Tyabb flood map & planning overlays
Tyabb has the Peninsula's busiest sky, 78 flights a day.
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A planning-constraint profile of Tyabb
(Mornington Peninsula, VIC) - 23.91 km², mapped from live council and
state overlay data. This suburb is highly constrained.
Profile updated 24 October 2026.
Constraint readout
23.91 km² - this suburb is highly constrained by planning overlays.
Elevation hillshade with street names, clipped to Tyabb'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 Tyabb
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 4,500 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.
Tyabb at a glance
How Tyabb is zoned
Selling in Tyabb? The zoning and planning overlays on this page are the controls a Section 32 vendor statement discloses.
Across its 23.91 km², Tyabb is highly constrained by planning overlays. About 3% of the suburb sits within a mapped flood overlay, and 94% is flagged bushfire-prone. There are 15 heritage-listed sites on record, and the dominant land-use zone is Special Use Zone (SUZ1). The median lot measures about 705 m² across 1,959 parcels.
Who lives in Tyabb
Census 2021 figures published by the ABS for the Tyabb 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 1001, and decile 6 within Victoria. The national average is 1000.
Age profile
Share of Tyabb's 3,449 residents in each ABS age band.
Population trend, 2001 to 2025
Estimated resident population of Somerville, the wider ABS statistical area containing Tyabb. There is no annual population series published at suburb level, so this describes the surrounding area rather than Tyabb itself.
16,532 in 2001 to 19,098 in 2025, up 16%.
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.
Tyabb 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 Tyabb 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 100% of Tyabb. 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 Tyabb lot.
Tyabb planning - frequently asked
Is Tyabb flood-prone?
About 3% of Tyabb falls within a mapped flood overlay, against the council-wide suburb average of 4%.
Is Tyabb bushfire-prone?
Around 94% of Tyabb is mapped as bushfire-prone, compared with a Mornington Peninsula average of 86%.
Is Tyabb under a flight path?
Aircraft were observed below 3,000 ft over about 100% of Tyabb, in the period sampled (4 Sep 2026 to 24 Oct 2026). The lowest measured aircraft was at 500 ft, with an average of 1,000 ft. At the busiest point in the suburb about 79 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 Tyabb?
The dominant planning zone in Tyabb is Special Use Zone (SUZ1), though the suburb also includes Green Wedge Zone (GWZ2) and Low Density Residential Zone (LDRZ).
Does Tyabb have heritage-listed places?
Tyabb has 15 heritage-listed places on record.
What is the typical lot size in Tyabb?
Across 1,959 surveyed parcels in Tyabb, the median lot size is about 705 m². There are also 683 registered easements mapped in the suburb.
Does Tyabb have a train station?
Yes - Tyabb has 1 train station: Tyabb Station. It is also served by 16 bus stops.
What is the population of Tyabb?
At the 2021 Census Tyabb had 3,449 usual residents, with a median age of 42 and an average household size of 2.7 people. The wider Somerville statistical area, which contains Tyabb, went from 16,532 people in 2001 to 19,098 in 2025, up 16%.
Is Tyabb an advantaged suburb?
On the ABS SEIFA 2021 index of relative socio-economic advantage and disadvantage (IRSAD), Tyabb scores 1001 and sits in decile 6 of 10 nationally and decile 6 within Victoria (decile 1 is the most disadvantaged tenth, decile 10 the least).
What is the median household income in Tyabb?
Median household income in Tyabb was $1,858 a week at the 2021 Census, against $1,906 for the typical suburb in Mornington Peninsula. Median rent was $383 a week and the median mortgage repayment $1,824 a month.
Compare nearby suburbs
| Nearby suburb | Distance | Flood mapped | Bushfire-prone |
|---|---|---|---|
| Hastings | 3.5 km | 14% | 77% |
| Somerville | 4.2 km | 7% | 83% |
| Moorooduc | 6.8 km | Not mapped | 100% |
| Bittern | 8.1 km | 5% | 96% |
| Baxter | 8.2 km | Not mapped | 89% |
| Langwarrin South Frankston |
8.5 km | Not mapped | 100% |
| Tuerong | 9.3 km | Not mapped | 100% |
| Pearcedale Casey |
9.4 km | 13% | 98% |
| Crib Point | 10.1 km | 8% | 89% |
| Frankston South Frankston |
11.2 km | <1% | 71% |