Scarsdale flood map & planning overlays
Scarsdale tops Golden Plains on heritage, 52 places.
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A planning-constraint profile of Scarsdale
(Golden Plains, VIC) - 66.44 km², mapped from live council and
state overlay data. This suburb is highly constrained.
Profile updated 24 October 2026.
Constraint readout
66.44 km² - this suburb is highly constrained by planning overlays.
Elevation hillshade with street names, clipped to Scarsdale'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 Scarsdale
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.
Scarsdale at a glance
How Scarsdale is zoned
Selling in Scarsdale? The zoning and planning overlays on this page are the controls a Section 32 vendor statement discloses.
Across its 66.44 km², Scarsdale is highly constrained by planning overlays. About 3% of the suburb sits within a mapped flood overlay, and 100% is flagged bushfire-prone. There are 52 heritage-listed sites on record, and the dominant land-use zone is Public Conservation and Resource Zone (PCRZ). The median lot measures about 19,732 m² across 718 parcels.
Who lives in Scarsdale
Census 2021 figures published by the ABS for the Scarsdale 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 939, and decile 2 within Victoria. The national average is 1000.
Age profile
Share of Scarsdale's 855 residents in each ABS age band.
Population trend, 2001 to 2025
Estimated resident population of Golden Plains - North, the wider ABS statistical area containing Scarsdale. There is no annual population series published at suburb level, so this describes the surrounding area rather than Scarsdale itself.
3,875 in 2001 to 5,021 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.
Scarsdale 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 Scarsdale address
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See what's in the $9 report →Aircraft have been seen below 3,000 ft over about 10% of Scarsdale. 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 Scarsdale lot.
Scarsdale planning - frequently asked
Is Scarsdale flood-prone?
About 3% of Scarsdale falls within a mapped flood overlay, against the council-wide suburb average of 6%.
Is Scarsdale bushfire-prone?
Around 100% of Scarsdale is mapped as bushfire-prone, compared with a Golden Plains average of 100%.
Is Scarsdale under a flight path?
Aircraft were observed below 3,000 ft over about 10% of Scarsdale, and over about 57% 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 2,000 ft, with an average of 5,000 ft. At the busiest point in the suburb about 5 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 Scarsdale?
The dominant planning zone in Scarsdale is Public Conservation and Resource Zone (PCRZ), though the suburb also includes Farming Zone (FZ) and Rural Living Zone (RLZ1).
Does Scarsdale have heritage-listed places?
Scarsdale has 52 heritage-listed places on record.
What is the typical lot size in Scarsdale?
Across 718 surveyed parcels in Scarsdale, the median lot size is about 19,732 m². There are also 29 registered easements mapped in the suburb.
Does Scarsdale have a train station?
There is no train station inside Scarsdale itself. The suburb is served by 2 bus stops.
What is the population of Scarsdale?
At the 2021 Census Scarsdale had 855 usual residents, with a median age of 39 and an average household size of 2.8 people. The wider Golden Plains - North statistical area, which contains Scarsdale, went from 3,875 people in 2001 to 5,021 in 2025, up 30%.
Is Scarsdale an advantaged suburb?
On the ABS SEIFA 2021 index of relative socio-economic advantage and disadvantage (IRSAD), Scarsdale scores 939 and sits in decile 3 of 10 nationally and decile 2 within Victoria (decile 1 is the most disadvantaged tenth, decile 10 the least).
What is the median household income in Scarsdale?
Median household income in Scarsdale was $1,548 a week at the 2021 Census, against $1,748 for the typical suburb in Golden Plains. Median rent was $240 a week and the median mortgage repayment $1,473 a month.
Compare nearby suburbs
| Nearby suburb | Distance | Flood mapped | Bushfire-prone |
|---|---|---|---|
| Newtown (Ballarat) | 2.5 km | 8% | 100% |
| Smythesdale | 3.7 km | 5% | 100% |
| Piggoreet | 5.5 km | 7% | 100% |
| Staffordshire Reef | 6.5 km | Not mapped | 100% |
| Hillcrest Pyrenees |
7.1 km | Not mapped | 100% |
| Happy Valley (Ballarat) | 7.9 km | 2% | 100% |
| Springdallah | 8.5 km | 6% | 100% |
| Linton | 9.0 km | <1% | 100% |
| Nintingbool | 9.2 km | 0% | 100% |
| Ross Creek | 9.3 km | <1% | 100% |