Ripponlea flood map & planning overlays

The schematic on this page is a Ripponlea flood map: the mapped flood overlays drawn over the suburb's terrain and street grid, covering about 16% of the suburb. Flood lines vary block to block, so for a specific property use the free interactive map - search any Ripponlea address and it shows the flood, zoning and bushfire mapping on the exact lot boundary.

About 16% of Ripponlea falls within a mapped flood overlay, against the council-wide suburb average of 20%. Flood overlays vary block to block, so whether a particular lot is affected needs a property-level check.

Bushfire mapping covers Ripponlea and little to none of it is mapped as bushfire-prone. Always confirm for the exact lot, as mapping can change.

The dominant planning zone in Ripponlea is Neighbourhood Residential Zone (NRZ5), though the suburb also includes General Residential Zone (GRZ1) and Transport Zone (TRZ2). Zoning sets what you can build and do on a site, and can differ lot by lot.

Ripponlea has 16 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 1,164 surveyed parcels in Ripponlea, the median lot size is about 664 m². There are also 50 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 - Ripponlea has 1 train station: Ripponlea Station. It is also served by 8 bus stops and 4 tram stops.

At the 2021 Census Ripponlea had 1,532 usual residents, with a median age of 34 and an average household size of 2.2 people. The wider St Kilda East statistical area, which contains Ripponlea, went from 15,095 people in 2001 to 17,380 in 2025, up 15%. ABS publishes no annual population series for individual suburbs, so that trend describes the surrounding area rather than Ripponlea alone.

On the ABS SEIFA 2021 index of relative socio-economic advantage and disadvantage (IRSAD), Ripponlea scores 1102 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 Ripponlea was $2,023 a week at the 2021 Census, against $2,096 for the typical suburb in Port Phillip. Median rent was $391 a week and the median mortgage repayment $2,085 a month. These are 2021 Census figures and have not been indexed to today.

A Ripponlea 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.