Warranwood flood map & planning overlays
Warranwood tops Maroondah for income ($2,852) and bushfire mapping.
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A planning-constraint profile of Warranwood
(Maroondah, VIC) - 3.0 km², mapped from live council and
state overlay data. This suburb is highly constrained.
Profile updated 24 October 2026.
Constraint readout
3.0 km² - this suburb is highly constrained by planning overlays.
Elevation hillshade with street names, clipped to Warranwood'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 Warranwood
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 3,000 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.
Warranwood at a glance
How Warranwood is zoned
Selling in Warranwood? The zoning and planning overlays on this page are the controls a Section 32 vendor statement discloses.
Across its 3.0 km², Warranwood is highly constrained by planning overlays. Flood mapping covers the suburb and none of it falls within a mapped flood overlay, and 74% is flagged bushfire-prone. There are 13 heritage-listed sites on record, and the dominant land-use zone is General Residential Zone (GRZ1). The median lot measures about 848 m² across 1,843 parcels.
Who lives in Warranwood
Census 2021 figures published by the ABS for the Warranwood 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 1097, and decile 10 within Victoria. The national average is 1000.
Age profile
Share of Warranwood's 4,820 residents in each ABS age band.
Population trend, 2001 to 2025
Estimated resident population of Croydon Hills - Warranwood, the wider ABS statistical area containing Warranwood. There is no annual population series published at suburb level, so this describes the surrounding area rather than Warranwood itself.
17,649 in 2001 to 18,457 in 2025, up 5%.
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.
Warranwood 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 Warranwood address
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See what's in the $9 report →Aircraft have been seen below 3,000 ft over about 100% of Warranwood. 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 Warranwood lot.
Warranwood planning - frequently asked
Is Warranwood flood-prone?
Flood mapping covers Warranwood and less than 1% of the suburb falls within a mapped flood overlay (the council-wide suburb average is 2%).
Is Warranwood bushfire-prone?
Around 74% of Warranwood is mapped as bushfire-prone, compared with a Maroondah average of 19%.
Is Warranwood under a flight path?
Aircraft were observed below 3,000 ft over about 100% of Warranwood, in the period sampled (4 Sep 2026 to 24 Oct 2026). The lowest measured aircraft was at 1,000 ft, with an average of 2,500 ft. At the busiest point in the suburb about 3 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 Warranwood?
The dominant planning zone in Warranwood is General Residential Zone (GRZ1), though the suburb also includes Neighbourhood Residential Zone (NRZ3) and Neighbourhood Residential Zone (NRZ1).
Does Warranwood have heritage-listed places?
Warranwood has 13 heritage-listed places on record.
What is the typical lot size in Warranwood?
Across 1,843 surveyed parcels in Warranwood, the median lot size is about 848 m². There are also 1,071 registered easements mapped in the suburb.
Does Warranwood have a train station?
There is no train station inside Warranwood itself. The suburb is served by 24 bus stops.
What is the population of Warranwood?
At the 2021 Census Warranwood had 4,820 usual residents, with a median age of 41 and an average household size of 3.1 people. The wider Croydon Hills - Warranwood statistical area, which contains Warranwood, went from 17,649 people in 2001 to 18,457 in 2025, up 5%.
Is Warranwood an advantaged suburb?
On the ABS SEIFA 2021 index of relative socio-economic advantage and disadvantage (IRSAD), Warranwood scores 1097 and sits in decile 10 of 10 nationally and decile 10 within Victoria (decile 1 is the most disadvantaged tenth, decile 10 the least).
What is the median household income in Warranwood?
Median household income in Warranwood was $2,852 a week at the 2021 Census, against $2,140 for the typical suburb in Maroondah. Median rent was $423 a week and the median mortgage repayment $2,167 a month.
Compare nearby suburbs
| Nearby suburb | Distance | Flood mapped | Bushfire-prone |
|---|---|---|---|
| Warrandyte South Manningham |
1.5 km | 2% | 100% |
| Croydon Hills | 1.6 km | Not mapped | 19% |
| Ringwood North | 2.6 km | 1% | 27% |
| Croydon North | 3.0 km | 3% | 21% |
| Croydon | 3.4 km | 1% | <1% |
| Park Orchards Manningham |
3.5 km | 4% | 100% |
| Warrandyte Manningham |
4.2 km | 11% | 100% |
| Ringwood East | 4.4 km | <1% | 4% |
| Wonga Park Manningham |
4.4 km | 9% | 99% |
| Ringwood | 4.6 km | 6% | 2% |