Fosterville flood map & planning overlays
Fosterville's 2,078 m² lots hold 20 heritage places, median 50.
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A planning-constraint profile of Fosterville
(Greater Bendigo, VIC) - 46.82 km², mapped from live council and
state overlay data. This suburb is highly constrained.
Profile updated 24 October 2026.
Constraint readout
46.82 km² - this suburb is highly constrained by planning overlays.
Elevation hillshade with street names, clipped to Fosterville'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 Fosterville
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
typical observed square 1 a day
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.
Fosterville at a glance
How Fosterville is zoned
Selling in Fosterville? The zoning and planning overlays on this page are the controls a Section 32 vendor statement discloses.
Across its 46.82 km², Fosterville is highly constrained by planning overlays. About 6% of the suburb sits within a mapped flood overlay, and 100% is flagged bushfire-prone. There are 20 heritage-listed sites on record, and the dominant land-use zone is Farming Zone (FZ1). The median lot measures about 2,078 m² across 360 parcels.
Who lives in Fosterville
Census 2021 figures published by the ABS for the Fosterville 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 1000, and decile 6 within Victoria. The national average is 1000.
Age profile
Share of Fosterville's 57 residents in each ABS age band.
Population trend, 2001 to 2025
Estimated resident population of Bendigo Surrounds - North, the wider ABS statistical area containing Fosterville. There is no annual population series published at suburb level, so this describes the surrounding area rather than Fosterville itself.
3,900 in 2001 to 5,505 in 2025, up 41%.
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.
Fosterville 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 Fosterville 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 Fosterville lot.
Fosterville planning - frequently asked
Is Fosterville flood-prone?
About 6% of Fosterville falls within a mapped flood overlay, against the council-wide suburb average of 10%.
Is Fosterville bushfire-prone?
Around 100% of Fosterville is mapped as bushfire-prone, compared with a Greater Bendigo average of 89%.
Is Fosterville under a flight path?
Aircraft were observed over about 21% of Fosterville in the period sampled, but only above 3,000 ft - the lowest measured was 5,000 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 Fosterville?
The dominant planning zone in Fosterville is Farming Zone (FZ1), though the suburb also includes Public Conservation and Resource Zone (PCRZ) and Transport Zone (TRZ3).
Does Fosterville have heritage-listed places?
Fosterville has 20 heritage-listed places on record.
What is the typical lot size in Fosterville?
Across 360 surveyed parcels in Fosterville, the median lot size is about 2,078 m². There are also 24 registered easements mapped in the suburb.
What is the population of Fosterville?
At the 2021 Census Fosterville had 57 usual residents, with a median age of 50 and an average household size of 2.3 people. The wider Bendigo Surrounds - North statistical area, which contains Fosterville, went from 3,900 people in 2001 to 5,505 in 2025, up 41%.
Is Fosterville an advantaged suburb?
On the ABS SEIFA 2021 index of relative socio-economic advantage and disadvantage (IRSAD), Fosterville scores 1000 and sits in decile 6 of 10 nationally and decile 6 within Victoria (decile 1 is the most disadvantaged tenth, decile 10 the least).
What is the median household income in Fosterville?
Median household income in Fosterville was $1,550 a week at the 2021 Census, against $1,543 for the typical suburb in Greater Bendigo. Median rent was $240 a week and the median mortgage repayment $2,975 a month.
Compare nearby suburbs
| Nearby suburb | Distance | Flood mapped | Bushfire-prone |
|---|---|---|---|
| Barnadown | 7.1 km | 18% | 100% |
| Bagshot | 7.7 km | 23% | 100% |
| Longlea | 8.1 km | 0% | 100% |
| Goornong | 8.7 km | 12% | 100% |
| Wellsford | 9.9 km | <1% | 100% |
| Axedale | 10.1 km | 0% | 100% |
| Muskerry Campaspe |
10.7 km | 8% | 100% |
| Ascot (Bendigo) | 12.1 km | 14% | 86% |
| Junortoun | 13.0 km | 5% | 100% |
| Bagshot North | 13.1 km | 7% | 100% |