Chapple Vale flood map & planning overlays
Chapple Vale keeps 6 ha conservation lots, 9.7% flood.
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A planning-constraint profile of Chapple Vale
(Colac Otway, VIC) - 75.14 km², mapped from live council and
state overlay data. This suburb is highly constrained.
Profile updated 24 October 2026.
Constraint readout
75.14 km² - this suburb is highly constrained by planning overlays.
Elevation hillshade with street names, clipped to Chapple Vale'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 Chapple Vale
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.
Chapple Vale at a glance
How Chapple Vale is zoned
Selling in Chapple Vale? The zoning and planning overlays on this page are the controls a Section 32 vendor statement discloses.
Across its 75.14 km², Chapple Vale is highly constrained by planning overlays. About 10% of the suburb sits within a mapped flood overlay, and 100% is flagged bushfire-prone. The dominant land-use zone is Public Conservation and Resource Zone (PCRZ). The median lot measures about 57,805 m² across 216 parcels.
Who lives in Chapple Vale
Census 2021 figures published by the ABS for the Chapple Vale 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 954, and decile 3 within Victoria. The national average is 1000.
Population trend, 2001 to 2025
Estimated resident population of Otway, the wider ABS statistical area containing Chapple Vale. There is no annual population series published at suburb level, so this describes the surrounding area rather than Chapple Vale itself.
3,452 in 2001 to 3,974 in 2025, up 15%.
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.
Chapple Vale 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 Chapple Vale 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 6% of Chapple Vale. 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 Chapple Vale lot.
Chapple Vale planning - frequently asked
Is Chapple Vale flood-prone?
About 10% of Chapple Vale falls within a mapped flood overlay, against the council-wide suburb average of 12%.
Is Chapple Vale bushfire-prone?
Around 100% of Chapple Vale is mapped as bushfire-prone, compared with a Colac Otway average of 97%.
Is Chapple Vale under a flight path?
Aircraft were observed below 3,000 ft over about 6% of Chapple Vale, and over about 12% 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 1,000 ft, with an average of 3,500 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 Chapple Vale?
The dominant planning zone in Chapple Vale is Public Conservation and Resource Zone (PCRZ), though the suburb also includes Farming Zone (FZ) and Farming Zone (FZ1).
Does Chapple Vale have heritage-listed places?
No heritage-listed places are on record within Chapple Vale.
What is the typical lot size in Chapple Vale?
Across 216 surveyed parcels in Chapple Vale, the median lot size is about 57,805 m². There are also 61 registered easements mapped in the suburb.
Is Chapple Vale an advantaged suburb?
On the ABS SEIFA 2021 index of relative socio-economic advantage and disadvantage (IRSAD), Chapple Vale scores 954 and sits in decile 4 of 10 nationally and decile 3 within Victoria (decile 1 is the most disadvantaged tenth, decile 10 the least).
Compare nearby suburbs
| Nearby suburb | Distance | Flood mapped | Bushfire-prone |
|---|---|---|---|
| Kennedys Creek Corangamite |
4.7 km | 9% | 100% |
| Lavers Hill | 9.4 km | 0% | 100% |
| Yuulong | 10.8 km | <1% | 100% |
| Princetown Corangamite |
11.2 km | 5% | 100% |
| Gellibrand Lower Corangamite |
11.7 km | 10% | 100% |
| Simpson Corangamite |
13.3 km | 2% | 100% |
| Carlisle River | 13.9 km | 6% | 100% |
| Cooriemungle Corangamite |
14.2 km | 1% | 100% |
| Wyelangta | 14.4 km | 0% | 100% |
| Wattle Hill Corangamite |
14.6 km | <1% | 100% |