Ocean Grove flood map & planning overlays
Ocean Grove is home to 17,714 residents, 3rd in Greater Geelong.
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A planning-constraint profile of Ocean Grove
(Greater Geelong, VIC) - 18.55 km², mapped from live council and
state overlay data. This suburb is highly constrained.
Profile updated 24 October 2026.
Constraint readout
18.55 km² - this suburb is highly constrained by planning overlays.
Elevation hillshade with street names, clipped to Ocean Grove'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 Ocean Grove
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: not established - night is sampled as often as day, but too few night flights have been seen here to conclude either way.
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.
Ocean Grove at a glance
How Ocean Grove is zoned
Selling in Ocean Grove? The zoning and planning overlays on this page are the controls a Section 32 vendor statement discloses.
Across its 18.55 km², Ocean Grove is highly constrained by planning overlays. About 19% of the suburb sits within a mapped flood overlay, and 49% is flagged bushfire-prone. There are 17 heritage-listed sites on record, and the dominant land-use zone is General Residential Zone (GRZ1). The median lot measures about 587 m² across 11,239 parcels.
Who lives in Ocean Grove
Census 2021 figures published by the ABS for the Ocean Grove 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 Ocean Grove's 17,714 residents in each ABS age band.
Population trend, 2001 to 2025
Estimated resident population of Ocean Grove, the wider ABS statistical area containing Ocean Grove. There is no annual population series published at suburb level, so this describes the surrounding area rather than Ocean Grove itself.
12,208 in 2001 to 20,792 in 2025, up 70%.
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.
Ocean Grove 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 Ocean Grove 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 71% of Ocean Grove. 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 Ocean Grove lot.
Ocean Grove planning - frequently asked
Is Ocean Grove flood-prone?
About 19% of Ocean Grove falls within a mapped flood overlay, against the council-wide suburb average of 18%.
Is Ocean Grove bushfire-prone?
Around 49% of Ocean Grove is mapped as bushfire-prone, compared with a Greater Geelong average of 50%.
Is Ocean Grove under a flight path?
Aircraft were observed below 3,000 ft over about 71% of Ocean Grove, and over about 83% 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 3,000 ft. At the busiest point in the suburb about 1 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 Ocean Grove?
The dominant planning zone in Ocean Grove is General Residential Zone (GRZ1), though the suburb also includes Public Conservation and Resource Zone (PCRZ) and Farming Zone (FZ).
Does Ocean Grove have heritage-listed places?
Ocean Grove has 17 heritage-listed places on record.
What is the typical lot size in Ocean Grove?
Across 11,239 surveyed parcels in Ocean Grove, the median lot size is about 587 m². There are also 5,297 registered easements mapped in the suburb.
Does Ocean Grove have a train station?
There is no train station inside Ocean Grove itself. The suburb is served by 56 bus stops.
What is the population of Ocean Grove?
At the 2021 Census Ocean Grove had 17,714 usual residents, with a median age of 43 and an average household size of 2.5 people. The wider Ocean Grove statistical area, which contains Ocean Grove, went from 12,208 people in 2001 to 20,792 in 2025, up 70%.
Is Ocean Grove an advantaged suburb?
On the ABS SEIFA 2021 index of relative socio-economic advantage and disadvantage (IRSAD), Ocean Grove 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 Ocean Grove?
Median household income in Ocean Grove was $1,837 a week at the 2021 Census, against $1,670 for the typical suburb in Greater Geelong. Median rent was $420 a week and the median mortgage repayment $2,000 a month.
Compare nearby suburbs
| Nearby suburb | Distance | Flood mapped | Bushfire-prone |
|---|---|---|---|
| Wallington | 3.9 km | 22% | 86% |
| Marcus Hill | 4.0 km | 9% | 100% |
| Barwon Heads | 4.0 km | 45% | 52% |
| Point Lonsdale | 6.0 km | 44% | 71% |
| Mannerim | 8.0 km | 4% | 100% |
| Connewarre | 8.4 km | 52% | 64% |
| Leopold | 8.7 km | 8% | 77% |
| Curlewis | 8.9 km | <1% | 93% |
| Drysdale | 10.9 km | 2% | 94% |
| Queenscliff Queenscliffe |
11.6 km | 45% | 51% |