Officer flood map & planning overlays

The schematic on this page is a Officer flood map: the mapped flood overlays drawn over the suburb's terrain and street grid, covering about 10% of the suburb. Flood lines vary block to block, so for a specific property use the free interactive map - search any Officer address and it shows the flood, zoning and bushfire mapping on the exact lot boundary.

About 10% of Officer falls within a mapped flood overlay, against the council-wide suburb average of 42%. Flood overlays vary block to block, so whether a particular lot is affected needs a property-level check.

Around 70% of Officer is mapped as bushfire-prone, compared with a Cardinia average of 98%. A bushfire-prone designation can trigger additional building requirements, so check the specific address.

The dominant planning zone in Officer is Urban Growth Zone (UGZ3), though the suburb also includes Rural Conservation Zone (RCZ2) and Urban Growth Zone (UGZ1). Zoning sets what you can build and do on a site, and can differ lot by lot.

Officer has 18 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 13,009 surveyed parcels in Officer, the median lot size is about 396 m². There are also 3,762 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.

Yes - Officer has 1 train station: Officer Station. It is also served by 36 bus stops.

At the 2021 Census Officer had 18,503 usual residents, with a median age of 31 and an average household size of 2.9 people. The wider Beaconsfield - Officer statistical area, which contains Officer, went from 3,666 people in 2001 to 29,524 in 2025, up 705%. ABS publishes no annual population series for individual suburbs, so that trend describes the surrounding area rather than Officer alone.

On the ABS SEIFA 2021 index of relative socio-economic advantage and disadvantage (IRSAD), Officer scores 1034 and sits in decile 8 of 10 nationally and decile 8 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 Officer was $2,125 a week at the 2021 Census, against $1,976 for the typical suburb in Cardinia. Median rent was $396 a week and the median mortgage repayment $2,000 a month. These are 2021 Census figures and have not been indexed to today.

An Officer 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.