Ringwood North flood map & planning overlays

The schematic on this page is a Ringwood North flood map: the mapped flood overlays drawn over the suburb's terrain and street grid, covering about 1% of the suburb. Flood lines vary block to block, so for a specific property use the free interactive map - search any Ringwood North address and it shows the flood, zoning and bushfire mapping on the exact lot boundary.

About 1% of Ringwood North falls within a mapped flood overlay, against the council-wide suburb average of 2%. Flood overlays vary block to block, so whether a particular lot is affected needs a property-level check.

Around 27% of Ringwood North is mapped as bushfire-prone, compared with a Maroondah average of 19%. A bushfire-prone designation can trigger additional building requirements, so check the specific address.

The dominant planning zone in Ringwood North is General Residential Zone (GRZ1), though the suburb also includes Neighbourhood Residential Zone (NRZ2) and Low Density Residential Zone (LDRZ). Zoning sets what you can build and do on a site, and can differ lot by lot.

Ringwood North has 12 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 4,171 surveyed parcels in Ringwood North, the median lot size is about 780 m². There are also 2,141 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.

There is no train station inside Ringwood North itself. The suburb is served by 62 bus stops.

At the 2021 Census Ringwood North had 9,964 usual residents, with a median age of 43 and an average household size of 2.8 people. The wider Ringwood North statistical area, which contains Ringwood North, went from 9,519 people in 2001 to 9,839 in 2025, up 3%. ABS publishes no annual population series for individual suburbs, so that trend describes the surrounding area rather than Ringwood North alone.

On the ABS SEIFA 2021 index of relative socio-economic advantage and disadvantage (IRSAD), Ringwood North scores 1086 and sits in decile 10 of 10 nationally and decile 10 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 Ringwood North was $2,335 a week at the 2021 Census, against $2,140 for the typical suburb in Maroondah. Median rent was $436 a week and the median mortgage repayment $2,200 a month. These are 2021 Census figures and have not been indexed to today.

A Ringwood North 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.