Warrandyte flood map & planning overlays

The schematic on this page is a Warrandyte 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 Warrandyte address and it shows the flood, zoning and bushfire mapping on the exact lot boundary.

About 11% of Warrandyte 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 100% of Warrandyte 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 Warrandyte is Rural Conservation Zone (RCZ3), though the suburb also includes Public Conservation and Resource Zone (PCRZ) and Low Density Residential Zone (LDRZ). Zoning sets what you can build and do on a site, and can differ lot by lot.

Warrandyte has 55 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 2,403 surveyed parcels in Warrandyte, the median lot size is about 1,472 m². There are also 1,913 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 Warrandyte itself. The suburb is served by 48 bus stops.

At the 2021 Census Warrandyte had 5,541 usual residents, with a median age of 45 and an average household size of 3.0 people. The wider Warrandyte - Wonga Park statistical area, which contains Warrandyte, went from 9,872 people in 2001 to 10,229 in 2025, up 4%. ABS publishes no annual population series for individual suburbs, so that trend describes the surrounding area rather than Warrandyte alone.

On the ABS SEIFA 2021 index of relative socio-economic advantage and disadvantage (IRSAD), Warrandyte scores 1110 and sits in decile 10 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 Warrandyte was $2,742 a week at the 2021 Census, against $2,131 for the typical suburb in Manningham. Median rent was $492 a week and the median mortgage repayment $2,200 a month. These are 2021 Census figures and have not been indexed to today.

A Warrandyte 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.