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Golden Gully flood map & planning overlays

Golden Gully is heritage-rich: 83 places, 5th in Greater Bendigo.

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A planning-constraint profile of Golden Gully (Greater Bendigo, VIC) - 3.18 km², mapped from live council and state overlay data. This suburb is highly constrained.
Profile updated 25 October 2026.

Elevation hillshade with street names, clipped to Golden Gully'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.

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Aircraft noise and flight paths over Golden Gully

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

Under observed aircraft
13%
of the suburb, at or below 10,000 ft
Below 3,000 ft
0%
of the suburb's area
Lowest measured
8,000 ft
averaging 9,000 ft
How often
not established
aircraft were seen, but not often enough to put a rate on

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.

Golden Gully at a glance

Parcels 206 Median lot 1,740 m² Mapped easements 74

How Golden Gully is zoned

Public Conservation and Resource Zone (PCRZ) 60%
Low Density Residential Zone (LDRZ1) 13%
Public Park and Recreation Zone (PPRZ) 9%
Industrial 1 Zone (IN1Z) 5%
General Residential Zone (GRZ) 5%
Transport Zone (TRZ3) 4%

Selling in Golden Gully? The zoning and planning overlays on this page are the controls a Section 32 vendor statement discloses.

Across its 3.18 km², Golden Gully is highly constrained by planning overlays. About 1% of the suburb sits within a mapped flood overlay, and 100% is flagged bushfire-prone. There are 83 heritage-listed sites on record, and the dominant land-use zone is Public Conservation and Resource Zone (PCRZ). The median lot measures about 1,740 m² across 206 parcels.

Who lives in Golden Gully

Census 2021 figures published by the ABS for the Golden Gully suburb boundary itself, not a wider region.

Population
213
usual residents, 2021
Median age
41
years
Median household income
$1,562
per week, Greater Bendigo suburb typical $1,543
Median rent
$315
per week, Greater Bendigo suburb typical $287
Median mortgage
$1,300
per month
Household size
2.6
people, average

Socio-economic standing

ABS SEIFA 2021 ranks every Australian suburb. Decile 1 is the most disadvantaged tenth of the country, decile 10 the least.

Advantage and disadvantage (IRSAD) Decile 2
most disadvantagedleast disadvantaged

Score 911, and decile 1 within Victoria. The national average is 1000.

Relative disadvantage (IRSD) Decile 3
most disadvantagedleast disadvantaged

Age profile

Share of Golden Gully's 213 residents in each ABS age band.

0-4 4.1%
5-14 14.0%
15-19 8.6%
20-24 5.9%
25-34 9.9%
35-44 11.7%
45-54 9.5%
55-64 18.0%
65-74 14.9%
75-84 3.6%
85+ 0.0%

Population trend, 2001 to 2025

Estimated resident population of Kangaroo Flat - Golden Square, the wider ABS statistical area containing Golden Gully. There is no annual population series published at suburb level, so this describes the surrounding area rather than Golden Gully itself.

16,792 in 2001 to 21,369 in 2025, up 27%.

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.

Golden Gully data sources and coverage

“Not mapped” means we hold no source layer for this suburb - never an all-clear.

DatasetCoveragePublisher
Flood mappingMappedVicmap Planning and Victorian Government spatial services
Bushfire-prone mappingMappedVicmap Planning and Victorian Government spatial services
ZoningMappedVicmap Planning and Victorian Government spatial services
Heritage and environmentMapped where publishedVicmap Planning and Victorian Government spatial services
Aircraft noise contours (ANEF)Not heldVicmap Planning and Victorian Government spatial services, Defence
Observed flight pathsObservedadsb.lol, under the Open Database License
DemographicsAvailableAustralian Bureau of Statistics (2021 Census and SEIFA)

Profile last materially updated 25 October 2026. See the methodology and full source list. Source data changes over time and critical decisions should be checked with the responsible authority.

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Golden Gully planning - frequently asked

Is Golden Gully flood-prone?

About 1% of Golden Gully falls within a mapped flood overlay, against the council-wide suburb average of 10%.

Is Golden Gully bushfire-prone?

Around 100% of Golden Gully is mapped as bushfire-prone, compared with a Greater Bendigo average of 89%.

Is Golden Gully under a flight path?

Aircraft were observed over about 13% of Golden Gully in the period sampled, but only above 3,000 ft - the lowest measured was 8,000 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 Golden Gully?

The dominant planning zone in Golden Gully is Public Conservation and Resource Zone (PCRZ), though the suburb also includes Low Density Residential Zone (LDRZ1) and Public Park and Recreation Zone (PPRZ).

Does Golden Gully have heritage-listed places?

Golden Gully has 83 heritage-listed places on record.

What is the typical lot size in Golden Gully?

Across 206 surveyed parcels in Golden Gully, the median lot size is about 1,740 m². There are also 74 registered easements mapped in the suburb.

What is the population of Golden Gully?

At the 2021 Census Golden Gully had 213 usual residents, with a median age of 41 and an average household size of 2.6 people. The wider Kangaroo Flat - Golden Square statistical area, which contains Golden Gully, went from 16,792 people in 2001 to 21,369 in 2025, up 27%.

Is Golden Gully an advantaged suburb?

On the ABS SEIFA 2021 index of relative socio-economic advantage and disadvantage (IRSAD), Golden Gully scores 911 and sits in decile 2 of 10 nationally and decile 1 within Victoria (decile 1 is the most disadvantaged tenth, decile 10 the least).

What is the median household income in Golden Gully?

Median household income in Golden Gully was $1,562 a week at the 2021 Census, against $1,543 for the typical suburb in Greater Bendigo. Median rent was $315 a week and the median mortgage repayment $1,300 a month.

Compare nearby suburbs

Nearby suburbDistanceFlood mappedBushfire-prone
Spring Gully 2.2 km 4% 99%
Golden Square 2.2 km 7% 46%
Quarry Hill 2.3 km 4% 52%
Kangaroo Flat 2.7 km 9% 80%
Flora Hill 2.8 km 2% 51%
Kennington 4.0 km 5% 32%
Ironbark 4.2 km Not mapped 30%
Bendigo 4.3 km 22% <1%
Mandurang 4.5 km 9% 100%
West Bendigo 4.9 km 2% 100%

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