Toolern Vale flood map & planning overlays
Toolern Vale's median local is 44, the oldest in Melton, with 51 heritage places.
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A planning-constraint profile of Toolern Vale
(Melton, VIC) - 96.35 km², mapped from live council and
state overlay data. This suburb is highly constrained.
Profile updated 24 October 2026.
Constraint readout
96.35 km² - this suburb is highly constrained by planning overlays.
Elevation hillshade with street names, clipped to Toolern Vale'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 Toolern Vale
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 3 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.
Toolern Vale at a glance
How Toolern Vale is zoned
Selling in Toolern Vale? The zoning and planning overlays on this page are the controls a Section 32 vendor statement discloses.
Across its 96.35 km², Toolern Vale is highly constrained by planning overlays. Flood mapping covers the suburb and none of it falls within a mapped flood overlay, and 100% is flagged bushfire-prone. There are 51 heritage-listed sites on record, and the dominant land-use zone is Green Wedge Zone (GWZ). The median lot measures about 52,328 m² across 499 parcels.
Who lives in Toolern Vale
Census 2021 figures published by the ABS for the Toolern Vale 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 998, and decile 5 within Victoria. The national average is 1000.
Age profile
Share of Toolern Vale's 818 residents in each ABS age band.
Population trend, 2001 to 2025
Estimated resident population of Kurunjang - Toolern Vale, the wider ABS statistical area containing Toolern Vale. There is no annual population series published at suburb level, so this describes the surrounding area rather than Toolern Vale itself.
6,108 in 2001 to 12,082 in 2025, up 98%.
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.
Toolern Vale 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 Toolern Vale address
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See what's in the $9 report →Aircraft have been seen below 3,000 ft over about 50% of Toolern Vale. 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 Toolern Vale lot.
Toolern Vale planning - frequently asked
Is Toolern Vale flood-prone?
Flood mapping covers Toolern Vale and less than 1% of the suburb falls within a mapped flood overlay (the council-wide suburb average is 4%).
Is Toolern Vale bushfire-prone?
Around 100% of Toolern Vale is mapped as bushfire-prone, compared with a Melton average of 60%.
Is Toolern Vale under a flight path?
Aircraft were observed below 3,000 ft over about 50% of Toolern Vale, and over about 86% 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 6,000 ft. At the busiest point in the suburb about 91 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 Toolern Vale?
The dominant planning zone in Toolern Vale is Green Wedge Zone (GWZ), though the suburb also includes Rural Conservation Zone (RCZ) and Public Conservation and Resource Zone (PCRZ).
Does Toolern Vale have heritage-listed places?
Toolern Vale has 51 heritage-listed places on record.
What is the typical lot size in Toolern Vale?
Across 499 surveyed parcels in Toolern Vale, the median lot size is about 52,328 m². There are also 293 registered easements mapped in the suburb.
What is the population of Toolern Vale?
At the 2021 Census Toolern Vale had 818 usual residents, with a median age of 44 and an average household size of 2.9 people. The wider Kurunjang - Toolern Vale statistical area, which contains Toolern Vale, went from 6,108 people in 2001 to 12,082 in 2025, up 98%.
Is Toolern Vale an advantaged suburb?
On the ABS SEIFA 2021 index of relative socio-economic advantage and disadvantage (IRSAD), Toolern Vale scores 998 and sits in decile 6 of 10 nationally and decile 5 within Victoria (decile 1 is the most disadvantaged tenth, decile 10 the least).
What is the median household income in Toolern Vale?
Median household income in Toolern Vale was $1,908 a week at the 2021 Census, against $1,841 for the typical suburb in Melton. Median rent was $385 a week and the median mortgage repayment $2,167 a month.
Compare nearby suburbs
| Nearby suburb | Distance | Flood mapped | Bushfire-prone |
|---|---|---|---|
| Gisborne South Macedon Ranges |
6.5 km | Not mapped | 100% |
| Harkness | 7.1 km | <1% | 77% |
| Kurunjang | 7.1 km | 4% | 36% |
| Coimadai Moorabool |
8.2 km | 5% | 99% |
| Diggers Rest | 8.8 km | <1% | 96% |
| Melton | 9.2 km | 6% | 63% |
| Long Forest Moorabool |
9.4 km | 5% | 100% |
| Melton West | 9.7 km | 3% | 53% |
| Gisborne Macedon Ranges |
10.3 km | 3% | 92% |
| Merrimu Moorabool |
11.7 km | 5% | 100% |