Harcourt North flood map & planning overlays
Harcourt North: 39 heritage places, 8 ha farms, an older median of 55.
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A planning-constraint profile of Harcourt North
(Greater Bendigo, VIC) - 63.62 km², mapped from live council and
state overlay data. This suburb is highly constrained.
Profile updated 24 October 2026.
Constraint readout
63.62 km² - this suburb is highly constrained by planning overlays.
Elevation hillshade with street names, clipped to Harcourt North'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 Harcourt North
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: 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.
Harcourt North at a glance
How Harcourt North is zoned
Selling in Harcourt North? The zoning and planning overlays on this page are the controls a Section 32 vendor statement discloses.
Across its 63.62 km², Harcourt North is highly constrained by planning overlays. About 3% of the suburb sits within a mapped flood overlay, and 99% is flagged bushfire-prone. There are 39 heritage-listed sites on record, and the dominant land-use zone is Farming Zone (FZ1). The median lot measures about 80,086 m² across 353 parcels.
Who lives in Harcourt North
Census 2021 figures published by the ABS for the Harcourt North 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 1083, and decile 10 within Victoria. The national average is 1000.
Age profile
Share of Harcourt North's 291 residents in each ABS age band.
Population trend, 2001 to 2025
Estimated resident population of Castlemaine Surrounds, the wider ABS statistical area containing Harcourt North. There is no annual population series published at suburb level, so this describes the surrounding area rather than Harcourt North itself.
7,724 in 2001 to 9,675 in 2025, up 25%.
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.
Harcourt North 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 Harcourt North address
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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 Harcourt North lot.
Harcourt North planning - frequently asked
Is Harcourt North flood-prone?
About 3% of Harcourt North falls within a mapped flood overlay, against the council-wide suburb average of 10%.
Is Harcourt North bushfire-prone?
Around 99% of Harcourt North is mapped as bushfire-prone, compared with a Greater Bendigo average of 89%.
Is Harcourt North under a flight path?
Aircraft were observed over about 21% of Harcourt North in the period sampled, but only above 3,000 ft - the lowest measured was 3,500 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 Harcourt North?
The dominant planning zone in Harcourt North is Farming Zone (FZ1), though the suburb also includes Public Conservation and Resource Zone (PCRZ) and Rural Conservation Zone (RCZ1).
Does Harcourt North have heritage-listed places?
Harcourt North has 39 heritage-listed places on record.
What is the typical lot size in Harcourt North?
Across 353 surveyed parcels in Harcourt North, the median lot size is about 80,086 m². There are also 227 registered easements mapped in the suburb.
What is the population of Harcourt North?
At the 2021 Census Harcourt North had 291 usual residents, with a median age of 55 and an average household size of 2.3 people. The wider Castlemaine Surrounds statistical area, which contains Harcourt North, went from 7,724 people in 2001 to 9,675 in 2025, up 25%.
Is Harcourt North an advantaged suburb?
On the ABS SEIFA 2021 index of relative socio-economic advantage and disadvantage (IRSAD), Harcourt North scores 1083 and sits in decile 10 of 10 nationally and decile 10 within Victoria (decile 1 is the most disadvantaged tenth, decile 10 the least).
What is the median household income in Harcourt North?
Median household income in Harcourt North was $2,146 a week at the 2021 Census, against $1,543 for the typical suburb in Greater Bendigo. Median rent was $285 a week and the median mortgage repayment $1,760 a month.
Compare nearby suburbs
| Nearby suburb | Distance | Flood mapped | Bushfire-prone |
|---|---|---|---|
| Harcourt Mount Alexander |
4.8 km | 3% | 100% |
| Ravenswood South Mount Alexander |
5.7 km | Not mapped | 100% |
| Sedgwick | 7.5 km | 9% | 100% |
| Barkers Creek Mount Alexander |
8.9 km | 3% | 100% |
| Sutton Grange Mount Alexander |
9.1 km | 2% | 100% |
| Ravenswood | 9.3 km | 3% | 100% |
| Mandurang South | 9.5 km | 4% | 100% |
| Walmer Mount Alexander |
9.8 km | 8% | 100% |
| Faraday Mount Alexander |
11.2 km | Not mapped | 100% |
| Myrtle Creek Mount Alexander |
11.4 km | 11% | 100% |