Guys Forest zoning & planning overlays
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A planning-constraint profile of Guys Forest
(Towong, VIC) - 180.57 km², mapped from live council and
state overlay data. This suburb is highly constrained on the overlays we could measure - no flood mapping covers this suburb, so this is not a suburb-wide verdict.
Profile updated 11 October 2026.
Constraint readout
180.57 km² - this suburb is highly constrained on the overlays we could measure - no flood mapping covers this suburb, so this is not a suburb-wide verdict.
Elevation hillshade with street names, clipped to Guys Forest's boundary, with the bushfire and environmental overlays drawn on top. No flood layer is drawn because we hold no flood mapping for this area.
Nearby suburbs, nearest first
Aircraft noise and flight paths over Guys Forest
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 to
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.
Guys Forest at a glance
How Guys Forest is zoned
Selling in Guys Forest? The zoning and planning overlays on this page are the controls a Section 32 vendor statement discloses.
Across its 180.57 km², Guys Forest is highly constrained by the planning overlays we hold. We hold no flood mapping covering this suburb, so no flood figure is shown - that is a gap in our data, not an all-clear. Of what is mapped, 100% is flagged bushfire-prone. The dominant land-use zone is Public Conservation and Resource Zone (PCRZ). The median lot measures about 277,909 m² across 104 parcels.
Who lives in Guys Forest
Census 2021 figures published by the ABS for the Guys Forest 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 990, and decile 5 within Victoria. The national average is 1000.
Population trend, 2001 to 2025
Estimated resident population of Towong, the wider ABS statistical area containing Guys Forest. There is no annual population series published at suburb level, so this describes the surrounding area rather than Guys Forest itself.
6,204 in 2001 to 6,155 in 2025, down 1%.
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.
Guys Forest data sources and coverage
“Not mapped” means we hold no source layer for this suburb - never an all-clear.
| Dataset | Coverage | Publisher |
|---|---|---|
| Flood mapping | Not 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 11 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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Guys Forest planning - frequently asked
Is Guys Forest flood-prone?
We don't yet hold flood mapping covering Guys Forest, so this page can't say how much of the suburb is flood-affected - that is a gap in our data, not an indication that the suburb is free of flood risk. Towong is the authority to check for flood mapping in this area.
Is Guys Forest bushfire-prone?
Around 100% of Guys Forest is mapped as bushfire-prone, compared with a Towong average of 97%.
Is Guys Forest under a flight path?
No aircraft were observed over Guys Forest in the period sampled (recent weeks to now). Sampling is intermittent, so that is a floor rather than proof that none fly over. 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 Guys Forest?
The dominant planning zone in Guys Forest is Public Conservation and Resource Zone (PCRZ), though the suburb also includes Rural Activity Zone (RAZ) and Farming Zone (FZ).
Does Guys Forest have heritage-listed places?
No heritage-listed places are on record within Guys Forest.
What is the typical lot size in Guys Forest?
Across 104 surveyed parcels in Guys Forest, the median lot size is about 277,909 m². There are also 2 registered easements mapped in the suburb.
Is Guys Forest an advantaged suburb?
On the ABS SEIFA 2021 index of relative socio-economic advantage and disadvantage (IRSAD), Guys Forest scores 990 and sits in decile 6 of 10 nationally and decile 5 within Victoria (decile 1 is the most disadvantaged tenth, decile 10 the least).
Compare nearby suburbs
| Nearby suburb | Distance | Flood mapped | Bushfire-prone |
|---|---|---|---|
| Mount Alfred | 10.3 km | 10% | 100% |
| Walwa | 10.9 km | 7% | 100% |
| Berringama | 12.9 km | Not mapped | 100% |
| Burrowye | 13.7 km | 4% | 100% |
| Cudgewa | 14.5 km | 6% | 100% |
| Pine Mountain | 16.2 km | 10% | 100% |
| Shelley | 17.2 km | Not mapped | 100% |
| Koetong | 21.3 km | Not mapped | 100% |
| Tintaldra | 22.4 km | 26% | 100% |
| Colac Colac | 22.4 km | 26% | 100% |