Alexandra flood map & planning overlays
Alexandra is Murrindindi's biggest town, 2,801 people, with 25 heritage places.
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A planning-constraint profile of Alexandra
(Murrindindi, VIC) - 79.41 km², mapped from live council and
state overlay data. This suburb is highly constrained.
Profile updated 24 October 2026.
Constraint readout
79.41 km² - this suburb is highly constrained by planning overlays.
Elevation hillshade with street names, clipped to Alexandra'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 Alexandra
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
Night movements: observed, lowest 5,000 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.
Alexandra at a glance
How Alexandra is zoned
Selling in Alexandra? The zoning and planning overlays on this page are the controls a Section 32 vendor statement discloses.
Across its 79.41 km², Alexandra is highly constrained by planning overlays. About 13% of the suburb sits within a mapped flood overlay, and 96% is flagged bushfire-prone. There are 25 heritage-listed sites on record, and the dominant land-use zone is Farming Zone (FZ1). The median lot measures about 1,014 m² across 2,270 parcels.
Who lives in Alexandra
Census 2021 figures published by the ABS for the Alexandra 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 940, and decile 2 within Victoria. The national average is 1000.
Age profile
Share of Alexandra's 2,801 residents in each ABS age band.
Population trend, 2001 to 2025
Estimated resident population of Alexandra, the wider ABS statistical area containing Alexandra. There is no annual population series published at suburb level, so this describes the surrounding area rather than Alexandra itself.
6,263 in 2001 to 6,849 in 2025, up 9%.
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.
Alexandra 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 Alexandra 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 →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 Alexandra lot.
Alexandra planning - frequently asked
Is Alexandra flood-prone?
About 13% of Alexandra falls within a mapped flood overlay, against the council-wide suburb average of 9%.
Is Alexandra bushfire-prone?
Around 96% of Alexandra is mapped as bushfire-prone, compared with a Murrindindi average of 100%.
Is Alexandra under a flight path?
Aircraft were observed over about 10% of Alexandra in the period sampled, but only above 3,000 ft - the lowest measured was 4,000 ft. 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 Alexandra?
The dominant planning zone in Alexandra is Farming Zone (FZ1), though the suburb also includes Rural Living Zone (RLZ4) and Public Conservation and Resource Zone (PCRZ).
Does Alexandra have heritage-listed places?
Alexandra has 25 heritage-listed places on record.
What is the typical lot size in Alexandra?
Across 2,270 surveyed parcels in Alexandra, the median lot size is about 1,014 m². There are also 664 registered easements mapped in the suburb.
Does Alexandra have a train station?
There is no train station inside Alexandra itself. The suburb is served by 2 bus stops.
What is the population of Alexandra?
At the 2021 Census Alexandra had 2,801 usual residents, with a median age of 51 and an average household size of 2.1 people. The wider Alexandra statistical area, which contains Alexandra, went from 6,263 people in 2001 to 6,849 in 2025, up 9%.
Is Alexandra an advantaged suburb?
On the ABS SEIFA 2021 index of relative socio-economic advantage and disadvantage (IRSAD), Alexandra scores 940 and sits in decile 3 of 10 nationally and decile 2 within Victoria (decile 1 is the most disadvantaged tenth, decile 10 the least).
What is the median household income in Alexandra?
Median household income in Alexandra was $1,086 a week at the 2021 Census, against $1,375 for the typical suburb in Murrindindi. Median rent was $240 a week and the median mortgage repayment $1,300 a month.
Compare nearby suburbs
| Nearby suburb | Distance | Flood mapped | Bushfire-prone |
|---|---|---|---|
| Devils River | 7.7 km | 7% | 100% |
| Koriella | 8.6 km | 8% | 100% |
| Acheron | 8.6 km | 20% | 100% |
| Maintongoon | 9.2 km | 0% | 100% |
| Fawcett | 10.5 km | 1% | 100% |
| Whanregarwen | 10.5 km | 31% | 100% |
| Thornton | 11.0 km | 32% | 99% |
| Cathkin | 11.6 km | 24% | 100% |
| Taylor Bay | 13.5 km | 19% | 100% |
| Woodfield Mansfield |
16.1 km | 3% | 100% |