North Melbourne flood map & planning overlays
North Melbourne has 28 tram stops, 3rd in the City of Melbourne.
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A planning-constraint profile of North Melbourne
(Melbourne, VIC) - 2.37 km², mapped from live council and
state overlay data. This suburb is moderately constrained.
Profile updated 24 October 2026.
Constraint readout
2.37 km² - this suburb is moderately constrained by planning overlays.
Elevation hillshade with street names, clipped to North Melbourne'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 North Melbourne
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 2 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.
North Melbourne at a glance
How North Melbourne is zoned
Selling in North Melbourne? The zoning and planning overlays on this page are the controls a Section 32 vendor statement discloses.
Across its 2.37 km², North Melbourne is moderately constrained by planning overlays. About 29% of the suburb sits within a mapped flood overlay. There are 103 heritage-listed sites on record, and the dominant land-use zone is General Residential Zone (GRZ1). The median lot measures about 912 m² across 11,586 parcels.
Who lives in North Melbourne
Census 2021 figures published by the ABS for the North Melbourne 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 1054, and decile 9 within Victoria. The national average is 1000.
Age profile
Share of North Melbourne's 14,953 residents in each ABS age band.
Population trend, 2001 to 2025
Estimated resident population of North Melbourne, the wider ABS statistical area containing North Melbourne. There is no annual population series published at suburb level, so this describes the surrounding area rather than North Melbourne itself.
9,226 in 2001 to 19,286 in 2025, up 109%.
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.
North Melbourne 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 North Melbourne 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 North Melbourne. 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 North Melbourne lot.
North Melbourne planning - frequently asked
Is North Melbourne flood-prone?
About 29% of North Melbourne falls within a mapped flood overlay, against the council-wide suburb average of 22%.
Is North Melbourne bushfire-prone?
Bushfire mapping covers North Melbourne and little to none of it is mapped as bushfire-prone.
Is North Melbourne under a flight path?
Aircraft were observed below 3,000 ft over about 100% of North Melbourne, 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 7 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 North Melbourne?
The dominant planning zone in North Melbourne is General Residential Zone (GRZ1), though the suburb also includes Mixed Use Zone (MUZ) and Special Use Zone (SUZ7).
Does North Melbourne have heritage-listed places?
North Melbourne has 103 heritage-listed places on record.
What is the typical lot size in North Melbourne?
Across 11,586 surveyed parcels in North Melbourne, the median lot size is about 912 m². There are also 864 registered easements mapped in the suburb.
Does North Melbourne have a train station?
Yes - North Melbourne has 3 train stations: Arden Station, Flemington Bridge Station, Macaulay Station. It is also served by 23 bus stops and 28 tram stops.
What is the population of North Melbourne?
At the 2021 Census North Melbourne had 14,953 usual residents, with a median age of 31 and an average household size of 2.0 people. The wider North Melbourne statistical area, which contains North Melbourne, went from 9,226 people in 2001 to 19,286 in 2025, up 109%.
Is North Melbourne an advantaged suburb?
On the ABS SEIFA 2021 index of relative socio-economic advantage and disadvantage (IRSAD), North Melbourne scores 1054 and sits in decile 9 of 10 nationally and decile 9 within Victoria (decile 1 is the most disadvantaged tenth, decile 10 the least).
What is the median household income in North Melbourne?
Median household income in North Melbourne was $1,717 a week at the 2021 Census, against $1,926 for the typical suburb in Melbourne. Median rent was $381 a week and the median mortgage repayment $2,035 a month.
Compare nearby suburbs
| Nearby suburb | Distance | Flood mapped | Bushfire-prone |
|---|---|---|---|
| Parkville | 1.2 km | 3% | 0% |
| Kensington | 1.7 km | 27% | 0% |
| Travancore Moonee Valley |
1.8 km | 5% | 0% |
| Flemington Moonee Valley |
2.1 km | 41% | 0% |
| Carlton | 2.3 km | 5% | 0% |
| Carlton North | 2.4 km | 10% | 0% |
| Docklands | 2.4 km | 48% | 0% |
| West Melbourne | 2.6 km | 14% | 0% |
| Princes Hill Yarra |
2.6 km | 10% | 0% |
| Ascot Vale Moonee Valley |
2.6 km | 22% | 0% |