Waterways flood map & planning overlays
Waterways sweeps Kingston: top income, top rent, most flood mapping.
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A planning-constraint profile of Waterways
(Kingston, VIC) - 1.69 km², mapped from live council and
state overlay data. This suburb is highly constrained.
Profile updated 24 October 2026.
Constraint readout
1.69 km² - this suburb is highly constrained by planning overlays.
Elevation hillshade with street names, clipped to Waterways'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 Waterways
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 7 a day
Night movements: observed, lowest 1,500 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.
Waterways at a glance
How Waterways is zoned
Selling in Waterways? The zoning and planning overlays on this page are the controls a Section 32 vendor statement discloses.
Across its 1.69 km², Waterways is highly constrained by planning overlays. About 54% of the suburb sits within a mapped flood overlay, and 3% is flagged bushfire-prone. The dominant land-use zone is Neighbourhood Residential Zone (NRZ5). The median lot measures about 650 m² across 804 parcels.
Who lives in Waterways
Census 2021 figures published by the ABS for the Waterways 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 1123, and decile 10 within Victoria. The national average is 1000.
Age profile
Share of Waterways's 2,422 residents in each ABS age band.
Population trend, 2001 to 2025
Estimated resident population of Aspendale Gardens - Waterways, the wider ABS statistical area containing Waterways. There is no annual population series published at suburb level, so this describes the surrounding area rather than Waterways itself.
5,561 in 2001 to 9,063 in 2025, up 63%.
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.
Waterways 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 Waterways 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 Waterways. 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 Waterways lot.
Waterways planning - frequently asked
Is Waterways flood-prone?
About 54% of Waterways falls within a mapped flood overlay, against the council-wide suburb average of 19%.
Is Waterways bushfire-prone?
Around 3% of Waterways is mapped as bushfire-prone, compared with a Kingston average of 6%.
Is Waterways under a flight path?
Aircraft were observed below 3,000 ft over about 100% of Waterways, 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 40 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 Waterways?
The dominant planning zone in Waterways is Neighbourhood Residential Zone (NRZ5), though the suburb also includes Public Use Zone (PUZ7) and General Residential Zone (GRZ3).
Does Waterways have heritage-listed places?
No heritage-listed places are on record within Waterways.
What is the typical lot size in Waterways?
Across 804 surveyed parcels in Waterways, the median lot size is about 650 m². There are also 210 registered easements mapped in the suburb.
Does Waterways have a train station?
There is no train station inside Waterways itself. The suburb is served by 5 bus stops.
What is the population of Waterways?
At the 2021 Census Waterways had 2,422 usual residents, with a median age of 41 and an average household size of 3.3 people. The wider Aspendale Gardens - Waterways statistical area, which contains Waterways, went from 5,561 people in 2001 to 9,063 in 2025, up 63%.
Is Waterways an advantaged suburb?
On the ABS SEIFA 2021 index of relative socio-economic advantage and disadvantage (IRSAD), Waterways scores 1123 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 Waterways?
Median household income in Waterways was $3,013 a week at the 2021 Census, against $1,932 for the typical suburb in Kingston. Median rent was $623 a week and the median mortgage repayment $2,500 a month.
Compare nearby suburbs
| Nearby suburb | Distance | Flood mapped | Bushfire-prone |
|---|---|---|---|
| Aspendale Gardens | 1.0 km | 41% | 18% |
| Braeside | 1.6 km | 24% | 40% |
| Aspendale | 2.4 km | 14% | <1% |
| Chelsea Heights | 2.7 km | 27% | 32% |
| Edithvale | 2.8 km | 25% | 3% |
| Mordialloc | 3.3 km | 34% | 0% |
| Keysborough Greater Dandenong |
3.4 km | 7% | 29% |
| Chelsea | 3.8 km | 18% | 7% |
| Dingley Village | 4.5 km | 7% | 1% |
| Moorabbin Airport | 4.9 km | 1% | 0% |