Baynton flood map & planning overlays

The schematic on this page is a Baynton flood map: the mapped flood overlays drawn over the suburb's terrain and street grid. Flood lines vary block to block, so for a specific property use the free interactive map - search any Baynton address and it shows the flood, zoning and bushfire mapping on the exact lot boundary.

Flood mapping covers Baynton and none of the suburb falls within a mapped flood overlay (the council-wide suburb average is 2%). Flood overlays vary block to block, so whether a particular lot is affected needs a property-level check.

Around 100% of Baynton is mapped as bushfire-prone, compared with a Macedon Ranges average of 100%. A bushfire-prone designation can trigger additional building requirements, so check the specific address.

The dominant planning zone in Baynton is Farming Zone (FZ), though the suburb also includes Rural Conservation Zone (RCZ1) and Public Park and Recreation Zone (PPRZ). Zoning sets what you can build and do on a site, and can differ lot by lot.

No heritage-listed places are on record within Baynton. Even so, it is worth confirming for an individual property before any works.

Across 254 surveyed parcels in Baynton, the median lot size is about 245,683 m². There are also 20 registered easements mapped in the suburb - an easement can restrict where you can build, so always check the title and overlays for the specific lot.

At the 2021 Census Baynton had 95 usual residents, with a median age of 56 and an average household size of 2.2 people. The wider Kyneton statistical area, which contains Baynton, went from 7,941 people in 2001 to 10,665 in 2025, up 34%. ABS publishes no annual population series for individual suburbs, so that trend describes the surrounding area rather than Baynton alone.

On the ABS SEIFA 2021 index of relative socio-economic advantage and disadvantage (IRSAD), Baynton scores 1084 and sits in decile 10 of 10 nationally and decile 10 within Victoria - decile 1 being the most disadvantaged tenth of Australian suburbs and decile 10 the least. The national average score is 1000. SEIFA summarises income, education, occupation and housing across the whole suburb, so it describes the area, not any particular household in it.

Median household income in Baynton was $1,531 a week at the 2021 Census, against $2,090 for the typical suburb in Macedon Ranges. Median rent was $305 a week and the median mortgage repayment $1,513 a month. These are 2021 Census figures and have not been indexed to today.

A Baynton planning report pulls every overlay - zoning, flood, bushfire, heritage, environmental and noise - that touches a single lot, on live council and state data. The interactive map preview is free; the full PDF report is $9.