Vermont flood map & planning overlays

The schematic on this page is a Vermont flood map: the mapped flood overlays drawn over the suburb's terrain and street grid, covering about 4% of the suburb. Flood lines vary block to block, so for a specific property use the free interactive map - search any Vermont address and it shows the flood, zoning and bushfire mapping on the exact lot boundary.

About 4% of Vermont falls within a mapped flood overlay, against the council-wide suburb average of 4%. Flood overlays vary block to block, so whether a particular lot is affected needs a property-level check.

Around 11% of Vermont is mapped as bushfire-prone, compared with a Whitehorse average of 3%. A bushfire-prone designation can trigger additional building requirements, so check the specific address.

The dominant planning zone in Vermont is Neighbourhood Residential Zone (NRZ3), though the suburb also includes General Residential Zone (GRZ1) and Neighbourhood Residential Zone (NRZ1). Zoning sets what you can build and do on a site, and can differ lot by lot.

Vermont has 12 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 5,075 surveyed parcels in Vermont, the median lot size is about 589 m². There are also 2,443 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 Vermont itself. The suburb is served by 50 bus stops.

At the 2021 Census Vermont had 10,993 usual residents, with a median age of 40 and an average household size of 2.8 people. The wider Vermont statistical area, which contains Vermont, went from 9,544 people in 2001 to 11,435 in 2025, up 20%. ABS publishes no annual population series for individual suburbs, so that trend describes the surrounding area rather than Vermont alone.

On the ABS SEIFA 2021 index of relative socio-economic advantage and disadvantage (IRSAD), Vermont 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 Vermont was $2,042 a week at the 2021 Census, against $1,941 for the typical suburb in Whitehorse. Median rent was $426 a week and the median mortgage repayment $2,383 a month. These are 2021 Census figures and have not been indexed to today.

A Vermont 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.