Crooked River zoning & planning overlays
Crooked River is 8 ha conservation land at 100% bushfire.
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A planning-constraint profile of Crooked River
(Wellington, VIC) - 197.27 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.
Constraint readout
197.27 km² - 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.
Elevation hillshade with street names, clipped to Crooked River's boundary, with the bushfire and environmental overlays drawn on top. No flood layer is drawn because we hold no flood mapping for this area.
Nearby suburbs, nearest first
Aircraft noise and flight paths over Crooked River
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.
Crooked River at a glance
How Crooked River is zoned
Selling in Crooked River? The zoning and planning overlays on this page are the controls a Section 32 vendor statement discloses.
Across its 197.27 km², Crooked River 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. The dominant land-use zone is Public Conservation and Resource Zone (PCRZ). The median lot measures about 84,276 m² across 108 parcels.
Who lives in Crooked River
Census 2021 figures published by the ABS for the Crooked River suburb boundary itself, not a wider region.
Population trend, 2001 to 2025
Estimated resident population of Alps - West, the wider ABS statistical area containing Crooked River. There is no annual population series published at suburb level, so this describes the surrounding area rather than Crooked River itself.
26 in 2001 to 23 in 2025, down 12%.
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.
Crooked River data sources and coverage
“Not mapped” means we hold no source layer for this suburb - never an all-clear.
| Dataset | Coverage | Publisher |
|---|---|---|
| Flood mapping | Not 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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Crooked River planning - frequently asked
Is Crooked River flood-prone?
We don't yet hold flood mapping covering Crooked River, 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. Wellington is the authority to check for flood mapping in this area.
Is Crooked River bushfire-prone?
Around 100% of Crooked River is mapped as bushfire-prone, compared with a Wellington average of 96%.
Is Crooked River under a flight path?
No aircraft were observed over Crooked River in the period sampled (4 Sep 2026 to 24 Oct 2026). 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 Crooked River?
The dominant planning zone in Crooked River is Public Conservation and Resource Zone (PCRZ), though the suburb also includes Farming Zone (FZ) and Rural Conservation Zone (RCZ1).
Does Crooked River have heritage-listed places?
No heritage-listed places are on record within Crooked River.
What is the typical lot size in Crooked River?
Across 108 surveyed parcels in Crooked River, the median lot size is about 84,276 m².
Compare nearby suburbs
| Nearby suburb | Distance | Flood mapped | Bushfire-prone |
|---|---|---|---|
| Moroka | 12.5 km | Not mapped | 100% |
| Miowera | 12.5 km | Not mapped | 100% |
| Wongungarra | 15.6 km | Not mapped | 100% |
| Arbuckle | 16.1 km | Not mapped | 100% |
| Hawkhurst | 16.3 km | Not mapped | 100% |
| Cowa | 17.1 km | Not mapped | 100% |
| Budgee Budgee | 19.6 km | Not mapped | 100% |
| Buragwonduc | 22.1 km | Not mapped | 100% |
| Billabong | 22.2 km | Not mapped | 100% |
| Wrathung | 23.8 km | Not mapped | 100% |