Parkdale flood map & planning overlays
Parkdale houses 12,308 people with 6 heritage places, 14.5% flood.
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A planning-constraint profile of Parkdale
(Kingston, VIC) - 3.56 km², mapped from live council and
state overlay data. This suburb is moderately constrained.
Profile updated 24 October 2026.
Constraint readout
3.56 km² - this suburb is moderately constrained by planning overlays.
Elevation hillshade with street names, clipped to Parkdale'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 Parkdale
The ANEF contour is a published planning forecast and observed overflight is what a sampled tracking feed recorded - neither describes any individual property.
Inside an aircraft noise contour
<1% of the suburb's land sits inside a published ANEF or airport-environs contour. Contours vary street by street, so whether a particular lot is inside one needs a property-level check.
Contours held
- Victorian Airport Environs Overlay
Observed overflight - sampled 4 Sep to 24 Oct 2026
typical observed square 7 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.
Parkdale at a glance
How Parkdale is zoned
Selling in Parkdale? The zoning and planning overlays on this page are the controls a Section 32 vendor statement discloses.
Across its 3.56 km², Parkdale is moderately constrained by planning overlays. About 14% of the suburb sits within a mapped flood overlay. There are 6 heritage-listed sites on record, and the dominant land-use zone is Neighbourhood Residential Zone (NRZ7). The median lot measures about 471 m² across 6,728 parcels.
Who lives in Parkdale
Census 2021 figures published by the ABS for the Parkdale 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 1090, and decile 10 within Victoria. The national average is 1000.
Age profile
Share of Parkdale's 12,308 residents in each ABS age band.
Population trend, 2001 to 2025
Estimated resident population of Mordialloc - Parkdale, the wider ABS statistical area containing Parkdale. There is no annual population series published at suburb level, so this describes the surrounding area rather than Parkdale itself.
16,326 in 2001 to 22,437 in 2025, up 37%.
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.
Parkdale 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) | Inside a held contour | 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 Parkdale 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 Parkdale. 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 Parkdale lot.
Parkdale planning - frequently asked
Is Parkdale flood-prone?
About 14% of Parkdale falls within a mapped flood overlay, against the council-wide suburb average of 19%.
Is Parkdale bushfire-prone?
Bushfire mapping covers Parkdale and little to none of it is mapped as bushfire-prone (the Kingston average is 6%).
Is Parkdale affected by aircraft noise?
About <1% of Parkdale sits inside a published aircraft noise contour. ANEF contours are forecasts published per airport and used to control noise-sensitive development; they are not a measurement at any one house, and a property can sit under a flight path and outside every contour.
Is Parkdale under a flight path?
Aircraft were observed below 3,000 ft over about 100% of Parkdale, 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 36 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 Parkdale?
The dominant planning zone in Parkdale is Neighbourhood Residential Zone (NRZ7), though the suburb also includes Neighbourhood Residential Zone (NRZ6) and General Residential Zone (GRZ5).
Does Parkdale have heritage-listed places?
Parkdale has 6 heritage-listed places on record.
What is the typical lot size in Parkdale?
Across 6,728 surveyed parcels in Parkdale, the median lot size is about 471 m². There are also 1,516 registered easements mapped in the suburb.
Does Parkdale have a train station?
Yes - Parkdale has 1 train station: Parkdale Station. It is also served by 38 bus stops.
What is the population of Parkdale?
At the 2021 Census Parkdale had 12,308 usual residents, with a median age of 43 and an average household size of 2.5 people. The wider Mordialloc - Parkdale statistical area, which contains Parkdale, went from 16,326 people in 2001 to 22,437 in 2025, up 37%.
Is Parkdale an advantaged suburb?
On the ABS SEIFA 2021 index of relative socio-economic advantage and disadvantage (IRSAD), Parkdale scores 1090 and sits in decile 10 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 Parkdale?
Median household income in Parkdale was $2,130 a week at the 2021 Census, against $1,932 for the typical suburb in Kingston. Median rent was $410 a week and the median mortgage repayment $2,366 a month.
Compare nearby suburbs
| Nearby suburb | Distance | Flood mapped | Bushfire-prone |
|---|---|---|---|
| Mordialloc | 1.6 km | 34% | 0% |
| Mentone | 2.0 km | 12% | 0% |
| Moorabbin Airport | 2.5 km | 1% | 0% |
| Aspendale | 3.8 km | 14% | <1% |
| Braeside | 3.9 km | 24% | 40% |
| Beaumaris Bayside |
3.9 km | 8% | 0% |
| Cheltenham | 4.1 km | 6% | 0% |
| Heatherton | 4.3 km | 9% | 0% |
| Dingley Village | 4.4 km | 7% | 1% |
| Waterways | 4.9 km | 54% | 3% |