Templestowe flood map & planning overlays

The schematic on this page is a Templestowe flood map: the mapped flood overlays drawn over the suburb's terrain and street grid, covering about 10% of the suburb. Flood lines vary block to block, so for a specific property use the free interactive map - search any Templestowe address and it shows the flood, zoning and bushfire mapping on the exact lot boundary.

About 10% of Templestowe 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.

Around 46% of Templestowe is mapped as bushfire-prone, compared with a Manningham average of 56%. A bushfire-prone designation can trigger additional building requirements, so check the specific address.

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). Zoning sets what you can build and do on a site, and can differ lot by lot.

Templestowe has 38 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 7,627 surveyed parcels in Templestowe, the median lot size is about 785 m². There are also 4,768 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 Templestowe itself. The suburb is served by 110 bus stops.

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%. ABS publishes no annual population series for individual suburbs, so that trend describes the surrounding area rather than Templestowe alone.

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 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 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. These are 2021 Census figures and have not been indexed to today.

A Templestowe 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.