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Auchmore flood map & planning overlays

Auchmore spreads over 41 ha farm lots, 20.1% flood-mapped.

A planning-constraint profile of Auchmore (Loddon, VIC) - 74.61 km², mapped from live council and state overlay data. This suburb is highly constrained.
Profile updated 24 October 2026.

Elevation hillshade with street names, clipped to Auchmore'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.

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Aircraft noise and flight paths over Auchmore

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

Under observed aircraft
3%
of the suburb, at or below 10,000 ft
Below 3,000 ft
0%
of the suburb's area
Lowest measured
6,500 ft
averaging 8,000 ft
How often
not established
aircraft were seen, but not often enough to put a rate on

Night movements: observed, lowest 7,500 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.

Auchmore at a glance

Parcels 185 Median lot 411,415 m² Mapped easements 12

How Auchmore is zoned

Farming Zone (FZ) 98%
Public Conservation and Resource Zone (PCRZ) 2%
Transport Zone (TRZ2) 0%

Selling in Auchmore? The zoning and planning overlays on this page are the controls a Section 32 vendor statement discloses.

Across its 74.61 km², Auchmore is highly constrained by planning overlays. About 20% of the suburb sits within a mapped flood overlay, and 100% is flagged bushfire-prone. The dominant land-use zone is Farming Zone (FZ). The median lot measures about 411,415 m² across 185 parcels.

Who lives in Auchmore

Census 2021 figures published by the ABS for the Auchmore suburb boundary itself, not a wider region.

Population
5
usual residents, 2021

Socio-economic standing

ABS SEIFA 2021 ranks every Australian suburb. Decile 1 is the most disadvantaged tenth of the country, decile 10 the least.

Advantage and disadvantage (IRSAD) Decile 6
most disadvantagedleast disadvantaged

Score 993, and decile 5 within Victoria. The national average is 1000.

Relative disadvantage (IRSD) Decile 6
most disadvantagedleast disadvantaged

Population trend, 2001 to 2025

Estimated resident population of Loddon, the wider ABS statistical area containing Auchmore. There is no annual population series published at suburb level, so this describes the surrounding area rather than Auchmore itself.

8,033 in 2001 to 7,231 in 2025, down 10%.

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.

Auchmore data sources and coverage

“Not mapped” means we hold no source layer for this suburb - never an all-clear.

DatasetCoveragePublisher
Flood mappingMappedVicmap Planning and Victorian Government spatial services
Bushfire-prone mappingMappedVicmap Planning and Victorian Government spatial services
ZoningMappedVicmap Planning and Victorian Government spatial services
Heritage and environmentMapped where publishedVicmap Planning and Victorian Government spatial services
Aircraft noise contours (ANEF)Not heldVicmap Planning and Victorian Government spatial services, Defence
Observed flight pathsObservedadsb.lol, under the Open Database License
DemographicsAvailableAustralian 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 Auchmore address

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The report's Aircraft Overflight page narrows that to the address itself: how many aircraft a day, how low, and at what heights.

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Auchmore planning - frequently asked

Is Auchmore flood-prone?

About 20% of Auchmore falls within a mapped flood overlay, against the council-wide suburb average of 35%.

Is Auchmore bushfire-prone?

Around 100% of Auchmore is mapped as bushfire-prone, compared with a Loddon average of 100%.

Is Auchmore under a flight path?

Aircraft were observed over about 3% of Auchmore in the period sampled, but only above 3,000 ft - the lowest measured was 6,500 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 Auchmore?

The dominant planning zone in Auchmore is Farming Zone (FZ), though the suburb also includes Public Conservation and Resource Zone (PCRZ) and Transport Zone (TRZ2).

Does Auchmore have heritage-listed places?

No heritage-listed places are on record within Auchmore.

What is the typical lot size in Auchmore?

Across 185 surveyed parcels in Auchmore, the median lot size is about 411,415 m². There are also 12 registered easements mapped in the suburb.

Is Auchmore an advantaged suburb?

On the ABS SEIFA 2021 index of relative socio-economic advantage and disadvantage (IRSAD), Auchmore scores 993 and sits in decile 6 of 10 nationally and decile 5 within Victoria (decile 1 is the most disadvantaged tenth, decile 10 the least).

Compare nearby suburbs

Nearby suburbDistanceFlood mappedBushfire-prone
Raywood 9.2 km 17% 100%
Serpentine 9.5 km 77% 100%
Yarraberb 9.9 km 6% 100%
Tandarra 11.1 km 53% 100%
Bridgewater North 11.1 km 15% 100%
Pompapiel 13.0 km 44% 100%
Salisbury West 14.4 km 12% 100%
Campbells Forest 15.7 km <1% 100%
Dingee 15.9 km 46% 100%
Sebastian
Greater Bendigo
16.3 km 6% 100%

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