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Coopers Creek zoning & planning overlays

Coopers Creek keeps 13 heritage places on conservation lots of 4,529 m².

A planning-constraint profile of Coopers Creek (Baw Baw, VIC) - 9.95 km², mapped from live council and state overlay data. This suburb is highly constrained on the overlays we could measure - no flood mapping covers this suburb, so this is not a suburb-wide verdict.
Profile updated 24 October 2026.

Elevation hillshade with street names, clipped to Coopers Creek's boundary, with the bushfire and environmental overlays drawn on top. Magenta is where aircraft were observed in the sampled period, brightest below 3,000 ft. No flood layer is drawn because we hold no flood mapping for this area.

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Aircraft noise and flight paths over Coopers Creek

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
28%
of the suburb, at or below 10,000 ft
Below 3,000 ft
2%
of the suburb's area
Lowest measured
1,500 ft
averaging 5,500 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.

Coopers Creek at a glance

Parcels 54 Median lot 4,529 m²

How Coopers Creek is zoned

Public Conservation and Resource Zone (PCRZ) 98%
Farming Zone (FZ) 2%
Transport Zone (TRZ2) 0%
Public Use Zone (PUZ5) 0%

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

Across its 9.95 km², Coopers Creek is highly constrained by the planning overlays we hold. We hold no flood mapping covering this suburb, so no flood figure is shown - that is a gap in our data, not an all-clear. Of what is mapped, 100% is flagged bushfire-prone. There are 13 heritage-listed sites on record, and the dominant land-use zone is Public Conservation and Resource Zone (PCRZ). The median lot measures about 4,529 m² across 54 parcels.

Who lives in Coopers Creek

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

Population
28
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 3
most disadvantagedleast disadvantaged

Score 941, and decile 2 within Victoria. The national average is 1000.

Relative disadvantage (IRSD) Decile 4
most disadvantagedleast disadvantaged

Population trend, 2001 to 2025

Estimated resident population of Mount Baw Baw Region, the wider ABS statistical area containing Coopers Creek. There is no annual population series published at suburb level, so this describes the surrounding area rather than Coopers Creek itself.

5,736 in 2001 to 6,750 in 2025, up 18%.

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.

Coopers Creek data sources and coverage

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

DatasetCoveragePublisher
Flood mappingNot mappedVicmap 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 Coopers Creek address

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Aircraft have been seen below 3,000 ft over about 2% of Coopers Creek. The report's Aircraft Overflight page narrows that to the address itself: how many aircraft a day, how low, and at what heights.

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Coopers Creek planning - frequently asked

Is Coopers Creek flood-prone?

We don't yet hold flood mapping covering Coopers Creek, so this page can't say how much of the suburb is flood-affected - that is a gap in our data, not an indication that the suburb is free of flood risk. Baw Baw is the authority to check for flood mapping in this area.

Is Coopers Creek bushfire-prone?

Around 100% of Coopers Creek is mapped as bushfire-prone, compared with a Baw Baw average of 99%.

Is Coopers Creek under a flight path?

Aircraft were observed below 3,000 ft over about 2% of Coopers Creek, and over about 28% 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 1,500 ft, with an average of 5,500 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 Coopers Creek?

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

Does Coopers Creek have heritage-listed places?

Coopers Creek has 13 heritage-listed places on record.

What is the typical lot size in Coopers Creek?

Across 54 surveyed parcels in Coopers Creek, the median lot size is about 4,529 m².

Is Coopers Creek an advantaged suburb?

On the ABS SEIFA 2021 index of relative socio-economic advantage and disadvantage (IRSAD), Coopers Creek scores 941 and sits in decile 3 of 10 nationally and decile 2 within Victoria (decile 1 is the most disadvantaged tenth, decile 10 the least).

Compare nearby suburbs

Nearby suburbDistanceFlood mappedBushfire-prone
Jacob Creek 1.8 km Not mapped 100%
Rawson 3.3 km Not mapped 100%
Erica 4.0 km Not mapped 100%
Amor 5.6 km Not mapped 100%
Walhalla 6.8 km 0% 100%
Boola 8.1 km Not mapped 100%
Caringal 8.5 km Not mapped 100%
Moondarra 9.0 km 2% 100%
Toongabbie
Latrobe
14.1 km 2% 100%
Thalloo 14.7 km Not mapped 100%

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