Cape Woolamai flood map & planning overlays
Cape Woolamai: 2,301 people, 585 m² lots, $340 rents.
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A planning-constraint profile of Cape Woolamai
(Bass Coast, VIC) - 6.03 km², mapped from live council and
state overlay data. This suburb is highly constrained.
Profile updated 24 October 2026.
Constraint readout
6.03 km² - this suburb is highly constrained by planning overlays.
Elevation hillshade with street names, clipped to Cape Woolamai'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 Woolamai
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 Woolamai at a glance
How Cape Woolamai is zoned
Selling in Cape Woolamai? The zoning and planning overlays on this page are the controls a Section 32 vendor statement discloses.
Across its 6.03 km², Cape Woolamai is highly constrained by planning overlays. About 4% of the suburb sits within a mapped flood overlay, and 88% is flagged bushfire-prone. There are 3 heritage-listed sites on record, and the dominant land-use zone is Public Conservation and Resource Zone (PCRZ). The median lot measures about 585 m² across 1,988 parcels.
Who lives in Cape Woolamai
Census 2021 figures published by the ABS for the Cape Woolamai 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 1002, and decile 6 within Victoria. The national average is 1000.
Age profile
Share of Cape Woolamai's 2,301 residents in each ABS age band.
Population trend, 2001 to 2025
Estimated resident population of Phillip Island, the wider ABS statistical area containing Cape Woolamai. There is no annual population series published at suburb level, so this describes the surrounding area rather than Cape Woolamai itself.
7,361 in 2001 to 14,795 in 2025, up 101%.
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 Woolamai 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 Woolamai 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 Woolamai. 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 Woolamai lot.
Cape Woolamai planning - frequently asked
Is Cape Woolamai flood-prone?
About 4% of Cape Woolamai falls within a mapped flood overlay, against the council-wide suburb average of 15%.
Is Cape Woolamai bushfire-prone?
Around 88% of Cape Woolamai is mapped as bushfire-prone, compared with a Bass Coast average of 93%.
Is Cape Woolamai under a flight path?
Aircraft were observed below 3,000 ft over about 24% of Cape Woolamai, and over about 34% 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 Woolamai?
The dominant planning zone in Cape Woolamai is Public Conservation and Resource Zone (PCRZ), though the suburb also includes General Residential Zone (GRZ1) and Transport Zone (TRZ2).
Does Cape Woolamai have heritage-listed places?
Cape Woolamai has 3 heritage-listed places on record.
What is the typical lot size in Cape Woolamai?
Across 1,988 surveyed parcels in Cape Woolamai, the median lot size is about 585 m². There are also 167 registered easements mapped in the suburb.
Does Cape Woolamai have a train station?
There is no train station inside Cape Woolamai itself. The suburb is served by 5 bus stops.
What is the population of Cape Woolamai?
At the 2021 Census Cape Woolamai had 2,301 usual residents, with a median age of 43 and an average household size of 2.4 people. The wider Phillip Island statistical area, which contains Cape Woolamai, went from 7,361 people in 2001 to 14,795 in 2025, up 101%.
Is Cape Woolamai an advantaged suburb?
On the ABS SEIFA 2021 index of relative socio-economic advantage and disadvantage (IRSAD), Cape Woolamai scores 1002 and sits in decile 6 of 10 nationally and decile 6 within Victoria (decile 1 is the most disadvantaged tenth, decile 10 the least).
What is the median household income in Cape Woolamai?
Median household income in Cape Woolamai was $1,471 a week at the 2021 Census, against $1,286 for the typical suburb in Bass Coast. Median rent was $340 a week and the median mortgage repayment $1,500 a month.
Compare nearby suburbs
| Nearby suburb | Distance | Flood mapped | Bushfire-prone |
|---|---|---|---|
| Newhaven | 3.1 km | 14% | 94% |
| Churchill Island | 4.7 km | 21% | 90% |
| San Remo | 5.9 km | 3% | 90% |
| Surf Beach | 6.1 km | 11% | 81% |
| Sunderland Bay | 7.6 km | <1% | 87% |
| Sunset Strip | 8.6 km | Not mapped | 47% |
| Smiths Beach | 8.8 km | 2% | 71% |
| Rhyll | 9.2 km | 14% | 94% |
| Anderson | 9.4 km | 0% | 100% |
| Silverleaves | 11.7 km | 94% | 82% |