Bendigo flood map & planning overlays
Bendigo holds 422 heritage places, 5th in Victoria.
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A planning-constraint profile of Bendigo
(Greater Bendigo, VIC) - 5.48 km², mapped from live council and
state overlay data. This suburb is moderately constrained.
Profile updated 25 October 2026.
Constraint readout
5.48 km² - this suburb is moderately constrained by planning overlays.
Elevation hillshade with street names, clipped to Bendigo'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 Bendigo
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: 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.
Bendigo at a glance
How Bendigo is zoned
Selling in Bendigo? The zoning and planning overlays on this page are the controls a Section 32 vendor statement discloses.
Across its 5.48 km², Bendigo is moderately constrained by planning overlays. About 22% of the suburb sits within a mapped flood overlay. There are 422 heritage-listed sites on record, and the dominant land-use zone is General Residential Zone (GRZ). The median lot measures about 436 m² across 5,557 parcels.
Who lives in Bendigo
Census 2021 figures published by the ABS for the Bendigo 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 983, and decile 4 within Victoria. The national average is 1000.
Age profile
Share of Bendigo's 5,652 residents in each ABS age band.
Population trend, 2001 to 2025
Estimated resident population of Bendigo, the wider ABS statistical area containing Bendigo. There is no annual population series published at suburb level, so this describes the surrounding area rather than Bendigo itself.
15,549 in 2001 to 14,457 in 2025, down 7%.
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.
Bendigo 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 25 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 Bendigo 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 Bendigo lot.
Bendigo planning - frequently asked
Is Bendigo flood-prone?
About 22% of Bendigo falls within a mapped flood overlay, against the council-wide suburb average of 10%.
Is Bendigo bushfire-prone?
Bushfire mapping covers Bendigo and little to none of it is mapped as bushfire-prone (the Greater Bendigo average is 89%).
Is Bendigo under a flight path?
Aircraft were observed over about 10% of Bendigo in the period sampled, but only above 3,000 ft - the lowest measured was 5,500 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 Bendigo?
The dominant planning zone in Bendigo is General Residential Zone (GRZ), though the suburb also includes Commercial 1 Zone (C1Z) and Public Park and Recreation Zone (PPRZ).
Does Bendigo have heritage-listed places?
Bendigo has 422 heritage-listed places on record.
What is the typical lot size in Bendigo?
Across 5,557 surveyed parcels in Bendigo, the median lot size is about 436 m². There are also 1,195 registered easements mapped in the suburb.
Does Bendigo have a train station?
There is no train station inside Bendigo itself. The suburb is served by 74 bus stops.
What is the population of Bendigo?
At the 2021 Census Bendigo had 5,652 usual residents, with a median age of 43 and an average household size of 2.1 people. The wider Bendigo statistical area, which contains Bendigo, went from 15,549 people in 2001 to 14,457 in 2025, down 7%.
Is Bendigo an advantaged suburb?
On the ABS SEIFA 2021 index of relative socio-economic advantage and disadvantage (IRSAD), Bendigo scores 983 and sits in decile 5 of 10 nationally and decile 4 within Victoria (decile 1 is the most disadvantaged tenth, decile 10 the least).
What is the median household income in Bendigo?
Median household income in Bendigo was $1,429 a week at the 2021 Census, against $1,543 for the typical suburb in Greater Bendigo. Median rent was $290 a week and the median mortgage repayment $1,482 a month.
Compare nearby suburbs
| Nearby suburb | Distance | Flood mapped | Bushfire-prone |
|---|---|---|---|
| Ironbark | 1.5 km | Not mapped | 30% |
| North Bendigo | 2.0 km | 9% | 46% |
| Quarry Hill | 2.2 km | 4% | 52% |
| Long Gully | 2.3 km | 5% | 63% |
| Kennington | 3.0 km | 5% | 32% |
| West Bendigo | 3.2 km | 2% | 100% |
| Golden Square | 3.2 km | 7% | 46% |
| Flora Hill | 3.3 km | 2% | 51% |
| California Gully | 3.6 km | 3% | 52% |
| Strathdale | 3.7 km | 4% | 56% |