Eastwood flood map & planning overlays
The VIC Eastwood houses 2,855 people, 3rd in East Gippsland, renting at $370.
Free map preview, then PDF reports from $9 - about the price of an iced latte on a public holiday.
A planning-constraint profile of Eastwood
(East Gippsland, VIC) - 2.33 km², mapped from live council and
state overlay data. This suburb is highly constrained.
Profile updated 24 October 2026.
Constraint readout
2.33 km² - this suburb is highly constrained by planning overlays.
Elevation hillshade with street names, clipped to Eastwood'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 Eastwood
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.
Eastwood at a glance
How Eastwood is zoned
Selling in Eastwood? The zoning and planning overlays on this page are the controls a Section 32 vendor statement discloses.
Across its 2.33 km², Eastwood is highly constrained by planning overlays. About 14% of the suburb sits within a mapped flood overlay, and 30% is flagged bushfire-prone. The dominant land-use zone is General Residential Zone (GRZ1). The median lot measures about 885 m² across 1,212 parcels.
Who lives in Eastwood
Census 2021 figures published by the ABS for the Eastwood 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 966, and decile 3 within Victoria. The national average is 1000.
Age profile
Share of Eastwood's 2,855 residents in each ABS age band.
Population trend, 2001 to 2025
Estimated resident population of Bairnsdale, the wider ABS statistical area containing Eastwood. There is no annual population series published at suburb level, so this describes the surrounding area rather than Eastwood itself.
12,080 in 2001 to 15,917 in 2025, up 32%.
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.
Eastwood 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 Eastwood 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 Eastwood lot.
Eastwood planning - frequently asked
Is Eastwood flood-prone?
About 14% of Eastwood falls within a mapped flood overlay, against the council-wide suburb average of 18%.
Is Eastwood bushfire-prone?
Around 30% of Eastwood is mapped as bushfire-prone, compared with a East Gippsland average of 94%.
Is Eastwood under a flight path?
Aircraft were observed over about 22% of Eastwood in the period sampled, but only above 3,000 ft - the lowest measured was 7,000 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 Eastwood?
The dominant planning zone in Eastwood is General Residential Zone (GRZ1), though the suburb also includes Public Use Zone (PUZ2) and Commercial 1 Zone (C1Z).
Does Eastwood have heritage-listed places?
No heritage-listed places are on record within Eastwood.
What is the typical lot size in Eastwood?
Across 1,212 surveyed parcels in Eastwood, the median lot size is about 885 m². There are also 447 registered easements mapped in the suburb.
Does Eastwood have a train station?
There is no train station inside Eastwood itself. The suburb is served by 4 bus stops.
What is the population of Eastwood?
At the 2021 Census Eastwood had 2,855 usual residents, with a median age of 50 and an average household size of 2.4 people. The wider Bairnsdale statistical area, which contains Eastwood, went from 12,080 people in 2001 to 15,917 in 2025, up 32%.
Is Eastwood an advantaged suburb?
On the ABS SEIFA 2021 index of relative socio-economic advantage and disadvantage (IRSAD), Eastwood scores 966 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 Eastwood?
Median household income in Eastwood was $1,304 a week at the 2021 Census, against $1,209 for the typical suburb in East Gippsland. Median rent was $370 a week and the median mortgage repayment $1,417 a month.
Compare nearby suburbs
| Nearby suburb | Distance | Flood mapped | Bushfire-prone |
|---|---|---|---|
| Wy Yung | 3.1 km | 17% | 99% |
| Lucknow | 3.3 km | <1% | 92% |
| East Bairnsdale | 5.0 km | 49% | 86% |
| Bairnsdale | 5.2 km | 20% | 88% |
| Ellaswood | 6.4 km | 0% | 100% |
| Granite Rock | 6.8 km | Not mapped | 100% |
| Broadlands | 7.2 km | 87% | 27% |
| Nicholson | 10.0 km | 16% | 95% |
| Eagle Point | 10.3 km | 60% | 49% |
| Mount Taylor | 10.6 km | Not mapped | 100% |