Golden Square flood map & planning overlays
Golden Square: 132 heritage places and 9,220 people, 2nd in Greater Bendigo for both.
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A planning-constraint profile of Golden Square
(Greater Bendigo, VIC) - 8.5 km², mapped from live council and
state overlay data. This suburb is highly constrained.
Profile updated 25 October 2026.
Constraint readout
8.5 km² - this suburb is highly constrained by planning overlays.
Elevation hillshade with street names, clipped to Golden Square'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 Golden Square
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: observed, lowest 4,500 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.
Golden Square at a glance
How Golden Square is zoned
Selling in Golden Square? The zoning and planning overlays on this page are the controls a Section 32 vendor statement discloses.
Across its 8.5 km², Golden Square is highly constrained by planning overlays. About 7% of the suburb sits within a mapped flood overlay, and 46% is flagged bushfire-prone. There are 132 heritage-listed sites on record, and the dominant land-use zone is General Residential Zone (GRZ). The median lot measures about 651 m² across 5,461 parcels.
Who lives in Golden Square
Census 2021 figures published by the ABS for the Golden Square 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 947, and decile 2 within Victoria. The national average is 1000.
Age profile
Share of Golden Square's 9,220 residents in each ABS age band.
Population trend, 2001 to 2025
Estimated resident population of Kangaroo Flat - Golden Square, the wider ABS statistical area containing Golden Square. There is no annual population series published at suburb level, so this describes the surrounding area rather than Golden Square 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 Square 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 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.
Check a specific Golden Square 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 Golden Square lot.
Golden Square planning - frequently asked
Is Golden Square flood-prone?
About 7% of Golden Square falls within a mapped flood overlay, against the council-wide suburb average of 10%.
Is Golden Square bushfire-prone?
Around 46% of Golden Square is mapped as bushfire-prone, compared with a Greater Bendigo average of 89%.
Is Golden Square under a flight path?
Aircraft were observed over about 23% of Golden Square in the period sampled, but only above 3,000 ft - the lowest measured was 5,500 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 Square?
The dominant planning zone in Golden Square is General Residential Zone (GRZ), though the suburb also includes Commercial 2 Zone (C2Z) and Public Park and Recreation Zone (PPRZ).
Does Golden Square have heritage-listed places?
Golden Square has 132 heritage-listed places on record.
What is the typical lot size in Golden Square?
Across 5,461 surveyed parcels in Golden Square, the median lot size is about 651 m². There are also 2,220 registered easements mapped in the suburb.
Does Golden Square have a train station?
There is no train station inside Golden Square itself. The suburb is served by 65 bus stops.
What is the population of Golden Square?
At the 2021 Census Golden Square had 9,220 usual residents, with a median age of 39 and an average household size of 2.3 people. The wider Kangaroo Flat - Golden Square statistical area, which contains Golden Square, went from 16,792 people in 2001 to 21,369 in 2025, up 27%.
Is Golden Square an advantaged suburb?
On the ABS SEIFA 2021 index of relative socio-economic advantage and disadvantage (IRSAD), Golden Square scores 947 and sits in decile 3 of 10 nationally and decile 2 within Victoria (decile 1 is the most disadvantaged tenth, decile 10 the least).
What is the median household income in Golden Square?
Median household income in Golden Square was $1,344 a week at the 2021 Census, against $1,543 for the typical suburb in Greater Bendigo. Median rent was $295 a week and the median mortgage repayment $1,300 a month.
Compare nearby suburbs
| Nearby suburb | Distance | Flood mapped | Bushfire-prone |
|---|---|---|---|
| Golden Gully | 2.2 km | 1% | 100% |
| Quarry Hill | 2.3 km | 4% | 52% |
| Ironbark | 2.4 km | Not mapped | 30% |
| West Bendigo | 2.7 km | 2% | 100% |
| Bendigo | 3.2 km | 22% | <1% |
| Long Gully | 3.5 km | 5% | 63% |
| Kangaroo Flat | 3.7 km | 9% | 80% |
| Flora Hill | 3.7 km | 2% | 51% |
| Spring Gully | 4.1 km | 4% | 99% |
| Kennington | 4.5 km | 5% | 32% |