Campbells Forest flood map & planning overlays
Campbells Forest farms 31 ha lots, its median local 56, bushfire mapping throughout.
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A planning-constraint profile of Campbells Forest
(Loddon, VIC) - 63.72 km², mapped from live council and
state overlay data. This suburb is highly constrained.
Profile updated 24 October 2026.
Constraint readout
63.72 km² - this suburb is highly constrained by planning overlays.
Elevation hillshade with street names, clipped to Campbells Forest'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 Campbells Forest
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.
Campbells Forest at a glance
How Campbells Forest is zoned
Selling in Campbells Forest? The zoning and planning overlays on this page are the controls a Section 32 vendor statement discloses.
Across its 63.72 km², Campbells Forest is highly constrained by planning overlays. Flood mapping covers the suburb and none of it falls within a mapped flood overlay, and 100% is flagged bushfire-prone. The dominant land-use zone is Farming Zone (FZ). The median lot measures about 311,563 m² across 157 parcels.
Who lives in Campbells Forest
Census 2021 figures published by the ABS for the Campbells Forest 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 944, and decile 2 within Victoria. The national average is 1000.
Population trend, 2001 to 2025
Estimated resident population of Bendigo Surrounds - North, the wider ABS statistical area containing Campbells Forest. There is no annual population series published at suburb level, so this describes the surrounding area rather than Campbells Forest itself.
3,900 in 2001 to 5,505 in 2025, up 41%.
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.
Campbells Forest 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 Campbells Forest 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 Campbells Forest lot.
Campbells Forest planning - frequently asked
Is Campbells Forest flood-prone?
Flood mapping covers Campbells Forest and less than 1% of the suburb falls within a mapped flood overlay (the council-wide suburb average is 35%).
Is Campbells Forest bushfire-prone?
Around 100% of Campbells Forest is mapped as bushfire-prone, compared with a Loddon average of 100%.
Is Campbells Forest under a flight path?
Aircraft were observed over about 4% of Campbells Forest in the period sampled, but only above 3,000 ft - the lowest measured was 7,500 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 Campbells Forest?
The dominant planning zone in Campbells Forest is Farming Zone (FZ), though the suburb also includes Transport Zone (TRZ2) and Farming Zone (FZ1).
Does Campbells Forest have heritage-listed places?
No heritage-listed places are on record within Campbells Forest.
What is the typical lot size in Campbells Forest?
Across 157 surveyed parcels in Campbells Forest, the median lot size is about 311,563 m². There are also 16 registered easements mapped in the suburb.
What is the population of Campbells Forest?
At the 2021 Census Campbells Forest had 50 usual residents, with a median age of 56 and an average household size of 2.2 people. The wider Bendigo Surrounds - North statistical area, which contains Campbells Forest, went from 3,900 people in 2001 to 5,505 in 2025, up 41%.
Is Campbells Forest an advantaged suburb?
On the ABS SEIFA 2021 index of relative socio-economic advantage and disadvantage (IRSAD), Campbells Forest scores 944 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 Campbells Forest?
Median household income in Campbells Forest was $1,656 a week at the 2021 Census, against $1,170 for the typical suburb in Loddon. Median rent was $220 a week and the median mortgage repayment $1,950 a month.
Compare nearby suburbs
| Nearby suburb | Distance | Flood mapped | Bushfire-prone |
|---|---|---|---|
| Yarraberb | 6.5 km | 6% | 100% |
| Leichardt Greater Bendigo |
7.5 km | 4% | 100% |
| Derby | 8.8 km | Not mapped | 100% |
| Woodvale Greater Bendigo |
9.0 km | 5% | 100% |
| Sebastian Greater Bendigo |
9.6 km | 6% | 100% |
| Myers Flat Greater Bendigo |
11.4 km | 21% | 100% |
| Bridgewater North | 11.4 km | 15% | 100% |
| Wilsons Hill Greater Bendigo |
12.5 km | Not mapped | 100% |
| Raywood | 13.6 km | 17% | 100% |
| Bridgewater | 14.3 km | 26% | 100% |