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Grangefields bushfire risk

Of Grangefields’s 73 mapped properties, 0% are in a mapped flood area and 100% are in a bushfire hazard area.

For context, Grangefields’s flood exposure is below the VIC average of 6.4%, and bushfire exposure is above the VIC average of 18.2%.

Check a specific Grangefields address

Risk varies property by property.

Hazard exposure

0%
Of properties in a flood area
100%
Of properties in a bushfire area
73
Mapped properties

Where the hazards are in Grangefields

Flood and bushfire areas across Grangefields. Zoom in to see how they fall relative to individual streets.

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Crime near Grangefields

Grangefields sits in the Melton council area, which recorded 12,726 reported offences in the 12 months to Mar 2026.

Showing all crime — tap an offence type below to plot it over time.
07,50015,00020172019202120232025

Every reported offence by type — these add up to the 12,726 total. Figures are for the whole Melton council area (which may cover several suburbs), last 12 months. Reported offences only.

Zoning in Grangefields

Grangefields is mostly other. The most common zones:

Other93.2% of properties

Check your council’s planning scheme for what this zone allows.

Zone: URBAN GROWTH ZONE

Other5.5% of properties

Check your council’s planning scheme for what this zone allows.

Zone: URBAN FLOODWAY ZONE

Open space1.4% of properties

Open space / recreation — parks and sporting land; not for housing.

Zone: PUBLIC PARK AND RECREATION ZONE

School catchments in Grangefields

PrimaryAintree Primary School · Melton Primary School · Thornhill Park Primary School
SecondaryKolorer College · Kurunjang Secondary College · Yarrabing Secondary College

Grangefields can span more than one catchment — check a specific address (below) for the exact school.

Who lives in Grangefields

At the 2021 Census, 31.1% of Grangefields’s 132 residents were born overseas.

Top ancestries

Maltese30.3%
Australian25.8%
English21.2%
Italian9.8%
Croatian6.8%
Vietnamese6.1%

Top countries of birth

India6.1%
Taiwan6.1%
Malta3.8%
New Zealand3%
Turkey3%
Vietnam3%

Ancestry counts people reporting each ancestry (up to two each), as a share of responses. Source: ABS 2021 Census.

Development near Grangefields

Melton council approved 4,558 new dwellings in the 12 months to Jun 2026.

4,558
Dwellings/yr
3,901
Houses
657
Units
03,5007,0002020202120222023202420252026

New dwellings approved across the whole Melton council area (not just Grangefields). See the council trend. Source: ABS Building Approvals.

Risk varies property by property. Check a specific Grangefields address:

Figures are indicative only — verify any specific property with the relevant council. Sources: council/state planning schemes & flood mapping, Geoscape G-NAF, state police crime statistics, ABS.