Spotswood flood map & planning overlays
Spotswood is Hobsons Bay's runner-up on income ($2,460) and rent ($456).
Free map preview, then PDF reports from $9 - about the price of an iced latte on a public holiday.
A planning-constraint profile of Spotswood
(Hobsons Bay, VIC) - 3.03 km², mapped from live council and
state overlay data. This suburb is relatively unconstrained.
Profile updated 24 October 2026.
Constraint readout
3.03 km² - this suburb is relatively unconstrained by planning overlays.
Elevation hillshade with street names, clipped to Spotswood'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 Spotswood
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 4 a day
Night movements: observed, lowest 1,000 ft - night is sampled as often as day, but night traffic is light, so this is a floor and no rate can be put on it.
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.
Spotswood at a glance
How Spotswood is zoned
Selling in Spotswood? The zoning and planning overlays on this page are the controls a Section 32 vendor statement discloses.
Across its 3.03 km², Spotswood is relatively unconstrained by planning overlays. About 5% of the suburb sits within a mapped flood overlay. There are 63 heritage-listed sites on record, and the dominant land-use zone is Industrial 1 Zone (IN1Z). The median lot measures about 491 m² across 2,762 parcels.
Who lives in Spotswood
Census 2021 figures published by the ABS for the Spotswood 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 1095, and decile 10 within Victoria. The national average is 1000.
Age profile
Share of Spotswood's 2,820 residents in each ABS age band.
Population trend, 2001 to 2025
Estimated resident population of Newport, the wider ABS statistical area containing Spotswood. There is no annual population series published at suburb level, so this describes the surrounding area rather than Spotswood itself.
14,723 in 2001 to 20,328 in 2025, up 38%.
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.
Spotswood 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 Spotswood 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 100% of Spotswood. 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 Spotswood lot.
Spotswood planning - frequently asked
Is Spotswood flood-prone?
About 5% of Spotswood falls within a mapped flood overlay, against the council-wide suburb average of 12%.
Is Spotswood bushfire-prone?
Bushfire mapping covers Spotswood and little to none of it is mapped as bushfire-prone (the Hobsons Bay average is 4%).
Is Spotswood under a flight path?
Aircraft were observed below 3,000 ft over about 100% of Spotswood, in the period sampled (4 Sep 2026 to 24 Oct 2026). The lowest measured aircraft was at 500 ft, with an average of 2,500 ft. At the busiest point in the suburb about 48 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 Spotswood?
The dominant planning zone in Spotswood is Industrial 1 Zone (IN1Z), though the suburb also includes Neighbourhood Residential Zone (NRZ5) and Port Zone (PZ).
Does Spotswood have heritage-listed places?
Spotswood has 63 heritage-listed places on record.
What is the typical lot size in Spotswood?
Across 2,762 surveyed parcels in Spotswood, the median lot size is about 491 m². There are also 500 registered easements mapped in the suburb.
Does Spotswood have a train station?
Yes - Spotswood has 1 train station: Spotswood Station. It is also served by 15 bus stops.
What is the population of Spotswood?
At the 2021 Census Spotswood had 2,820 usual residents, with a median age of 37 and an average household size of 2.6 people. The wider Newport statistical area, which contains Spotswood, went from 14,723 people in 2001 to 20,328 in 2025, up 38%.
Is Spotswood an advantaged suburb?
On the ABS SEIFA 2021 index of relative socio-economic advantage and disadvantage (IRSAD), Spotswood scores 1095 and sits in decile 10 of 10 nationally and decile 10 within Victoria (decile 1 is the most disadvantaged tenth, decile 10 the least).
What is the median household income in Spotswood?
Median household income in Spotswood was $2,460 a week at the 2021 Census, against $2,155 for the typical suburb in Hobsons Bay. Median rent was $456 a week and the median mortgage repayment $2,300 a month.
Compare nearby suburbs
| Nearby suburb | Distance | Flood mapped | Bushfire-prone |
|---|---|---|---|
| Yarraville Maribyrnong |
1.3 km | 10% | 0% |
| South Kingsville | 1.4 km | <1% | 0% |
| Newport | 1.9 km | 2% | 0% |
| Kingsville Maribyrnong |
2.5 km | 5% | 0% |
| Seddon Maribyrnong |
2.6 km | 3% | 0% |
| Williamstown North | 3.1 km | 10% | 0% |
| Footscray Maribyrnong |
3.3 km | 18% | 0% |
| Port Melbourne Port Phillip |
3.3 km | 10% | 0% |
| West Footscray Maribyrnong |
3.3 km | 8% | 0% |
| Williamstown | 3.5 km | 9% | 0% |