Reservoir flood map & planning overlays

The schematic on this page is a Reservoir flood map: the mapped flood overlays drawn over the suburb's terrain and street grid, covering about 6% of the suburb. Flood lines vary block to block, so for a specific property use the free interactive map - search any Reservoir address and it shows the flood, zoning and bushfire mapping on the exact lot boundary.

About 6% of Reservoir falls within a mapped flood overlay, against the council-wide suburb average of 11%. Flood overlays vary block to block, so whether a particular lot is affected needs a property-level check.

Bushfire mapping covers Reservoir and little to none of it is mapped as bushfire-prone (the Darebin average is 1%). Always confirm for the exact lot, as mapping can change.

The dominant planning zone in Reservoir is General Residential Zone (GRZ2), though the suburb also includes General Residential Zone (GRZ1) and Public Park and Recreation Zone (PPRZ). Zoning sets what you can build and do on a site, and can differ lot by lot.

Reservoir has 56 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 30,310 surveyed parcels in Reservoir, the median lot size is about 395 m². There are also 6,067 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 - Reservoir has 4 train stations: Keon Park Station, Regent Station, Reservoir Station, Ruthven Station. It is also served by 301 bus stops and 11 tram stops.

At the 2021 Census Reservoir had 51,096 usual residents, with a median age of 38 and an average household size of 2.4 people. The wider Reservoir - South West statistical area, which contains Reservoir, went from 12,153 people in 2001 to 15,350 in 2025, up 26%. ABS publishes no annual population series for individual suburbs, so that trend describes the surrounding area rather than Reservoir alone.

On the ABS SEIFA 2021 index of relative socio-economic advantage and disadvantage (IRSAD), Reservoir scores 988 and sits in decile 6 of 10 nationally and decile 5 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 Reservoir was $1,541 a week at the 2021 Census, against $1,844 for the typical suburb in Darebin. Median rent was $360 a week and the median mortgage repayment $1,986 a month. These are 2021 Census figures and have not been indexed to today.

A Reservoir 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.