Bell Post Hill flood map & planning overlays
Bell Post Hill is home to 5,083 people with 9 heritage places.
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A planning-constraint profile of Bell Post Hill
(Greater Geelong, VIC) - 5.45 km², mapped from live council and
state overlay data. This suburb is highly constrained.
Profile updated 24 October 2026.
Constraint readout
5.45 km² - this suburb is highly constrained by planning overlays.
Elevation hillshade with street names, clipped to Bell Post Hill'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 Bell Post Hill
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 1 a day
Night movements: not established - night is sampled as often as day, but too few night flights have been seen here to conclude either way.
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.
Bell Post Hill at a glance
How Bell Post Hill is zoned
Selling in Bell Post Hill? The zoning and planning overlays on this page are the controls a Section 32 vendor statement discloses.
Across its 5.45 km², Bell Post Hill is highly constrained by planning overlays. About 5% of the suburb sits within a mapped flood overlay, and 57% is flagged bushfire-prone. There are 9 heritage-listed sites on record, and the dominant land-use zone is Urban Growth Zone (UGZ). The median lot measures about 622 m² across 2,523 parcels.
Who lives in Bell Post Hill
Census 2021 figures published by the ABS for the Bell Post Hill 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 945, and decile 2 within Victoria. The national average is 1000.
Age profile
Share of Bell Post Hill's 5,083 residents in each ABS age band.
Population trend, 2001 to 2025
Estimated resident population of North Geelong - Bell Park, the wider ABS statistical area containing Bell Post Hill. There is no annual population series published at suburb level, so this describes the surrounding area rather than Bell Post Hill itself.
13,578 in 2001 to 15,724 in 2025, up 16%.
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.
Bell Post Hill 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 Bell Post Hill address
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See what's in the $9 report →Aircraft have been seen below 3,000 ft over about 85% of Bell Post Hill. 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 Bell Post Hill lot.
Bell Post Hill planning - frequently asked
Is Bell Post Hill flood-prone?
About 5% of Bell Post Hill falls within a mapped flood overlay, against the council-wide suburb average of 18%.
Is Bell Post Hill bushfire-prone?
Around 57% of Bell Post Hill is mapped as bushfire-prone, compared with a Greater Geelong average of 50%.
Is Bell Post Hill under a flight path?
Aircraft were observed below 3,000 ft over about 85% of Bell Post Hill, and over about 98% 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 3,000 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 Bell Post Hill?
The dominant planning zone in Bell Post Hill is Urban Growth Zone (UGZ), though the suburb also includes Neighbourhood Residential Zone (NRZ8) and General Residential Zone (GRZ1).
Does Bell Post Hill have heritage-listed places?
Bell Post Hill has 9 heritage-listed places on record.
What is the typical lot size in Bell Post Hill?
Across 2,523 surveyed parcels in Bell Post Hill, the median lot size is about 622 m². There are also 500 registered easements mapped in the suburb.
Does Bell Post Hill have a train station?
There is no train station inside Bell Post Hill itself. The suburb is served by 20 bus stops.
What is the population of Bell Post Hill?
At the 2021 Census Bell Post Hill had 5,083 usual residents, with a median age of 42 and an average household size of 2.4 people. The wider North Geelong - Bell Park statistical area, which contains Bell Post Hill, went from 13,578 people in 2001 to 15,724 in 2025, up 16%.
Is Bell Post Hill an advantaged suburb?
On the ABS SEIFA 2021 index of relative socio-economic advantage and disadvantage (IRSAD), Bell Post Hill scores 945 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 Bell Post Hill?
Median household income in Bell Post Hill was $1,368 a week at the 2021 Census, against $1,670 for the typical suburb in Greater Geelong. Median rent was $350 a week and the median mortgage repayment $1,600 a month.
Compare nearby suburbs
| Nearby suburb | Distance | Flood mapped | Bushfire-prone |
|---|---|---|---|
| Bell Park | 2.0 km | 22% | 7% |
| Hamlyn Heights | 2.5 km | 16% | 26% |
| Norlane | 3.2 km | 4% | 5% |
| North Geelong | 3.4 km | 13% | <1% |
| Batesford | 3.7 km | 18% | 96% |
| Herne Hill | 4.3 km | 4% | 0% |
| Rippleside | 4.4 km | 1% | 0% |
| North Shore | 4.7 km | 3% | 0% |
| Manifold Heights | 4.7 km | <1% | 0% |
| Fyansford | 4.8 km | 19% | 86% |