Templestowe Lower flood map & planning overlays

The schematic on this page is a Templestowe Lower flood map: the mapped flood overlays drawn over the suburb's terrain and street grid, covering about 11% of the suburb. Flood lines vary block to block, so for a specific property use the free interactive map - search any Templestowe Lower address and it shows the flood, zoning and bushfire mapping on the exact lot boundary.

About 11% of Templestowe Lower 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 11% of Templestowe Lower 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 Lower is General Residential Zone (GRZ1), 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.

Templestowe Lower has 17 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 6,599 surveyed parcels in Templestowe Lower, the median lot size is about 656 m². There are also 2,735 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 Lower itself. The suburb is served by 64 bus stops.

At the 2021 Census Templestowe Lower had 14,098 usual residents, with a median age of 45 and an average household size of 2.7 people. The wider Templestowe Lower statistical area, which contains Templestowe Lower, went from 13,634 people in 2001 to 14,695 in 2025, up 8%. ABS publishes no annual population series for individual suburbs, so that trend describes the surrounding area rather than Templestowe Lower alone.

On the ABS SEIFA 2021 index of relative socio-economic advantage and disadvantage (IRSAD), Templestowe Lower scores 1071 and sits in decile 9 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 Lower was $1,920 a week at the 2021 Census, against $2,131 for the typical suburb in Manningham. Median rent was $475 a week and the median mortgage repayment $2,500 a month. These are 2021 Census figures and have not been indexed to today.

A Templestowe Lower 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.