Anglesea flood map & planning overlays
Anglesea holds 18 heritage places, 3rd on the Surf Coast.
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A planning-constraint profile of Anglesea
(Surf Coast, VIC) - 97.01 km², mapped from live council and
state overlay data. This suburb is highly constrained.
Profile updated 24 October 2026.
Constraint readout
97.01 km² - this suburb is highly constrained by planning overlays.
Elevation hillshade with street names, clipped to Anglesea'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 Anglesea
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 0 a day
Night movements: observed, lowest 2,500 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.
Anglesea at a glance
How Anglesea is zoned
Selling in Anglesea? The zoning and planning overlays on this page are the controls a Section 32 vendor statement discloses.
Across its 97.01 km², Anglesea is highly constrained by planning overlays. About 9% of the suburb sits within a mapped flood overlay, and 100% is flagged bushfire-prone. There are 18 heritage-listed sites on record, and the dominant land-use zone is Public Conservation and Resource Zone (PCRZ). The median lot measures about 740 m² across 3,592 parcels.
Who lives in Anglesea
Census 2021 figures published by the ABS for the Anglesea 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 1067, and decile 10 within Victoria. The national average is 1000.
Age profile
Share of Anglesea's 3,208 residents in each ABS age band.
Population trend, 2001 to 2025
Estimated resident population of Lorne - Anglesea, the wider ABS statistical area containing Anglesea. There is no annual population series published at suburb level, so this describes the surrounding area rather than Anglesea itself.
4,748 in 2001 to 6,307 in 2025, up 33%.
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.
Anglesea 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 Anglesea 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 42% of Anglesea. 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 Anglesea lot.
Anglesea planning - frequently asked
Is Anglesea flood-prone?
About 9% of Anglesea falls within a mapped flood overlay, against the council-wide suburb average of 7%.
Is Anglesea bushfire-prone?
Around 100% of Anglesea is mapped as bushfire-prone, compared with a Surf Coast average of 97%.
Is Anglesea under a flight path?
Aircraft were observed below 3,000 ft over about 42% of Anglesea, and over about 60% at any altitude up to 10,000 ft, in the period sampled (4 Sep 2026 to 24 Oct 2026). The lowest measured aircraft was at 500 ft, with an average of 2,500 ft. At the busiest point in the suburb about 2 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 Anglesea?
The dominant planning zone in Anglesea is Public Conservation and Resource Zone (PCRZ), though the suburb also includes Special Use Zone (SUZ1) and General Residential Zone (GRZ1).
Does Anglesea have heritage-listed places?
Anglesea has 18 heritage-listed places on record.
What is the typical lot size in Anglesea?
Across 3,592 surveyed parcels in Anglesea, the median lot size is about 740 m². There are also 1,881 registered easements mapped in the suburb.
Does Anglesea have a train station?
There is no train station inside Anglesea itself. The suburb is served by 5 bus stops.
What is the population of Anglesea?
At the 2021 Census Anglesea had 3,208 usual residents, with a median age of 54 and an average household size of 2.2 people. The wider Lorne - Anglesea statistical area, which contains Anglesea, went from 4,748 people in 2001 to 6,307 in 2025, up 33%.
Is Anglesea an advantaged suburb?
On the ABS SEIFA 2021 index of relative socio-economic advantage and disadvantage (IRSAD), Anglesea scores 1067 and sits in decile 9 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 Anglesea?
Median household income in Anglesea was $1,701 a week at the 2021 Census, against $2,045 for the typical suburb in Surf Coast. Median rent was $405 a week and the median mortgage repayment $2,167 a month.
Compare nearby suburbs
| Nearby suburb | Distance | Flood mapped | Bushfire-prone |
|---|---|---|---|
| Aireys Inlet | 8.2 km | 4% | 100% |
| Bells Beach | 8.6 km | 2% | 100% |
| Bellbrae | 8.7 km | 2% | 100% |
| Gherang | 8.7 km | 5% | 100% |
| Wensleydale | 8.9 km | 2% | 100% |
| Paraparap | 9.2 km | 9% | 100% |
| Fairhaven | 10.5 km | 18% | 100% |
| Moggs Creek | 11.5 km | 6% | 100% |
| Modewarre | 12.6 km | 21% | 95% |
| Eastern View | 12.7 km | <1% | 100% |