Chesney Vale flood map & planning overlays
Chesney Vale skews young for Benalla, a median local of 42.
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A planning-constraint profile of Chesney Vale
(Benalla, VIC) - 49.25 km², mapped from live council and
state overlay data. This suburb is highly constrained.
Profile updated 24 October 2026.
Constraint readout
49.25 km² - this suburb is highly constrained by planning overlays.
Elevation hillshade with street names, clipped to Chesney Vale's boundary, with the flood, bushfire and environmental overlays drawn on top.
Nearby suburbs, nearest first
Aircraft noise and flight paths over Chesney 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 to
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.
Chesney Vale at a glance
How Chesney Vale is zoned
Selling in Chesney Vale? The zoning and planning overlays on this page are the controls a Section 32 vendor statement discloses.
Across its 49.25 km², Chesney Vale 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 Farming Zone (FZ). The median lot measures about 120,344 m² across 205 parcels.
Who lives in Chesney Vale
Census 2021 figures published by the ABS for the Chesney 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 995, and decile 5 within Victoria. The national average is 1000.
Age profile
Share of Chesney Vale's 204 residents in each ABS age band.
Population trend, 2001 to 2025
Estimated resident population of Benalla Surrounds, the wider ABS statistical area containing Chesney Vale. There is no annual population series published at suburb level, so this describes the surrounding area rather than Chesney Vale itself.
3,632 in 2001 to 3,809 in 2025, up 5%.
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.
Chesney 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.
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Chesney Vale planning - frequently asked
Is Chesney Vale flood-prone?
Flood mapping covers Chesney Vale and none of the suburb falls within a mapped flood overlay (the council-wide suburb average is 20%).
Is Chesney Vale bushfire-prone?
Around 100% of Chesney Vale is mapped as bushfire-prone, compared with a Benalla average of 100%.
Is Chesney Vale under a flight path?
No aircraft were observed over Chesney Vale in the period sampled (recent weeks to now). Sampling is intermittent, so that is a floor rather than proof that none fly over. 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 Chesney Vale?
The dominant planning zone in Chesney Vale is Farming Zone (FZ), though the suburb also includes Public Conservation and Resource Zone (PCRZ) and Rural Living Zone (RLZ).
Does Chesney Vale have heritage-listed places?
No heritage-listed places are on record within Chesney Vale.
What is the typical lot size in Chesney Vale?
Across 205 surveyed parcels in Chesney Vale, the median lot size is about 120,344 m². There are also 100 registered easements mapped in the suburb.
What is the population of Chesney Vale?
At the 2021 Census Chesney Vale had 204 usual residents, with a median age of 42 and an average household size of 2.7 people. The wider Benalla Surrounds statistical area, which contains Chesney Vale, went from 3,632 people in 2001 to 3,809 in 2025, up 5%.
Is Chesney Vale an advantaged suburb?
On the ABS SEIFA 2021 index of relative socio-economic advantage and disadvantage (IRSAD), Chesney Vale scores 995 and sits in decile 6 of 10 nationally and decile 5 within Victoria (decile 1 is the most disadvantaged tenth, decile 10 the least).
What is the median household income in Chesney Vale?
Median household income in Chesney Vale was $1,562 a week at the 2021 Census, against $1,407 for the typical suburb in Benalla. Median rent was $200 a week and the median mortgage repayment $2,002 a month.
Compare nearby suburbs
| Nearby suburb | Distance | Flood mapped | Bushfire-prone |
|---|---|---|---|
| Winton North | 5.4 km | 76% | 100% |
| Thoona | 7.0 km | 0% | 100% |
| Bungeet West | 9.5 km | 1% | 100% |
| Goorambat | 9.7 km | 6% | 100% |
| Taminick | 11.0 km | 0% | 100% |
| Winton | 12.1 km | 0% | 100% |
| Mount Bruno | 13.1 km | Not mapped | 100% |
| Glenrowan Wangaratta |
14.5 km | 0% | 100% |
| Glenrowan West | 14.6 km | Not mapped | 100% |
| Bungeet | 15.3 km | Not mapped | 100% |