Capel Sound flood map & planning overlays
Capel Sound keeps 586 m² lots, 12.1% flood-mapped.
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A planning-constraint profile of Capel Sound
(Mornington Peninsula, VIC) - 4.64 km², mapped from live council and
state overlay data. This suburb is highly constrained.
Profile updated 24 October 2026.
Constraint readout
4.64 km² - this suburb is highly constrained by planning overlays.
Elevation hillshade with street names, clipped to Capel Sound'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 Capel Sound
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.
Capel Sound at a glance
How Capel Sound is zoned
Selling in Capel Sound? The zoning and planning overlays on this page are the controls a Section 32 vendor statement discloses.
Across its 4.64 km², Capel Sound is highly constrained by planning overlays. About 12% of the suburb sits within a mapped flood overlay, and 39% is flagged bushfire-prone. There are 4 heritage-listed sites on record, and the dominant land-use zone is General Residential Zone (GRZ1). The median lot measures about 586 m² across 3,548 parcels.
Who lives in Capel Sound
Census 2021 figures published by the ABS for the Capel Sound 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 911, and decile 1 within Victoria. The national average is 1000.
Age profile
Share of Capel Sound's 5,246 residents in each ABS age band.
Population trend, 2001 to 2025
Estimated resident population of Rosebud - McCrae, the wider ABS statistical area containing Capel Sound. There is no annual population series published at suburb level, so this describes the surrounding area rather than Capel Sound itself.
18,458 in 2001 to 23,508 in 2025, up 27%.
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.
Capel Sound 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 Capel Sound 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 76% of Capel Sound. 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 Capel Sound lot.
Capel Sound planning - frequently asked
Is Capel Sound flood-prone?
About 12% of Capel Sound falls within a mapped flood overlay, against the council-wide suburb average of 4%.
Is Capel Sound bushfire-prone?
Around 39% of Capel Sound is mapped as bushfire-prone, compared with a Mornington Peninsula average of 86%.
Is Capel Sound under a flight path?
Aircraft were observed below 3,000 ft over about 76% of Capel Sound, 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 2,000 ft. At the busiest point in the suburb about 2 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 Capel Sound?
The dominant planning zone in Capel Sound is General Residential Zone (GRZ1), though the suburb also includes Public Park and Recreation Zone (PPRZ) and Public Conservation and Resource Zone (PCRZ).
Does Capel Sound have heritage-listed places?
Capel Sound has 4 heritage-listed places on record.
What is the typical lot size in Capel Sound?
Across 3,548 surveyed parcels in Capel Sound, the median lot size is about 586 m². There are also 972 registered easements mapped in the suburb.
Does Capel Sound have a train station?
There is no train station inside Capel Sound itself. The suburb is served by 36 bus stops.
What is the population of Capel Sound?
At the 2021 Census Capel Sound had 5,246 usual residents, with a median age of 59 and an average household size of 1.9 people. The wider Rosebud - McCrae statistical area, which contains Capel Sound, went from 18,458 people in 2001 to 23,508 in 2025, up 27%.
Is Capel Sound an advantaged suburb?
On the ABS SEIFA 2021 index of relative socio-economic advantage and disadvantage (IRSAD), Capel Sound scores 911 and sits in decile 2 of 10 nationally and decile 1 within Victoria (decile 1 is the most disadvantaged tenth, decile 10 the least).
What is the median household income in Capel Sound?
Median household income in Capel Sound was $950 a week at the 2021 Census, against $1,906 for the typical suburb in Mornington Peninsula. Median rent was $350 a week and the median mortgage repayment $1,603 a month.
Compare nearby suburbs
| Nearby suburb | Distance | Flood mapped | Bushfire-prone |
|---|---|---|---|
| Tootgarook | 2.3 km | <1% | 28% |
| Rosebud | 3.5 km | <1% | 59% |
| Boneo | 4.8 km | 10% | 81% |
| Mccrae | 5.3 km | <1% | 76% |
| Fingal | 5.5 km | <1% | 95% |
| Rye | 5.8 km | <1% | 77% |
| St Andrews Beach | 6.6 km | 3% | 100% |
| Arthurs Seat | 7.4 km | Not mapped | 100% |
| Main Ridge | 8.7 km | Not mapped | 100% |
| Blairgowrie | 8.9 km | 1% | 100% |