Dadswells Bridge flood map & planning overlays
Dadswells Bridge is Horsham's oldest (61) and 47.1% flood-mapped.
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A planning-constraint profile of Dadswells Bridge
(Horsham, VIC) - 128.95 km², mapped from live council and
state overlay data. This suburb is highly constrained.
Profile updated 24 October 2026.
Constraint readout
128.95 km² - this suburb is highly constrained by planning overlays.
Elevation hillshade with street names, clipped to Dadswells Bridge'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 Dadswells Bridge
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.
Dadswells Bridge at a glance
How Dadswells Bridge is zoned
Selling in Dadswells Bridge? The zoning and planning overlays on this page are the controls a Section 32 vendor statement discloses.
Across its 128.95 km², Dadswells Bridge is highly constrained by planning overlays. About 47% of the suburb sits 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 227,752 m² across 240 parcels.
Who lives in Dadswells Bridge
Census 2021 figures published by the ABS for the Dadswells Bridge 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 1037, and decile 8 within Victoria. The national average is 1000.
Age profile
Share of Dadswells Bridge's 69 residents in each ABS age band.
Population trend, 2001 to 2025
Estimated resident population of Horsham Surrounds, the wider ABS statistical area containing Dadswells Bridge. There is no annual population series published at suburb level, so this describes the surrounding area rather than Dadswells Bridge itself.
3,565 in 2001 to 3,399 in 2025, down 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.
Dadswells Bridge 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 Dadswells Bridge 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 Dadswells Bridge lot.
Dadswells Bridge planning - frequently asked
Is Dadswells Bridge flood-prone?
About 47% of Dadswells Bridge falls within a mapped flood overlay, against the council-wide suburb average of 16%.
Is Dadswells Bridge bushfire-prone?
Around 100% of Dadswells Bridge is mapped as bushfire-prone, compared with a Horsham average of 98%.
Is Dadswells Bridge under a flight path?
Aircraft were observed over about 3% of Dadswells Bridge in the period sampled, but only above 3,000 ft - the lowest measured was 6,000 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 Dadswells Bridge?
The dominant planning zone in Dadswells Bridge is Farming Zone (FZ), though the suburb also includes Public Conservation and Resource Zone (PCRZ) and Rural Living Zone (RLZ).
Does Dadswells Bridge have heritage-listed places?
No heritage-listed places are on record within Dadswells Bridge.
What is the typical lot size in Dadswells Bridge?
Across 240 surveyed parcels in Dadswells Bridge, the median lot size is about 227,752 m². There are also 33 registered easements mapped in the suburb.
Does Dadswells Bridge have a train station?
There is no train station inside Dadswells Bridge itself. The suburb is served by 2 bus stops.
What is the population of Dadswells Bridge?
At the 2021 Census Dadswells Bridge had 69 usual residents, with a median age of 61 and an average household size of 2.0 people. The wider Horsham Surrounds statistical area, which contains Dadswells Bridge, went from 3,565 people in 2001 to 3,399 in 2025, down 5%.
Is Dadswells Bridge an advantaged suburb?
On the ABS SEIFA 2021 index of relative socio-economic advantage and disadvantage (IRSAD), Dadswells Bridge scores 1037 and sits in decile 8 of 10 nationally and decile 8 within Victoria (decile 1 is the most disadvantaged tenth, decile 10 the least).
What is the median household income in Dadswells Bridge?
Median household income in Dadswells Bridge was $1,093 a week at the 2021 Census, against $1,625 for the typical suburb in Horsham. Median rent was $196 a week and the median mortgage repayment $505 a month.
Compare nearby suburbs
| Nearby suburb | Distance | Flood mapped | Bushfire-prone |
|---|---|---|---|
| Roses Gap Northern Grampians |
8.7 km | 6% | 100% |
| Ledcourt Northern Grampians |
11.2 km | 39% | 100% |
| Glenorchy Northern Grampians |
13.5 km | 45% | 100% |
| Wal Wal Northern Grampians |
13.9 km | 40% | 100% |
| Wartook Northern Grampians |
13.9 km | 6% | 100% |
| Laharum | 13.9 km | 10% | 100% |
| St Helens Plains | 15.5 km | 36% | 99% |
| Mount Dryden Northern Grampians |
16.9 km | 10% | 100% |
| Lubeck Yarriambiack |
18.1 km | 22% | 100% |
| Lake Lonsdale Northern Grampians |
18.8 km | 61% | 86% |