Ponds has 168 heritage-listed places on record.
What is the typical lot size in Moonee Ponds?
Across 11,565 surveyed parcels in Moonee Ponds, the median lot size is about 607 m². There are also 661 registered easements mapped in the suburb.
Does Moonee Ponds have a train station?
Yes - Moonee Ponds has 1 train station: Moonee Ponds Station. It is also served by 67 bus stops and 19 tram stops.
What is the population of Moonee Ponds?
At the 2021 Census Moonee Ponds had 16,224 usual residents, with a median age of 38 and an average household size of 2.2 people. The wider Moonee Ponds statistical area, which contains Moonee Ponds, went from 12,608 people in 2001 to 17,965 in 2025, up 42%.
Is Moonee Ponds an advantaged suburb?
On the ABS SEIFA 2021 index of relative socio-economic advantage and disadvantage (IRSAD), Moonee Ponds scores 1097 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 Moonee Ponds?
Median household income in Moonee Ponds was $2,111 a week at the 2021 Census, against $2,043 for the typical suburb in Moonee Valley. Median rent was $400 a week and the median mortgage repayment $2,167 a month.
Compare nearby suburbs
| Nearby suburb | Distance | Flood mapped | Bushfire-prone |
|---|---|---|---|
| Ascot Vale | 1.6 km | 22% | 0% |
| Essendon | 2.0 km | 4% | 0% |
| Aberfeldie | 2.1 km | 15% | 0% |
| Brunswick West Merri-Bek |
2.1 km | 9% | 0% |
| Travancore | 2.3 km | 5% | 0% |
| Flemington | 2.5 km | 41% | 0% |
| Pascoe Vale South Merri-Bek |
3.1 km | 8% | 0% |
| Maribyrnong Maribyrnong |
3.2 km | 24% | 0% |
| Kensington Melbourne |
3.3 km | 27% | 0% |
| Essendon North | 3.3 km | <1% | 0% |