East Bendigo flood map & planning overlays
East Bendigo sits 20.1% inside aircraft noise contours, the top share in Greater Bendigo.
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A planning-constraint profile of East Bendigo
(Greater Bendigo, VIC) - 11.27 km², mapped from live council and
state overlay data. This suburb is highly constrained.
Profile updated 25 October 2026.
Constraint readout
11.27 km² - this suburb is highly constrained by planning overlays.
Elevation hillshade with street names, clipped to East Bendigo's boundary, with the flood, bushfire and environmental overlays drawn on top. Amber hatching is the published aircraft noise (ANEF) contour. 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 East Bendigo
The ANEF contour is a published planning forecast and observed overflight is what a sampled tracking feed recorded - neither describes any individual property.
Inside an aircraft noise contour
20% of the suburb's land sits inside a published ANEF or airport-environs contour. Contours vary street by street, so whether a particular lot is inside one needs a property-level check.
Contours held
- Victorian Airport Environs Overlay
Observed overflight - sampled 4 Sep to 24 Oct 2026
Night movements: observed, lowest 1,500 ft - night is sampled as often as day, but night traffic is light, so this is a floor and no rate can be put on it.
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.
East Bendigo at a glance
How East Bendigo is zoned
Selling in East Bendigo? The zoning and planning overlays on this page are the controls a Section 32 vendor statement discloses.
Across its 11.27 km², East Bendigo is highly constrained by planning overlays. About 9% of the suburb sits within a mapped flood overlay, and 75% is flagged bushfire-prone. There are 18 heritage-listed sites on record, and the dominant land-use zone is Industrial 1 Zone (IN1Z). The median lot measures about 760 m² across 2,292 parcels.
Who lives in East Bendigo
Census 2021 figures published by the ABS for the East Bendigo 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 959, and decile 3 within Victoria. The national average is 1000.
Age profile
Share of East Bendigo's 2,246 residents in each ABS age band.
Population trend, 2001 to 2025
Estimated resident population of East Bendigo - Kennington, the wider ABS statistical area containing East Bendigo. There is no annual population series published at suburb level, so this describes the surrounding area rather than East Bendigo itself.
12,682 in 2001 to 13,941 in 2025, up 10%.
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.
East Bendigo 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) | Inside a held contour | 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 25 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 East Bendigo 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 East Bendigo lot.
East Bendigo planning - frequently asked
Is East Bendigo flood-prone?
About 9% of East Bendigo falls within a mapped flood overlay, against the council-wide suburb average of 10%.
Is East Bendigo bushfire-prone?
Around 75% of East Bendigo is mapped as bushfire-prone, compared with a Greater Bendigo average of 89%.
Is East Bendigo affected by aircraft noise?
About 20% of East Bendigo sits inside a published aircraft noise contour. ANEF contours are forecasts published per airport and used to control noise-sensitive development; they are not a measurement at any one house, and a property can sit under a flight path and outside every contour.
Is East Bendigo under a flight path?
Aircraft were observed over about 36% of East Bendigo in the period sampled, but only above 3,000 ft - the lowest measured was 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 East Bendigo?
The dominant planning zone in East Bendigo is Industrial 1 Zone (IN1Z), though the suburb also includes Public Conservation and Resource Zone (PCRZ) and Special Use Zone (SUZ7).
Does East Bendigo have heritage-listed places?
East Bendigo has 18 heritage-listed places on record.
What is the typical lot size in East Bendigo?
Across 2,292 surveyed parcels in East Bendigo, the median lot size is about 760 m². There are also 1,574 registered easements mapped in the suburb.
Does East Bendigo have a train station?
There is no train station inside East Bendigo itself. The suburb is served by 24 bus stops.
What is the population of East Bendigo?
At the 2021 Census East Bendigo had 2,246 usual residents, with a median age of 45 and an average household size of 2.1 people. The wider East Bendigo - Kennington statistical area, which contains East Bendigo, went from 12,682 people in 2001 to 13,941 in 2025, up 10%.
Is East Bendigo an advantaged suburb?
On the ABS SEIFA 2021 index of relative socio-economic advantage and disadvantage (IRSAD), East Bendigo scores 959 and sits in decile 4 of 10 nationally and decile 3 within Victoria (decile 1 is the most disadvantaged tenth, decile 10 the least).
What is the median household income in East Bendigo?
Median household income in East Bendigo was $1,258 a week at the 2021 Census, against $1,543 for the typical suburb in Greater Bendigo. Median rent was $295 a week and the median mortgage repayment $1,213 a month.
Compare nearby suburbs
| Nearby suburb | Distance | Flood mapped | Bushfire-prone |
|---|---|---|---|
| White Hills | 2.5 km | 17% | 72% |
| Strathdale | 3.4 km | 4% | 56% |
| Ascot (Bendigo) | 3.6 km | 14% | 86% |
| Wellsford | 4.0 km | <1% | 100% |
| North Bendigo | 4.1 km | 9% | 46% |
| Jackass Flat | 4.5 km | 9% | 89% |
| Kennington | 4.5 km | 5% | 32% |
| Bendigo | 4.5 km | 22% | <1% |
| Epsom | 4.5 km | 59% | 74% |
| Junortoun | 4.7 km | 5% | 100% |