Officer flood map & planning overlays
Officer is Cardinia's 2nd-biggest suburb, 18,503 people, and joint youngest at 31.
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A planning-constraint profile of Officer
(Cardinia, VIC) - 27.95 km², mapped from live council and
state overlay data. This suburb is highly constrained.
Profile updated 24 October 2026.
Constraint readout
27.95 km² - this suburb is highly constrained by planning overlays.
Elevation hillshade with street names, clipped to Officer'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 Officer
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: observed, lowest 1,000 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.
Officer at a glance
How Officer is zoned
Selling in Officer? The zoning and planning overlays on this page are the controls a Section 32 vendor statement discloses.
Across its 27.95 km², Officer is highly constrained by planning overlays. About 10% of the suburb sits within a mapped flood overlay, and 70% is flagged bushfire-prone. There are 17 heritage-listed sites on record, and the dominant land-use zone is Urban Growth Zone (UGZ3). The median lot measures about 396 m² across 13,007 parcels.
Who lives in Officer
Census 2021 figures published by the ABS for the Officer 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 1034, and decile 8 within Victoria. The national average is 1000.
Age profile
Share of Officer's 18,503 residents in each ABS age band.
Population trend, 2001 to 2025
Estimated resident population of Beaconsfield - Officer, the wider ABS statistical area containing Officer. There is no annual population series published at suburb level, so this describes the surrounding area rather than Officer itself.
3,666 in 2001 to 29,524 in 2025, up 705%.
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.
Officer 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 Officer 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 91% of Officer. 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 Officer lot.
Officer planning - frequently asked
Is Officer flood-prone?
About 10% of Officer falls within a mapped flood overlay, against the council-wide suburb average of 48%.
Is Officer bushfire-prone?
Around 70% of Officer is mapped as bushfire-prone, compared with a Cardinia average of 97%.
Is Officer under a flight path?
Aircraft were observed below 3,000 ft over about 91% of Officer, and over about 98% 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 4 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 Officer?
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).
Does Officer have heritage-listed places?
Officer has 17 heritage-listed places on record.
What is the typical lot size in Officer?
Across 13,007 surveyed parcels in Officer, the median lot size is about 396 m². There are also 3,776 registered easements mapped in the suburb.
Does Officer have a train station?
Yes - Officer has 1 train station: Officer Station. It is also served by 36 bus stops.
What is the population of Officer?
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%.
Is Officer an advantaged suburb?
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 is the most disadvantaged tenth, decile 10 the least).
What is the median household income in Officer?
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.
Compare nearby suburbs
| Nearby suburb | Distance | Flood mapped | Bushfire-prone |
|---|---|---|---|
| Beaconsfield | 2.9 km | 11% | 76% |
| Guys Hill | 4.2 km | 9% | 100% |
| Beaconsfield Upper | 5.7 km | <1% | 100% |
| Berwick Casey |
6.0 km | 10% | 29% |
| Officer South | 6.2 km | 36% | 94% |
| Pakenham | 6.3 km | 23% | 69% |
| Clyde North Casey |
7.3 km | 25% | 39% |
| Harkaway Casey |
7.9 km | 2% | 100% |
| Pakenham Upper | 9.7 km | 3% | 100% |
| Dewhurst | 9.7 km | Not mapped | 100% |