Big Hill (Bendigo) flood map & planning overlays
Big Hill near Bendigo keeps 18 heritage places on 1,834 m² lots.
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A planning-constraint profile of Big Hill (Bendigo)
(Greater Bendigo, VIC) - 10.92 km², mapped from live council and
state overlay data. This suburb is highly constrained.
Profile updated 25 October 2026.
Constraint readout
10.92 km² - this suburb is highly constrained by planning overlays.
Elevation hillshade with street names, clipped to Big Hill (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 Big Hill (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.
Big Hill (Bendigo) at a glance
How Big Hill (Bendigo) is zoned
Selling in Big Hill (Bendigo)? The zoning and planning overlays on this page are the controls a Section 32 vendor statement discloses.
Across its 10.92 km², Big Hill (Bendigo) is highly constrained by planning overlays. About 5% 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 1,834 m² across 203 parcels.
Who lives in Big Hill (Bendigo)
Census 2021 figures published by the ABS for the Big Hill (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 938, and decile 2 within Victoria. The national average is 1000.
Age profile
Share of Big Hill (Bendigo)'s 281 residents in each ABS age band.
Population trend, 2001 to 2025
Estimated resident population of Kangaroo Flat - Golden Square, the wider ABS statistical area containing Big Hill (Bendigo). There is no annual population series published at suburb level, so this describes the surrounding area rather than Big Hill (Bendigo) itself.
16,792 in 2001 to 21,369 in 2025, up 27%.
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.
Big Hill (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.
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Big Hill (Bendigo) planning - frequently asked
Is Big Hill (Bendigo) flood-prone?
About 5% of Big Hill (Bendigo) falls within a mapped flood overlay, against the council-wide suburb average of 10%.
Is Big Hill (Bendigo) bushfire-prone?
Around 100% of Big Hill (Bendigo) is mapped as bushfire-prone, compared with a Greater Bendigo average of 89%.
Is Big Hill (Bendigo) under a flight path?
Aircraft were observed over about 7% of Big Hill (Bendigo) in the period sampled, but only above 3,000 ft - the lowest measured was 3,500 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 Big Hill (Bendigo)?
The dominant planning zone in Big Hill (Bendigo) is Public Conservation and Resource Zone (PCRZ), though the suburb also includes Public Use Zone (PUZ1) and Rural Conservation Zone (RCZ1).
Does Big Hill (Bendigo) have heritage-listed places?
Big Hill (Bendigo) has 18 heritage-listed places on record.
What is the typical lot size in Big Hill (Bendigo)?
Across 203 surveyed parcels in Big Hill (Bendigo), the median lot size is about 1,834 m². There are also 126 registered easements mapped in the suburb.
What is the population of Big Hill (Bendigo)?
At the 2021 Census Big Hill (Bendigo) had 281 usual residents, with a median age of 37 and an average household size of 2.8 people. The wider Kangaroo Flat - Golden Square statistical area, which contains Big Hill (Bendigo), went from 16,792 people in 2001 to 21,369 in 2025, up 27%.
Is Big Hill (Bendigo) an advantaged suburb?
On the ABS SEIFA 2021 index of relative socio-economic advantage and disadvantage (IRSAD), Big Hill (Bendigo) scores 938 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 Big Hill (Bendigo)?
Median household income in Big Hill (Bendigo) was $1,771 a week at the 2021 Census, against $1,543 for the typical suburb in Greater Bendigo. Median rent was $280 a week and the median mortgage repayment $1,656 a month.
Compare nearby suburbs
| Nearby suburb | Distance | Flood mapped | Bushfire-prone |
|---|---|---|---|
| Kangaroo Flat | 3.5 km | 9% | 80% |
| Mandurang South | 5.4 km | 4% | 100% |
| Mandurang | 5.7 km | 9% | 100% |
| Golden Gully | 5.7 km | 1% | 100% |
| Lockwood | 6.1 km | 2% | 100% |
| Ravenswood | 6.1 km | 3% | 100% |
| Spring Gully | 6.5 km | 4% | 99% |
| Golden Square | 7.1 km | 7% | 46% |
| Quarry Hill | 8.0 km | 4% | 52% |
| Flora Hill | 8.2 km | 2% | 51% |