Mornington flood map & planning overlays
Mornington is the Peninsula's biggest town, 25,759 people.
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A planning-constraint profile of Mornington
(Mornington Peninsula, VIC) - 21.33 km², mapped from live council and
state overlay data. This suburb is highly constrained.
Profile updated 24 October 2026.
Constraint readout
21.33 km² - this suburb is highly constrained by planning overlays.
Elevation hillshade with street names, clipped to Mornington'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 Mornington
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 0 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.
Mornington at a glance
How Mornington is zoned
Selling in Mornington? The zoning and planning overlays on this page are the controls a Section 32 vendor statement discloses.
Across its 21.33 km², Mornington is highly constrained by planning overlays. Flood mapping covers the suburb and none of it falls within a mapped flood overlay, and 30% is flagged bushfire-prone. There are 77 heritage-listed sites on record, and the dominant land-use zone is General Residential Zone (GRZ1). The median lot measures about 547 m² across 15,528 parcels.
Who lives in Mornington
Census 2021 figures published by the ABS for the Mornington 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 1012, and decile 6 within Victoria. The national average is 1000.
Age profile
Share of Mornington's 25,759 residents in each ABS age band.
Population trend, 2001 to 2025
Estimated resident population of Mornington - East, the wider ABS statistical area containing Mornington. There is no annual population series published at suburb level, so this describes the surrounding area rather than Mornington itself.
10,837 in 2001 to 15,082 in 2025, up 39%.
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.
Mornington 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 Mornington 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 86% of Mornington. 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 Mornington lot.
Mornington planning - frequently asked
Is Mornington flood-prone?
Flood mapping covers Mornington and less than 1% of the suburb falls within a mapped flood overlay (the council-wide suburb average is 4%).
Is Mornington bushfire-prone?
Around 30% of Mornington is mapped as bushfire-prone, compared with a Mornington Peninsula average of 86%.
Is Mornington under a flight path?
Aircraft were observed below 3,000 ft over about 86% of Mornington, and over about 98% 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 2,000 ft. At the busiest point in the suburb about 4 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 Mornington?
The dominant planning zone in Mornington is General Residential Zone (GRZ1), though the suburb also includes Green Wedge Zone (GWZ3) and Low Density Residential Zone (LDRZ).
Does Mornington have heritage-listed places?
Mornington has 77 heritage-listed places on record.
What is the typical lot size in Mornington?
Across 15,528 surveyed parcels in Mornington, the median lot size is about 547 m². There are also 6,258 registered easements mapped in the suburb.
Does Mornington have a train station?
There is no train station inside Mornington itself. The suburb is served by 125 bus stops.
What is the population of Mornington?
At the 2021 Census Mornington had 25,759 usual residents, with a median age of 50 and an average household size of 2.3 people. The wider Mornington - East statistical area, which contains Mornington, went from 10,837 people in 2001 to 15,082 in 2025, up 39%.
Is Mornington an advantaged suburb?
On the ABS SEIFA 2021 index of relative socio-economic advantage and disadvantage (IRSAD), Mornington scores 1012 and sits in decile 7 of 10 nationally and decile 6 within Victoria (decile 1 is the most disadvantaged tenth, decile 10 the least).
What is the median household income in Mornington?
Median household income in Mornington was $1,451 a week at the 2021 Census, against $1,906 for the typical suburb in Mornington Peninsula. Median rent was $400 a week and the median mortgage repayment $2,000 a month.
Compare nearby suburbs
| Nearby suburb | Distance | Flood mapped | Bushfire-prone |
|---|---|---|---|
| Mount Eliza | 4.8 km | <1% | 71% |
| Moorooduc | 5.2 km | Not mapped | 100% |
| Mount Martha | 5.7 km | <1% | 80% |
| Tuerong | 8.2 km | Not mapped | 100% |
| Frankston South Frankston |
8.5 km | <1% | 71% |
| Baxter | 8.9 km | Not mapped | 89% |
| Frankston Frankston |
11.1 km | 13% | 17% |
| Safety Beach | 11.1 km | <1% | 26% |
| Tyabb | 12.0 km | 3% | 94% |
| Langwarrin South Frankston |
12.3 km | Not mapped | 100% |