Templestowe flood map & planning overlays
Templestowe is Manningham's oldest (46) under its busiest sky.
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A planning-constraint profile of Templestowe
(Manningham, VIC) - 16.22 km², mapped from live council and
state overlay data. This suburb is highly constrained.
Profile updated 24 October 2026.
Constraint readout
16.22 km² - this suburb is highly constrained by planning overlays.
Elevation hillshade with street names, clipped to Templestowe'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 Templestowe
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: observed, lowest 2,000 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.
Templestowe at a glance
How Templestowe is zoned
Selling in Templestowe? The zoning and planning overlays on this page are the controls a Section 32 vendor statement discloses.
Across its 16.22 km², Templestowe is highly constrained by planning overlays. About 10% of the suburb sits within a mapped flood overlay, and 46% is flagged bushfire-prone. There are 38 heritage-listed sites on record, and the dominant land-use zone is Low Density Residential Zone (LDRZ). The median lot measures about 785 m² across 7,629 parcels.
Who lives in Templestowe
Census 2021 figures published by the ABS for the Templestowe 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 1094, and decile 10 within Victoria. The national average is 1000.
Age profile
Share of Templestowe's 16,966 residents in each ABS age band.
Population trend, 2001 to 2025
Estimated resident population of Templestowe, the wider ABS statistical area containing Templestowe. There is no annual population series published at suburb level, so this describes the surrounding area rather than Templestowe itself.
17,182 in 2001 to 17,442 in 2025, up 2%.
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.
Templestowe 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 Templestowe 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 92% of Templestowe. 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 Templestowe lot.
Templestowe planning - frequently asked
Is Templestowe flood-prone?
About 10% of Templestowe falls within a mapped flood overlay, against the council-wide suburb average of 10%.
Is Templestowe bushfire-prone?
Around 46% of Templestowe is mapped as bushfire-prone, compared with a Manningham average of 56%.
Is Templestowe under a flight path?
Aircraft were observed below 3,000 ft over about 92% of Templestowe, and over about 100% 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 500 ft, with an average of 4,500 ft. At the busiest point in the suburb about 28 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 Templestowe?
The dominant planning zone in Templestowe is Low Density Residential Zone (LDRZ), though the suburb also includes General Residential Zone (GRZ3) and Public Conservation and Resource Zone (PCRZ).
Does Templestowe have heritage-listed places?
Templestowe has 38 heritage-listed places on record.
What is the typical lot size in Templestowe?
Across 7,629 surveyed parcels in Templestowe, the median lot size is about 785 m². There are also 4,768 registered easements mapped in the suburb.
Does Templestowe have a train station?
There is no train station inside Templestowe itself. The suburb is served by 110 bus stops.
What is the population of Templestowe?
At the 2021 Census Templestowe had 16,966 usual residents, with a median age of 46 and an average household size of 2.8 people. The wider Templestowe statistical area, which contains Templestowe, went from 17,182 people in 2001 to 17,442 in 2025, up 2%.
Is Templestowe an advantaged suburb?
On the ABS SEIFA 2021 index of relative socio-economic advantage and disadvantage (IRSAD), Templestowe scores 1094 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 Templestowe?
Median household income in Templestowe was $2,163 a week at the 2021 Census, against $2,131 for the typical suburb in Manningham. Median rent was $513 a week and the median mortgage repayment $2,700 a month.
Compare nearby suburbs
| Nearby suburb | Distance | Flood mapped | Bushfire-prone |
|---|---|---|---|
| Doncaster East | 2.6 km | 4% | 7% |
| Templestowe Lower | 2.8 km | 11% | 11% |
| Lower Plenty Banyule |
2.9 km | 25% | 42% |
| Doncaster | 3.5 km | 3% | 0% |
| Montmorency Banyule |
4.4 km | 7% | 1% |
| Eltham Nillumbik |
4.7 km | 12% | 68% |
| Donvale | 4.9 km | 5% | 75% |
| Viewbank Banyule |
4.9 km | 24% | 44% |
| Bulleen | 5.1 km | 36% | 20% |
| Blackburn North Whitehorse |
5.5 km | Not mapped | 0% |