Buckland flood map & planning overlays
Buckland keeps 23 heritage places on 2 ha conservation lots.
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A planning-constraint profile of Buckland
(Alpine, VIC) - 374.95 km², mapped from live council and
state overlay data. This suburb is highly constrained.
Profile updated 24 October 2026.
Constraint readout
374.95 km² - this suburb is highly constrained by planning overlays.
Elevation hillshade with street names, clipped to Buckland's boundary, with the flood, bushfire and environmental overlays drawn on top.
Nearby suburbs, nearest first
Aircraft noise and flight paths over Buckland
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 to
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.
Buckland at a glance
How Buckland is zoned
Selling in Buckland? The zoning and planning overlays on this page are the controls a Section 32 vendor statement discloses.
Across its 374.95 km², Buckland is highly constrained by planning overlays. About 1% of the suburb sits within a mapped flood overlay, and 100% is flagged bushfire-prone. There are 23 heritage-listed sites on record, and the dominant land-use zone is Public Conservation and Resource Zone (PCRZ). The median lot measures about 22,268 m² across 387 parcels.
Who lives in Buckland
Census 2021 figures published by the ABS for the Buckland 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 1029, and decile 8 within Victoria. The national average is 1000.
Age profile
Share of Buckland's 156 residents in each ABS age band.
Population trend, 2001 to 2025
Estimated resident population of Bright - Mount Beauty, the wider ABS statistical area containing Buckland. There is no annual population series published at suburb level, so this describes the surrounding area rather than Buckland itself.
8,111 in 2001 to 8,976 in 2025, up 11%.
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.
Buckland 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.
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Buckland planning - frequently asked
Is Buckland flood-prone?
About 1% of Buckland falls within a mapped flood overlay, against the council-wide suburb average of 8%.
Is Buckland bushfire-prone?
Around 100% of Buckland is mapped as bushfire-prone, compared with a Alpine average of 100%.
Is Buckland under a flight path?
No aircraft were observed over Buckland in the period sampled (recent weeks to now). Sampling is intermittent, so that is a floor rather than proof that none fly over. 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 Buckland?
The dominant planning zone in Buckland is Public Conservation and Resource Zone (PCRZ), though the suburb also includes Farming Zone (FZ) and Rural Conservation Zone (RCZ).
Does Buckland have heritage-listed places?
Buckland has 23 heritage-listed places on record.
What is the typical lot size in Buckland?
Across 387 surveyed parcels in Buckland, the median lot size is about 22,268 m². There are also 25 registered easements mapped in the suburb.
What is the population of Buckland?
At the 2021 Census Buckland had 156 usual residents, with a median age of 47 and an average household size of 2.6 people. The wider Bright - Mount Beauty statistical area, which contains Buckland, went from 8,111 people in 2001 to 8,976 in 2025, up 11%.
Is Buckland an advantaged suburb?
On the ABS SEIFA 2021 index of relative socio-economic advantage and disadvantage (IRSAD), Buckland scores 1029 and sits in decile 8 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 Buckland?
Median household income in Buckland was $1,481 a week at the 2021 Census, against $1,406 for the typical suburb in Alpine. Median rent was $275 a week and the median mortgage repayment $1,300 a month.
Compare nearby suburbs
| Nearby suburb | Distance | Flood mapped | Bushfire-prone |
|---|---|---|---|
| Wandiligong | 7.9 km | 1% | 100% |
| Harrietville | 13.7 km | 1% | 100% |
| Smoko | 15.0 km | 2% | 100% |
| Dandongadale | 16.1 km | <1% | 100% |
| Freeburgh | 16.8 km | 3% | 100% |
| Mount Buffalo | 18.7 km | <1% | 100% |
| Porepunkah | 19.7 km | 6% | 100% |
| Germantown | 20.1 km | 1% | 100% |
| Abbeyard | 21.1 km | Not mapped | 100% |
| Bright | 21.2 km | 2% | 100% |