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Cherrypool flood map & planning overlays

Cherrypool is 16 ha conservation land inside complete bushfire cover.

A planning-constraint profile of Cherrypool (Southern Grampians, VIC) - 61.65 km², mapped from live council and state overlay data. This suburb is highly constrained.
Profile updated 24 October 2026.

Elevation hillshade with street names, clipped to Cherrypool'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 Cherrypool

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

Under observed aircraft
1%
of the suburb, at or below 10,000 ft
Below 3,000 ft
0%
of the suburb's area
Lowest measured
6,500 ft
averaging 7,000 ft
How often
not established
aircraft were seen, but not often enough to put a rate on

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.

Cherrypool at a glance

Parcels 22 Median lot 161,832 m²

How Cherrypool is zoned

Public Conservation and Resource Zone (PCRZ) 95%
Farming Zone (FZ) 4%
Transport Zone (TRZ2) 0%

Selling in Cherrypool? The zoning and planning overlays on this page are the controls a Section 32 vendor statement discloses.

Across its 61.65 km², Cherrypool 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 Public Conservation and Resource Zone (PCRZ). The median lot measures about 161,832 m² across 22 parcels.

Who lives in Cherrypool

Census 2021 figures published by the ABS for the Cherrypool suburb boundary itself, not a wider region.

Population
3
usual residents, 2021

Socio-economic standing

ABS SEIFA 2021 ranks every Australian suburb. Decile 1 is the most disadvantaged tenth of the country, decile 10 the least.

Advantage and disadvantage (IRSAD) Decile 10
most disadvantagedleast disadvantaged

Score 1081, and decile 10 within Victoria. The national average is 1000.

Relative disadvantage (IRSD) Decile 10
most disadvantagedleast disadvantaged

Population trend, 2001 to 2025

Estimated resident population of Southern Grampians, the wider ABS statistical area containing Cherrypool. There is no annual population series published at suburb level, so this describes the surrounding area rather than Cherrypool itself.

6,728 in 2001 to 6,205 in 2025, down 8%.

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.

Cherrypool data sources and coverage

“Not mapped” means we hold no source layer for this suburb - never an all-clear.

DatasetCoveragePublisher
Flood mappingMappedVicmap Planning and Victorian Government spatial services
Bushfire-prone mappingMappedVicmap Planning and Victorian Government spatial services
ZoningMappedVicmap Planning and Victorian Government spatial services
Heritage and environmentMapped where publishedVicmap Planning and Victorian Government spatial services
Aircraft noise contours (ANEF)Not heldVicmap Planning and Victorian Government spatial services, Defence
Observed flight pathsObservedadsb.lol, under the Open Database License
DemographicsAvailableAustralian 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 Cherrypool 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 Cherrypool lot.

Cherrypool planning - frequently asked

Is Cherrypool flood-prone?

Flood mapping covers Cherrypool and none of the suburb falls within a mapped flood overlay (the council-wide suburb average is 3%).

Is Cherrypool bushfire-prone?

Around 100% of Cherrypool is mapped as bushfire-prone, compared with a Southern Grampians average of 100%.

Is Cherrypool under a flight path?

Aircraft were observed over about 1% of Cherrypool in the period sampled, but only above 3,000 ft - the lowest measured was 6,500 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 Cherrypool?

The dominant planning zone in Cherrypool is Public Conservation and Resource Zone (PCRZ), though the suburb also includes Farming Zone (FZ) and Transport Zone (TRZ2).

Does Cherrypool have heritage-listed places?

No heritage-listed places are on record within Cherrypool.

What is the typical lot size in Cherrypool?

Across 22 surveyed parcels in Cherrypool, the median lot size is about 161,832 m².

Is Cherrypool an advantaged suburb?

On the ABS SEIFA 2021 index of relative socio-economic advantage and disadvantage (IRSAD), Cherrypool scores 1081 and sits in decile 10 of 10 nationally and decile 10 within Victoria (decile 1 is the most disadvantaged tenth, decile 10 the least).

Compare nearby suburbs

Nearby suburbDistanceFlood mappedBushfire-prone
Brimpaen
Horsham
7.7 km 2% 100%
Glenisla 12.2 km <1% 100%
Telangatuk East
Horsham
14.3 km <1% 100%
Zumsteins
Northern Grampians
17.8 km 3% 100%
Mockinya
Horsham
19.0 km 7% 100%
Rocklands 19.4 km Not mapped 100%
Nurrabiel
Horsham
23.4 km 6% 100%
Wartook
Northern Grampians
24.4 km 6% 100%
Wonwondah
Horsham
27.1 km 16% 100%
Laharum
Horsham
27.2 km 10% 100%

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