Tarneit flood map & planning overlays

The schematic on this page is a Tarneit flood map: the mapped flood overlays drawn over the suburb's terrain and street grid, covering about 6% of the suburb. Flood lines vary block to block, so for a specific property use the free interactive map - search any Tarneit address and it shows the flood, zoning and bushfire mapping on the exact lot boundary.

About 6% of Tarneit falls within a mapped flood overlay, against the council-wide suburb average of 8%. Flood overlays vary block to block, so whether a particular lot is affected needs a property-level check.

Around 37% of Tarneit is mapped as bushfire-prone, compared with a Wyndham average of 42%. A bushfire-prone designation can trigger additional building requirements, so check the specific address.

The dominant planning zone in Tarneit is Urban Growth Zone (UGZ13), though the suburb also includes Urban Growth Zone (UGZ11) and General Residential Zone (GRZ1). Zoning sets what you can build and do on a site, and can differ lot by lot.

Tarneit has 18 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 34,076 surveyed parcels in Tarneit, the median lot size is about 400 m². There are also 9,589 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.

Yes - Tarneit has 1 train station: Tarneit Station. It is also served by 152 bus stops.

At the 2021 Census Tarneit had 56,370 usual residents, with a median age of 30 and an average household size of 3.4 people. The wider Tarneit - North statistical area, which contains Tarneit, went from 49 people in 2001 to 15,880 in 2025, up 32308%. ABS publishes no annual population series for individual suburbs, so that trend describes the surrounding area rather than Tarneit alone.

On the ABS SEIFA 2021 index of relative socio-economic advantage and disadvantage (IRSAD), Tarneit scores 1010 and sits in decile 7 of 10 nationally and decile 6 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 Tarneit was $2,103 a week at the 2021 Census, against $1,766 for the typical suburb in Wyndham. Median rent was $380 a week and the median mortgage repayment $1,950 a month. These are 2021 Census figures and have not been indexed to today.

A Tarneit 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.