Strathmore Heights flood map & planning overlays

The schematic on this page is a Strathmore Heights flood map: the mapped flood overlays drawn over the suburb's terrain and street grid, covering about 8% of the suburb. Flood lines vary block to block, so for a specific property use the free interactive map - search any Strathmore Heights address and it shows the flood, zoning and bushfire mapping on the exact lot boundary.

About 8% of Strathmore Heights falls within a mapped flood overlay, against the council-wide suburb average of 10%. Flood overlays vary block to block, so whether a particular lot is affected needs a property-level check.

Bushfire mapping covers Strathmore Heights and little to none of it is mapped as bushfire-prone (the Moonee Valley average is 2%). Always confirm for the exact lot, as mapping can change.

The dominant planning zone in Strathmore Heights is Residential 1 Zone (R1Z), though the suburb also includes Public Park and Recreation Zone (PPRZ) and Transport Zone (TRZ2). Zoning sets what you can build and do on a site, and can differ lot by lot.

Strathmore Heights has 1 heritage-listed place 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 537 surveyed parcels in Strathmore Heights, the median lot size is about 551 m². There are also 190 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 Strathmore Heights itself. The suburb is served by 8 bus stops.

At the 2021 Census Strathmore Heights had 1,047 usual residents, with a median age of 42 and an average household size of 2.8 people. The wider Strathmore statistical area, which contains Strathmore Heights, went from 8,838 people in 2001 to 10,536 in 2025, up 19%. ABS publishes no annual population series for individual suburbs, so that trend describes the surrounding area rather than Strathmore Heights alone.

On the ABS SEIFA 2021 index of relative socio-economic advantage and disadvantage (IRSAD), Strathmore Heights scores 1042 and sits in decile 9 of 10 nationally and decile 8 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 Strathmore Heights was $1,975 a week at the 2021 Census, against $2,043 for the typical suburb in Moonee Valley. Median rent was $448 a week and the median mortgage repayment $2,167 a month. These are 2021 Census figures and have not been indexed to today.

A Strathmore Heights 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.