East Sale flood map & planning overlays
East Sale has the most aircraft noise in Wellington, 65.2%, and a median of 24.
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A planning-constraint profile of East Sale
(Wellington, VIC) - 9.44 km², mapped from live council and
state overlay data. This suburb is highly constrained.
Profile updated 24 October 2026.
Constraint readout
9.44 km² - this suburb is highly constrained by planning overlays.
Elevation hillshade with street names, clipped to East Sale'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 Sale
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
65% 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.
Highest contour present
Under AS 2021, land at ANEF 30 and above is generally unacceptable for new houses and most noise-sensitive uses. The contour is a forecast, not a measurement at any one house.
Contours held
- Defence Airfields ANEF
- Victorian Airport Environs Overlay
Observed overflight - sampled 4 Sep to 24 Oct 2026
typical observed square 6 a day
Night movements: observed, lowest 7,500 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 Sale at a glance
How East Sale is zoned
Selling in East Sale? The zoning and planning overlays on this page are the controls a Section 32 vendor statement discloses.
Across its 9.44 km², East Sale 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 Commonwealth Land (CA). The median lot measures about 90,543 m² across 39 parcels.
Who lives in East Sale
Census 2021 figures published by the ABS for the East Sale suburb boundary itself, not a wider region.
Age profile
Share of East Sale's 210 residents in each ABS age band.
Population trend, 2001 to 2025
Estimated resident population of Longford - Loch Sport, the wider ABS statistical area containing East Sale. There is no annual population series published at suburb level, so this describes the surrounding area rather than East Sale itself.
3,830 in 2001 to 4,993 in 2025, up 30%.
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 Sale 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 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 East Sale 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 →Aircraft have been seen below 3,000 ft over about 100% of East Sale. 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 Sale lot.
East Sale planning - frequently asked
Is East Sale flood-prone?
Flood mapping covers East Sale and less than 1% of the suburb falls within a mapped flood overlay (the council-wide suburb average is 26%).
Is East Sale bushfire-prone?
Around 100% of East Sale is mapped as bushfire-prone, compared with a Wellington average of 96%.
Is East Sale affected by aircraft noise?
About 65% of East Sale sits inside a published aircraft noise contour, and the highest contour present is ANEF 40 - under AS 2021, land above ANEF 25 is generally considered unacceptable for new houses, and 20-25 conditionally acceptable with noise attenuation. 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 Sale under a flight path?
Aircraft were observed below 3,000 ft over about 100% of East Sale, in the period sampled (4 Sep 2026 to 24 Oct 2026). The lowest measured aircraft was at 500 ft, with an average of 1,000 ft. At the busiest point in the suburb about 73 aircraft a day were recorded passing over one 500 m square. 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 Sale?
The dominant planning zone in East Sale is Commonwealth Land (CA), though the suburb also includes Farming Zone (FZ) and Transport Zone (TRZ2).
Does East Sale have heritage-listed places?
No heritage-listed places are on record within East Sale.
What is the typical lot size in East Sale?
Across 39 surveyed parcels in East Sale, the median lot size is about 90,543 m². There are also 28 registered easements mapped in the suburb.
What is the population of East Sale?
At the 2021 Census East Sale had 210 usual residents, with a median age of 24 and an average household size of 2.1 people. The wider Longford - Loch Sport statistical area, which contains East Sale, went from 3,830 people in 2001 to 4,993 in 2025, up 30%.
What is the median household income in East Sale?
Median household income in East Sale was $1,625 a week at the 2021 Census, against $1,357 for the typical suburb in Wellington. Median rent was $75 a week and the median mortgage repayment $737 a month.
Compare nearby suburbs
| Nearby suburb | Distance | Flood mapped | Bushfire-prone |
|---|---|---|---|
| Cobains | 3.2 km | 20% | 100% |
| The Heart | 3.9 km | 85% | 100% |
| Sale | 5.3 km | 41% | 78% |
| Clydebank | 7.4 km | 59% | 100% |
| Airly | 9.2 km | 16% | 100% |
| Montgomery | 10.1 km | 3% | 100% |
| Wurruk | 10.4 km | 31% | 96% |
| Pearsondale | 10.5 km | 68% | 100% |
| Myrtlebank | 11.5 km | 47% | 100% |
| Dutson | 12.1 km | 43% | 100% |