Rye flood map & planning overlays
Rye runs 70 bus stops, 3rd on the Peninsula.
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A planning-constraint profile of Rye
(Mornington Peninsula, VIC) - 17.89 km², mapped from live council and
state overlay data. This suburb is highly constrained.
Profile updated 24 October 2026.
Constraint readout
17.89 km² - this suburb is highly constrained by planning overlays.
Elevation hillshade with street names, clipped to Rye'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 Rye
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 1 a day
Night movements: not established - night is sampled as often as day, but too few night flights have been seen here to conclude either way.
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.
Rye at a glance
How Rye is zoned
Selling in Rye? The zoning and planning overlays on this page are the controls a Section 32 vendor statement discloses.
Across its 17.89 km², Rye is highly constrained by planning overlays. Flood mapping covers the suburb and none of it falls within a mapped flood overlay, and 77% is flagged bushfire-prone. There are 26 heritage-listed sites on record, and the dominant land-use zone is General Residential Zone (GRZ1). The median lot measures about 822 m² across 10,135 parcels.
Who lives in Rye
Census 2021 figures published by the ABS for the Rye 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 994, and decile 5 within Victoria. The national average is 1000.
Age profile
Share of Rye's 9,438 residents in each ABS age band.
Population trend, 2001 to 2025
Estimated resident population of Point Nepean, the wider ABS statistical area containing Rye. There is no annual population series published at suburb level, so this describes the surrounding area rather than Rye itself.
15,820 in 2001 to 20,574 in 2025, up 30%.
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.
Rye 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 Rye 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 60% of Rye. 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 Rye lot.
Rye planning - frequently asked
Is Rye flood-prone?
Flood mapping covers Rye and less than 1% of the suburb falls within a mapped flood overlay (the council-wide suburb average is 4%).
Is Rye bushfire-prone?
Around 77% of Rye is mapped as bushfire-prone, compared with a Mornington Peninsula average of 86%.
Is Rye under a flight path?
Aircraft were observed below 3,000 ft over about 60% of Rye, and over about 88% 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 Rye?
The dominant planning zone in Rye is General Residential Zone (GRZ1), though the suburb also includes Green Wedge Zone (GWZ4) and Public Conservation and Resource Zone (PCRZ).
Does Rye have heritage-listed places?
Rye has 26 heritage-listed places on record.
What is the typical lot size in Rye?
Across 10,135 surveyed parcels in Rye, the median lot size is about 822 m². There are also 1,487 registered easements mapped in the suburb.
Does Rye have a train station?
There is no train station inside Rye itself. The suburb is served by 70 bus stops.
What is the population of Rye?
At the 2021 Census Rye had 9,438 usual residents, with a median age of 51 and an average household size of 2.2 people. The wider Point Nepean statistical area, which contains Rye, went from 15,820 people in 2001 to 20,574 in 2025, up 30%.
Is Rye an advantaged suburb?
On the ABS SEIFA 2021 index of relative socio-economic advantage and disadvantage (IRSAD), Rye scores 994 and sits in decile 6 of 10 nationally and decile 5 within Victoria (decile 1 is the most disadvantaged tenth, decile 10 the least).
What is the median household income in Rye?
Median household income in Rye was $1,334 a week at the 2021 Census, against $1,906 for the typical suburb in Mornington Peninsula. Median rent was $372 a week and the median mortgage repayment $1,800 a month.
Compare nearby suburbs
| Nearby suburb | Distance | Flood mapped | Bushfire-prone |
|---|---|---|---|
| Tootgarook | 3.5 km | <1% | 28% |
| Blairgowrie | 3.8 km | 1% | 100% |
| St Andrews Beach | 4.0 km | 3% | 100% |
| Fingal | 5.5 km | <1% | 95% |
| Capel Sound | 5.8 km | 12% | 39% |
| Sorrento | 7.9 km | 2% | 100% |
| Boneo | 8.2 km | 10% | 81% |
| Rosebud | 9.2 km | <1% | 59% |
| Mccrae | 11.2 km | <1% | 76% |
| Portsea | 11.4 km | 2% | 100% |