Brandy Creek flood map & planning overlays
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A planning-constraint profile of Brandy Creek
(Baw Baw, VIC) - 5.31 km², mapped from live council and
state overlay data. This suburb is highly constrained.
Profile updated 24 October 2026.
Constraint readout
5.31 km² - this suburb is highly constrained by planning overlays.
Elevation hillshade with street names, clipped to Brandy Creek'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 Brandy Creek
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: observed, lowest 1,500 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.
Brandy Creek at a glance
How Brandy Creek is zoned
Selling in Brandy Creek? The zoning and planning overlays on this page are the controls a Section 32 vendor statement discloses.
Across its 5.31 km², Brandy Creek is highly constrained by planning overlays. About 2% of the suburb sits within a mapped flood overlay, and 100% is flagged bushfire-prone. There are 3 heritage-listed sites on record, and the dominant land-use zone is Rural Activity Zone (RAZ). The median lot measures about 7,458 m² across 64 parcels.
Who lives in Brandy Creek
Census 2021 figures published by the ABS for the Brandy Creek 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 1042, and decile 8 within Victoria. The national average is 1000.
Age profile
Share of Brandy Creek's 94 residents in each ABS age band.
Population trend, 2001 to 2025
Estimated resident population of Warragul, the wider ABS statistical area containing Brandy Creek. There is no annual population series published at suburb level, so this describes the surrounding area rather than Brandy Creek itself.
14,203 in 2001 to 25,392 in 2025, up 79%.
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.
Brandy Creek 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 Brandy Creek 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 →Aircraft have been seen below 3,000 ft over about 58% of Brandy Creek. 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 Brandy Creek lot.
Brandy Creek planning - frequently asked
Is Brandy Creek flood-prone?
About 2% of Brandy Creek falls within a mapped flood overlay, against the council-wide suburb average of 11%.
Is Brandy Creek bushfire-prone?
Around 100% of Brandy Creek is mapped as bushfire-prone, compared with a Baw Baw average of 99%.
Is Brandy Creek under a flight path?
Aircraft were observed below 3,000 ft over about 58% of Brandy Creek, and over about 83% 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 3,500 ft. At the busiest point in the suburb about 1 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 Brandy Creek?
The dominant planning zone in Brandy Creek is Rural Activity Zone (RAZ), though the suburb also includes Farming Zone (FZ) and Transport Zone (TRZ2).
Does Brandy Creek have heritage-listed places?
Brandy Creek has 3 heritage-listed places on record.
What is the typical lot size in Brandy Creek?
Across 64 surveyed parcels in Brandy Creek, the median lot size is about 7,458 m². There are also 39 registered easements mapped in the suburb.
What is the population of Brandy Creek?
At the 2021 Census Brandy Creek had 94 usual residents, with a median age of 42 and an average household size of 2.6 people. The wider Warragul statistical area, which contains Brandy Creek, went from 14,203 people in 2001 to 25,392 in 2025, up 79%.
Is Brandy Creek an advantaged suburb?
On the ABS SEIFA 2021 index of relative socio-economic advantage and disadvantage (IRSAD), Brandy Creek scores 1042 and sits in decile 9 of 10 nationally and decile 8 within Victoria (decile 1 is the most disadvantaged tenth, decile 10 the least).
What is the median household income in Brandy Creek?
Median household income in Brandy Creek was $2,125 a week at the 2021 Census, against $1,614 for the typical suburb in Baw Baw.
Compare nearby suburbs
| Nearby suburb | Distance | Flood mapped | Bushfire-prone |
|---|---|---|---|
| Bravington | 2.5 km | 9% | 100% |
| Drouin East | 3.2 km | Not mapped | 100% |
| Buln Buln | 3.2 km | 1% | 100% |
| Rokeby | 4.3 km | 9% | 100% |
| Lillico | 4.9 km | <1% | 100% |
| Drouin West | 5.0 km | 14% | 100% |
| Warragul | 5.4 km | 6% | 69% |
| Crossover | 7.2 km | <1% | 100% |
| Drouin | 7.8 km | 5% | 88% |
| Warragul West | 8.0 km | <1% | 100% |