Glen Alvie flood map & planning overlays
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A planning-constraint profile of Glen Alvie
(Bass Coast, VIC) - 29.17 km², mapped from live council and
state overlay data. This suburb is highly constrained.
Profile updated 24 October 2026.
Constraint readout
29.17 km² - this suburb is highly constrained by planning overlays.
Elevation hillshade with street names, clipped to Glen Alvie'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 Glen Alvie
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 0 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.
Glen Alvie at a glance
How Glen Alvie is zoned
Selling in Glen Alvie? The zoning and planning overlays on this page are the controls a Section 32 vendor statement discloses.
Across its 29.17 km², Glen Alvie is highly constrained by planning overlays. About 3% of the suburb sits within a mapped flood overlay, and 100% is flagged bushfire-prone. There are 4 heritage-listed sites on record, and the dominant land-use zone is Farming Zone (FZ). The median lot measures about 40,001 m² across 179 parcels.
Who lives in Glen Alvie
Census 2021 figures published by the ABS for the Glen Alvie 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 1015, and decile 7 within Victoria. The national average is 1000.
Age profile
Share of Glen Alvie's 182 residents in each ABS age band.
Population trend, 2001 to 2025
Estimated resident population of Wonthaggi - Inverloch, the wider ABS statistical area containing Glen Alvie. There is no annual population series published at suburb level, so this describes the surrounding area rather than Glen Alvie itself.
17,647 in 2001 to 29,333 in 2025, up 66%.
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.
Glen Alvie 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 Glen Alvie address
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See what's in the $9 report →Aircraft have been seen below 3,000 ft over about 29% of Glen Alvie. 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 Glen Alvie lot.
Glen Alvie planning - frequently asked
Is Glen Alvie flood-prone?
About 3% of Glen Alvie falls within a mapped flood overlay, against the council-wide suburb average of 15%.
Is Glen Alvie bushfire-prone?
Around 100% of Glen Alvie is mapped as bushfire-prone, compared with a Bass Coast average of 93%.
Is Glen Alvie under a flight path?
Aircraft were observed below 3,000 ft over about 29% of Glen Alvie, and over about 70% 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 4,500 ft. At the busiest point in the suburb about 1 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 Glen Alvie?
The dominant planning zone in Glen Alvie is Farming Zone (FZ), though the suburb also includes Rural Conservation Zone (RCZ) and Public Use Zone (PUZ1).
Does Glen Alvie have heritage-listed places?
Glen Alvie has 4 heritage-listed places on record.
What is the typical lot size in Glen Alvie?
Across 179 surveyed parcels in Glen Alvie, the median lot size is about 40,001 m². There are also 131 registered easements mapped in the suburb.
What is the population of Glen Alvie?
At the 2021 Census Glen Alvie had 182 usual residents, with a median age of 44 and an average household size of 2.8 people. The wider Wonthaggi - Inverloch statistical area, which contains Glen Alvie, went from 17,647 people in 2001 to 29,333 in 2025, up 66%.
Is Glen Alvie an advantaged suburb?
On the ABS SEIFA 2021 index of relative socio-economic advantage and disadvantage (IRSAD), Glen Alvie scores 1015 and sits in decile 7 of 10 nationally and decile 7 within Victoria (decile 1 is the most disadvantaged tenth, decile 10 the least).
What is the median household income in Glen Alvie?
Median household income in Glen Alvie was $1,812 a week at the 2021 Census, against $1,286 for the typical suburb in Bass Coast. Median rent was $243 a week and the median mortgage repayment $1,400 a month.
Compare nearby suburbs
| Nearby suburb | Distance | Flood mapped | Bushfire-prone |
|---|---|---|---|
| Krowera | 5.0 km | <1% | 100% |
| Lance Creek | 5.1 km | 44% | 100% |
| Kongwak South Gippsland |
5.2 km | 22% | 100% |
| Ryanston | 5.8 km | <1% | 100% |
| Moyarra South Gippsland |
6.4 km | Not mapped | 100% |
| West Creek | 7.1 km | 29% | 100% |
| Kernot | 7.6 km | 4% | 100% |
| Almurta | 8.1 km | 7% | 100% |
| St Clair | 9.3 km | 34% | 100% |
| Archies Creek | 9.4 km | 0% | 100% |