North Warrandyte flood map & planning overlays

The schematic on this page is a North Warrandyte flood map: the mapped flood overlays drawn over the suburb's terrain and street grid, covering about 12% of the suburb. Flood lines vary block to block, so for a specific property use the free interactive map - search any North Warrandyte address and it shows the flood, zoning and bushfire mapping on the exact lot boundary.

About 12% of North Warrandyte falls within a mapped flood overlay, against the council-wide suburb average of 3%. Flood overlays vary block to block, so whether a particular lot is affected needs a property-level check.

Around 100% of North Warrandyte is mapped as bushfire-prone, compared with a Nillumbik average of 98%. A bushfire-prone designation can trigger additional building requirements, so check the specific address.

The dominant planning zone in North Warrandyte is Low Density Residential Zone (LDRZ), though the suburb also includes Rural Conservation Zone (RCZ3) and Public Conservation and Resource Zone (PCRZ). Zoning sets what you can build and do on a site, and can differ lot by lot.

North Warrandyte has 29 heritage-listed places on record. Heritage listing affects what you can alter or demolish, so confirm whether a specific property is listed or near a heritage place.

Across 1,198 surveyed parcels in North Warrandyte, the median lot size is about 4,047 m². There are also 753 registered easements mapped in the suburb - an easement can restrict where you can build, so always check the title and overlays for the specific lot.

There is no train station inside North Warrandyte itself. The suburb is served by 31 bus stops.

At the 2021 Census North Warrandyte had 3,027 usual residents, with a median age of 42 and an average household size of 3.0 people. The wider Research - North Warrandyte statistical area, which contains North Warrandyte, went from 6,956 people in 2001 to 7,039 in 2025, up 1%. ABS publishes no annual population series for individual suburbs, so that trend describes the surrounding area rather than North Warrandyte alone.

On the ABS SEIFA 2021 index of relative socio-economic advantage and disadvantage (IRSAD), North Warrandyte scores 1119 and sits in decile 10 of 10 nationally and decile 10 within Victoria - decile 1 being the most disadvantaged tenth of Australian suburbs and decile 10 the least. The national average score is 1000. SEIFA summarises income, education, occupation and housing across the whole suburb, so it describes the area, not any particular household in it.

Median household income in North Warrandyte was $2,766 a week at the 2021 Census, against $2,391 for the typical suburb in Nillumbik. Median rent was $526 a week and the median mortgage repayment $2,400 a month. These are 2021 Census figures and have not been indexed to today.

A North Warrandyte planning report pulls every overlay - zoning, flood, bushfire, heritage, environmental and noise - that touches a single lot, on live council and state data. The interactive map preview is free; the full PDF report is $9.