West Melbourne flood map & planning overlays
West Melbourne runs 34 bus stops, 3rd in the City of Melbourne.
Free map preview, then PDF reports from $9 - about the price of an iced latte on a public holiday.
A planning-constraint profile of West Melbourne
(Melbourne, VIC) - 6.77 km², mapped from live council and
state overlay data. This suburb is moderately constrained.
Profile updated 24 October 2026.
Constraint readout
6.77 km² - this suburb is moderately constrained by planning overlays.
Elevation hillshade with street names, clipped to West Melbourne'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 West Melbourne
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 2 a day
Night movements: observed, lowest 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.
West Melbourne at a glance
How West Melbourne is zoned
Selling in West Melbourne? The zoning and planning overlays on this page are the controls a Section 32 vendor statement discloses.
Across its 6.77 km², West Melbourne is moderately constrained by planning overlays. About 14% of the suburb sits within a mapped flood overlay. There are 141 heritage-listed sites on record, and the dominant land-use zone is Port Zone (PZ). The median lot measures about 1,931 m² across 8,309 parcels.
Who lives in West Melbourne
Census 2021 figures published by the ABS for the West Melbourne 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 1100, and decile 10 within Victoria. The national average is 1000.
Age profile
Share of West Melbourne's 8,025 residents in each ABS age band.
Population trend, 2001 to 2025
Estimated resident population of West Melbourne - Industrial, the wider ABS statistical area containing West Melbourne. There is no annual population series published at suburb level, so this describes the surrounding area rather than West Melbourne itself.
0 in 2001 to 0 in 2025.
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.
West Melbourne 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 West Melbourne 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 West Melbourne. 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 West Melbourne lot.
West Melbourne planning - frequently asked
Is West Melbourne flood-prone?
About 14% of West Melbourne falls within a mapped flood overlay, against the council-wide suburb average of 22%.
Is West Melbourne bushfire-prone?
Bushfire mapping covers West Melbourne and little to none of it is mapped as bushfire-prone.
Is West Melbourne under a flight path?
Aircraft were observed below 3,000 ft over about 100% of West Melbourne, in the period sampled (4 Sep 2026 to 24 Oct 2026). The lowest measured aircraft was at 500 ft, with an average of 2,000 ft. At the busiest point in the suburb about 14 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 West Melbourne?
The dominant planning zone in West Melbourne is Port Zone (PZ), though the suburb also includes Transport Zone (TRZ1) and Industrial 1 Zone (IN1Z).
Does West Melbourne have heritage-listed places?
West Melbourne has 141 heritage-listed places on record.
What is the typical lot size in West Melbourne?
Across 8,309 surveyed parcels in West Melbourne, the median lot size is about 1,931 m². There are also 447 registered easements mapped in the suburb.
Does West Melbourne have a train station?
Yes - West Melbourne has 1 train station: North Melbourne Station. It is also served by 34 bus stops and 5 tram stops.
What is the population of West Melbourne?
At the 2021 Census West Melbourne had 8,025 usual residents, with a median age of 31 and an average household size of 1.9 people.
Is West Melbourne an advantaged suburb?
On the ABS SEIFA 2021 index of relative socio-economic advantage and disadvantage (IRSAD), West Melbourne scores 1100 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 West Melbourne?
Median household income in West Melbourne was $1,788 a week at the 2021 Census, against $1,926 for the typical suburb in Melbourne. Median rent was $388 a week and the median mortgage repayment $2,106 a month.
Compare nearby suburbs
| Nearby suburb | Distance | Flood mapped | Bushfire-prone |
|---|---|---|---|
| Kensington | 1.8 km | 27% | 0% |
| Docklands | 2.2 km | 48% | 0% |
| Footscray Maribyrnong |
2.5 km | 18% | 0% |
| Seddon Maribyrnong |
2.5 km | 3% | 0% |
| North Melbourne | 2.6 km | 29% | 0% |
| Flemington Moonee Valley |
2.6 km | 41% | 0% |
| Port Melbourne Port Phillip |
2.6 km | 10% | 0% |
| South Wharf | 3.2 km | 32% | 0% |
| Yarraville Maribyrnong |
3.4 km | 10% | 0% |
| Ascot Vale Moonee Valley |
3.4 km | 22% | 0% |