Cape Schanck flood map & planning overlays
Cape Schanck locals are 55 at the median, on 1,323 m² green wedge lots.
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A planning-constraint profile of Cape Schanck
(Mornington Peninsula, VIC) - 31.34 km², mapped from live council and
state overlay data. This suburb is highly constrained.
Profile updated 24 October 2026.
Constraint readout
31.34 km² - this suburb is highly constrained by planning overlays.
Elevation hillshade with street names, clipped to Cape Schanck'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 Cape Schanck
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 0 a day
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.
Cape Schanck at a glance
How Cape Schanck is zoned
Selling in Cape Schanck? The zoning and planning overlays on this page are the controls a Section 32 vendor statement discloses.
Across its 31.34 km², Cape Schanck is highly constrained by planning overlays. Flood mapping covers the suburb and none of it falls within a mapped flood overlay, and 98% is flagged bushfire-prone. There are 8 heritage-listed sites on record, and the dominant land-use zone is Green Wedge Zone (GWZ4). The median lot measures about 1,323 m² across 574 parcels.
Who lives in Cape Schanck
Census 2021 figures published by the ABS for the Cape Schanck 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 1058, and decile 9 within Victoria. The national average is 1000.
Age profile
Share of Cape Schanck's 569 residents in each ABS age band.
Population trend, 2001 to 2025
Estimated resident population of Flinders, the wider ABS statistical area containing Cape Schanck. There is no annual population series published at suburb level, so this describes the surrounding area rather than Cape Schanck itself.
5,811 in 2001 to 6,064 in 2025, up 4%.
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.
Cape Schanck 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 Cape Schanck 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 24% of Cape Schanck. 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 Cape Schanck lot.
Cape Schanck planning - frequently asked
Is Cape Schanck flood-prone?
Flood mapping covers Cape Schanck and less than 1% of the suburb falls within a mapped flood overlay (the council-wide suburb average is 4%).
Is Cape Schanck bushfire-prone?
Around 98% of Cape Schanck is mapped as bushfire-prone, compared with a Mornington Peninsula average of 86%.
Is Cape Schanck under a flight path?
Aircraft were observed below 3,000 ft over about 24% of Cape Schanck, and over about 33% 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 2,000 ft. At the busiest point in the suburb about 0 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 Cape Schanck?
The dominant planning zone in Cape Schanck is Green Wedge Zone (GWZ4), though the suburb also includes Public Conservation and Resource Zone (PCRZ) and Green Wedge Zone (GWZ2).
Does Cape Schanck have heritage-listed places?
Cape Schanck has 8 heritage-listed places on record.
What is the typical lot size in Cape Schanck?
Across 574 surveyed parcels in Cape Schanck, the median lot size is about 1,323 m². There are also 826 registered easements mapped in the suburb.
What is the population of Cape Schanck?
At the 2021 Census Cape Schanck had 569 usual residents, with a median age of 55 and an average household size of 2.4 people. The wider Flinders statistical area, which contains Cape Schanck, went from 5,811 people in 2001 to 6,064 in 2025, up 4%.
Is Cape Schanck an advantaged suburb?
On the ABS SEIFA 2021 index of relative socio-economic advantage and disadvantage (IRSAD), Cape Schanck scores 1058 and sits in decile 9 of 10 nationally and decile 9 within Victoria (decile 1 is the most disadvantaged tenth, decile 10 the least).
What is the median household income in Cape Schanck?
Median household income in Cape Schanck was $2,189 a week at the 2021 Census, against $1,906 for the typical suburb in Mornington Peninsula. Median rent was $359 a week and the median mortgage repayment $1,950 a month.
Compare nearby suburbs
| Nearby suburb | Distance | Flood mapped | Bushfire-prone |
|---|---|---|---|
| Boneo | 6.6 km | 10% | 81% |
| Fingal | 6.7 km | <1% | 95% |
| Flinders | 7.2 km | 2% | 96% |
| St Andrews Beach | 8.3 km | 3% | 100% |
| Main Ridge | 9.0 km | Not mapped | 100% |
| Rosebud | 10.7 km | <1% | 59% |
| Capel Sound | 11.1 km | 12% | 39% |
| Tootgarook | 11.1 km | <1% | 28% |
| Rye | 12.0 km | <1% | 77% |
| Shoreham | 12.4 km | 3% | 98% |