Oak Park flood map & planning overlays
Oak Park: 314 m² lots, $2,201 a week, 32 flights a day.
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A planning-constraint profile of Oak Park
(Merri-Bek, VIC) - 2.07 km², mapped from live council and
state overlay data. This suburb is moderately constrained.
Profile updated 24 October 2026.
Constraint readout
2.07 km² - this suburb is moderately constrained by planning overlays.
Elevation hillshade with street names, clipped to Oak Park'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 Oak Park
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 4 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.
Oak Park at a glance
How Oak Park is zoned
Selling in Oak Park? The zoning and planning overlays on this page are the controls a Section 32 vendor statement discloses.
Across its 2.07 km², Oak Park is moderately constrained by planning overlays. About 14% of the suburb sits within a mapped flood overlay. There are 13 heritage-listed sites on record, and the dominant land-use zone is Neighbourhood Residential Zone (NRZ1). The median lot measures about 314 m² across 3,931 parcels.
Who lives in Oak Park
Census 2021 figures published by the ABS for the Oak Park 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 1068, and decile 10 within Victoria. The national average is 1000.
Age profile
Share of Oak Park's 6,714 residents in each ABS age band.
Population trend, 2001 to 2025
Estimated resident population of Oak Park, the wider ABS statistical area containing Oak Park. There is no annual population series published at suburb level, so this describes the surrounding area rather than Oak Park itself.
6,163 in 2001 to 8,559 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.
Oak Park 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 Oak Park 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 Oak Park. 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 Oak Park lot.
Oak Park planning - frequently asked
Is Oak Park flood-prone?
About 14% of Oak Park falls within a mapped flood overlay, against the council-wide suburb average of 14%.
Is Oak Park bushfire-prone?
Bushfire mapping covers Oak Park and little to none of it is mapped as bushfire-prone.
Is Oak Park under a flight path?
Aircraft were observed below 3,000 ft over about 100% of Oak Park, in the period sampled (4 Sep 2026 to 24 Oct 2026). The lowest measured aircraft was at 500 ft, with an average of 1,000 ft. At the busiest point in the suburb about 34 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 Oak Park?
The dominant planning zone in Oak Park is Neighbourhood Residential Zone (NRZ1), though the suburb also includes General Residential Zone (GRZ1) and Public Park and Recreation Zone (PPRZ).
Does Oak Park have heritage-listed places?
Oak Park has 13 heritage-listed places on record.
What is the typical lot size in Oak Park?
Across 3,931 surveyed parcels in Oak Park, the median lot size is about 314 m². There are also 802 registered easements mapped in the suburb.
Does Oak Park have a train station?
Yes - Oak Park has 1 train station: Oak Park Station. It is also served by 19 bus stops.
What is the population of Oak Park?
At the 2021 Census Oak Park had 6,714 usual residents, with a median age of 36 and an average household size of 2.5 people. The wider Oak Park statistical area, which contains Oak Park, went from 6,163 people in 2001 to 8,559 in 2025, up 39%.
Is Oak Park an advantaged suburb?
On the ABS SEIFA 2021 index of relative socio-economic advantage and disadvantage (IRSAD), Oak Park scores 1068 and sits in decile 9 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 Oak Park?
Median household income in Oak Park was $2,201 a week at the 2021 Census, against $2,045 for the typical suburb in Merri-Bek. Median rent was $401 a week and the median mortgage repayment $2,167 a month.
Compare nearby suburbs
| Nearby suburb | Distance | Flood mapped | Bushfire-prone |
|---|---|---|---|
| Strathmore Moonee Valley |
1.3 km | 6% | 0% |
| Glenroy | 1.6 km | 10% | 0% |
| Pascoe Vale | 1.6 km | 17% | 0% |
| Essendon Fields Moonee Valley |
1.8 km | 0% | 0% |
| Strathmore Heights Moonee Valley |
1.8 km | 8% | 0% |
| Gowanbrae | 2.6 km | 11% | 0% |
| Hadfield | 2.7 km | 20% | 0% |
| Essendon North Moonee Valley |
2.8 km | <1% | 0% |
| Pascoe Vale South | 3.3 km | 8% | 0% |
| Jacana Hume |
3.5 km | 20% | 0% |