Gisborne flood map & planning overlays
Gisborne is Macedon Ranges' biggest town, 10,142 people, with 54 bus stops.
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A planning-constraint profile of Gisborne
(Macedon Ranges, VIC) - 96.41 km², mapped from live council and
state overlay data. This suburb is highly constrained.
Profile updated 24 October 2026.
Constraint readout
96.41 km² - this suburb is highly constrained by planning overlays.
Elevation hillshade with street names, clipped to Gisborne'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 Gisborne
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: observed, lowest 2,000 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.
Gisborne at a glance
How Gisborne is zoned
Selling in Gisborne? The zoning and planning overlays on this page are the controls a Section 32 vendor statement discloses.
Across its 96.41 km², Gisborne is highly constrained by planning overlays. About 3% of the suburb sits within a mapped flood overlay, and 92% is flagged bushfire-prone. There are 40 heritage-listed sites on record, and the dominant land-use zone is Public Conservation and Resource Zone (PCRZ). The median lot measures about 963 m² across 5,898 parcels.
Who lives in Gisborne
Census 2021 figures published by the ABS for the Gisborne 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 1067, and decile 9 within Victoria. The national average is 1000.
Age profile
Share of Gisborne's 10,142 residents in each ABS age band.
Population trend, 2001 to 2025
Estimated resident population of Gisborne, the wider ABS statistical area containing Gisborne. There is no annual population series published at suburb level, so this describes the surrounding area rather than Gisborne itself.
9,055 in 2001 to 15,959 in 2025, up 76%.
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.
Gisborne 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 Gisborne 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 29% of Gisborne. 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 Gisborne lot.
Gisborne planning - frequently asked
Is Gisborne flood-prone?
About 3% of Gisborne falls within a mapped flood overlay, against the council-wide suburb average of 8%.
Is Gisborne bushfire-prone?
Around 92% of Gisborne is mapped as bushfire-prone, compared with a Macedon Ranges average of 99%.
Is Gisborne under a flight path?
Aircraft were observed below 3,000 ft over about 29% of Gisborne, and over about 75% at any altitude up to 10,000 ft, in the period sampled (4 Sep 2026 to 24 Oct 2026). The lowest measured aircraft was at 1,000 ft, with an average of 6,000 ft. At the busiest point in the suburb about 22 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 Gisborne?
The dominant planning zone in Gisborne is Public Conservation and Resource Zone (PCRZ), though the suburb also includes Rural Conservation Zone (RCZ3) and Rural Living Zone (RLZ3).
Does Gisborne have heritage-listed places?
Gisborne has 40 heritage-listed places on record.
What is the typical lot size in Gisborne?
Across 5,898 surveyed parcels in Gisborne, the median lot size is about 963 m². There are also 3,718 registered easements mapped in the suburb.
Does Gisborne have a train station?
There is no train station inside Gisborne itself. The suburb is served by 54 bus stops.
What is the population of Gisborne?
At the 2021 Census Gisborne had 10,142 usual residents, with a median age of 39 and an average household size of 2.8 people. The wider Gisborne statistical area, which contains Gisborne, went from 9,055 people in 2001 to 15,959 in 2025, up 76%.
Is Gisborne an advantaged suburb?
On the ABS SEIFA 2021 index of relative socio-economic advantage and disadvantage (IRSAD), Gisborne scores 1067 and sits in decile 9 of 10 nationally and decile 9 within Victoria (decile 1 is the most disadvantaged tenth, decile 10 the least).
What is the median household income in Gisborne?
Median household income in Gisborne was $2,294 a week at the 2021 Census, against $2,090 for the typical suburb in Macedon Ranges. Median rent was $423 a week and the median mortgage repayment $2,167 a month.
Compare nearby suburbs
| Nearby suburb | Distance | Flood mapped | Bushfire-prone |
|---|---|---|---|
| Gisborne South | 6.0 km | Not mapped | 100% |
| New Gisborne | 6.7 km | Not mapped | 95% |
| Bullengarook | 7.3 km | 0% | 100% |
| Macedon | 9.1 km | 0% | 100% |
| Toolern Vale Melton |
10.3 km | <1% | 100% |
| Riddells Creek | 11.0 km | 0% | 98% |
| Coimadai Moorabool |
12.2 km | 5% | 99% |
| Mount Macedon | 12.9 km | 0% | 100% |
| Sunbury Hume |
13.0 km | 2% | 83% |
| Cherokee | 13.3 km | Not mapped | 100% |