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Truganina flood map & planning overlays

Truganina is Melton's most populous suburb, 36,305 people, with 52 heritage places.

A planning-constraint profile of Truganina (Melton, VIC) - 64.58 km², mapped from live council and state overlay data. This suburb is highly constrained.
Profile updated 24 October 2026.

Elevation hillshade with street names, clipped to Truganina'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.

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Aircraft noise and flight paths over Truganina

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

Under observed aircraft
99%
of the suburb, at or below 10,000 ft
Below 3,000 ft
82%
of the suburb's area
Lowest measured
500 ft
averaging 4,000 ft · ground movements recorded: on or beside an aerodrome
Busiest square
~61 a day
12 a day below 3,000 ft · ±9%
typical observed square 1 a day

Night movements: observed, lowest 500 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.

Truganina at a glance

Parcels 22,860 Median lot 399 m² Mapped easements 7,816 Bus stops 99

How Truganina is zoned

Urban Growth Zone (UGZ9) 18%
Urban Growth Zone (UGZ) 14%
Urban Growth Zone (UGZ10) 10%
Urban Growth Zone (UGZ2) 10%
Special Use Zone (SUZ1) 9%
General Residential Zone (GRZ1) 6%

Selling in Truganina? The zoning and planning overlays on this page are the controls a Section 32 vendor statement discloses.

Across its 64.58 km², Truganina is highly constrained by planning overlays. Flood mapping covers the suburb and none of it falls within a mapped flood overlay, and 56% is flagged bushfire-prone. There are 52 heritage-listed sites on record, and the dominant land-use zone is Urban Growth Zone (UGZ9). The median lot measures about 399 m² across 22,860 parcels.

Who lives in Truganina

Census 2021 figures published by the ABS for the Truganina suburb boundary itself, not a wider region.

Population
36,305
usual residents, 2021
Median age
30
years
Median household income
$2,126
per week, Melton suburb typical $1,841
Median rent
$390
per week, Melton suburb typical $387
Median mortgage
$2,000
per month
Household size
3.4
people, average

Socio-economic standing

ABS SEIFA 2021 ranks every Australian suburb. Decile 1 is the most disadvantaged tenth of the country, decile 10 the least.

Advantage and disadvantage (IRSAD) Decile 7
most disadvantagedleast disadvantaged

Score 1020, and decile 7 within Victoria. The national average is 1000.

Relative disadvantage (IRSD) Decile 6
most disadvantagedleast disadvantaged

Age profile

Share of Truganina's 36,305 residents in each ABS age band.

0-4 11.7%
5-14 17.4%
15-19 4.2%
20-24 6.3%
25-34 22.2%
35-44 23.0%
45-54 7.6%
55-64 4.1%
65-74 2.4%
75-84 0.9%
85+ 0.1%

Population trend, 2001 to 2025

Estimated resident population of Rockbank - Mount Cottrell, the wider ABS statistical area containing Truganina. There is no annual population series published at suburb level, so this describes the surrounding area rather than Truganina itself.

1,760 in 2001 to 35,856 in 2025, up 1937%.

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.

Truganina data sources and coverage

“Not mapped” means we hold no source layer for this suburb - never an all-clear.

DatasetCoveragePublisher
Flood mappingMappedVicmap Planning and Victorian Government spatial services
Bushfire-prone mappingMappedVicmap Planning and Victorian Government spatial services
ZoningMappedVicmap Planning and Victorian Government spatial services
Heritage and environmentMapped where publishedVicmap Planning and Victorian Government spatial services
Aircraft noise contours (ANEF)Not heldVicmap Planning and Victorian Government spatial services, Defence
Observed flight pathsObservedadsb.lol, under the Open Database License
DemographicsAvailableAustralian 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 Truganina address

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Aircraft have been seen below 3,000 ft over about 82% of Truganina. 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 Truganina lot.

Truganina planning - frequently asked

Is Truganina flood-prone?

Flood mapping covers Truganina and less than 1% of the suburb falls within a mapped flood overlay (the council-wide suburb average is 4%).

Is Truganina bushfire-prone?

Around 56% of Truganina is mapped as bushfire-prone, compared with a Melton average of 60%.

Is Truganina under a flight path?

Aircraft were observed below 3,000 ft over about 82% of Truganina, and over about 99% 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 4,000 ft. At the busiest point in the suburb about 61 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 Truganina?

The dominant planning zone in Truganina is Urban Growth Zone (UGZ9), though the suburb also includes Urban Growth Zone (UGZ) and Urban Growth Zone (UGZ10).

Does Truganina have heritage-listed places?

Truganina has 52 heritage-listed places on record.

What is the typical lot size in Truganina?

Across 22,860 surveyed parcels in Truganina, the median lot size is about 399 m². There are also 7,816 registered easements mapped in the suburb.

Does Truganina have a train station?

There is no train station inside Truganina itself. The suburb is served by 99 bus stops.

What is the population of Truganina?

At the 2021 Census Truganina had 36,305 usual residents, with a median age of 30 and an average household size of 3.4 people. The wider Rockbank - Mount Cottrell statistical area, which contains Truganina, went from 1,760 people in 2001 to 35,856 in 2025, up 1937%.

Is Truganina an advantaged suburb?

On the ABS SEIFA 2021 index of relative socio-economic advantage and disadvantage (IRSAD), Truganina scores 1020 and sits in decile 7 of 10 nationally and decile 7 within Victoria (decile 1 is the most disadvantaged tenth, decile 10 the least).

What is the median household income in Truganina?

Median household income in Truganina was $2,126 a week at the 2021 Census, against $1,841 for the typical suburb in Melton. Median rent was $390 a week and the median mortgage repayment $2,000 a month.

Compare nearby suburbs

Nearby suburbDistanceFlood mappedBushfire-prone
Ravenhall 4.1 km <1% 58%
Derrimut
Brimbank
5.3 km 0% 17%
Tarneit
Wyndham
5.9 km 6% 37%
Deer Park
Brimbank
6.3 km 7% 0%
Burnside 6.7 km 6% 2%
Williams Landing
Wyndham
7.4 km 0% 25%
Hoppers Crossing
Wyndham
7.5 km 4% <1%
Laverton North
Wyndham
7.6 km <1% 14%
Deanside 7.7 km 5% 74%
Fieldstone 7.8 km Not mapped 100%

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