Sherbrooke flood map & planning overlays

The schematic on this page is a Sherbrooke 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 Sherbrooke address and it shows the flood, zoning and bushfire mapping on the exact lot boundary.

About 1% of Sherbrooke falls within a mapped flood overlay, against the council-wide suburb average of 5%. Flood overlays vary block to block, so whether a particular lot is affected needs a property-level check.

Around 100% of Sherbrooke is mapped as bushfire-prone, compared with a Yarra Ranges average of 97%. A bushfire-prone designation can trigger additional building requirements, so check the specific address.

The dominant planning zone in Sherbrooke is Public Conservation and Resource Zone (PCRZ), though the suburb also includes Green Wedge A Zone (GWAZ1) and Public Park and Recreation Zone (PPRZ). Zoning sets what you can build and do on a site, and can differ lot by lot.

Sherbrooke has 17 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 160 surveyed parcels in Sherbrooke, the median lot size is about 3,409 m². There are also 103 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 Sherbrooke itself. The suburb is served by 9 bus stops.

At the 2021 Census Sherbrooke had 294 usual residents, with a median age of 47 and an average household size of 2.7 people. The wider Mount Dandenong - Olinda statistical area, which contains Sherbrooke, went from 9,787 people in 2001 to 9,587 in 2025, down 2%. ABS publishes no annual population series for individual suburbs, so that trend describes the surrounding area rather than Sherbrooke alone.

On the ABS SEIFA 2021 index of relative socio-economic advantage and disadvantage (IRSAD), Sherbrooke scores 1101 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 Sherbrooke was $2,408 a week at the 2021 Census, against $1,999 for the typical suburb in Yarra Ranges. Median rent was $355 a week and the median mortgage repayment $2,500 a month. These are 2021 Census figures and have not been indexed to today.

A Sherbrooke 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.