Hensley Park flood map & planning overlays
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A planning-constraint profile of Hensley Park
(Southern Grampians, VIC) - 139.99 km², mapped from live council and
state overlay data. This suburb is highly constrained.
Profile updated 24 October 2026.
Constraint readout
139.99 km² - this suburb is highly constrained by planning overlays.
Elevation hillshade with street names, clipped to Hensley Park's boundary, with the flood, bushfire and environmental overlays drawn on top. Amber hatching is the published aircraft noise (ANEF) contour. 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 Hensley Park
The ANEF contour is a published planning forecast and observed overflight is what a sampled tracking feed recorded - neither describes any individual property.
Inside an aircraft noise contour
1% of the suburb's land sits inside a published ANEF or airport-environs contour. Contours vary street by street, so whether a particular lot is inside one needs a property-level check.
Contours held
- Victorian Airport Environs Overlay
Observed overflight - sampled 4 Sep to 24 Oct 2026
typical observed square 0 a day
Night movements: observed, lowest 4,000 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.
Hensley Park at a glance
How Hensley Park is zoned
Selling in Hensley Park? The zoning and planning overlays on this page are the controls a Section 32 vendor statement discloses.
Across its 139.99 km², Hensley Park is highly constrained by planning overlays. Flood mapping covers the suburb and none of it falls within a mapped flood overlay, and 100% is flagged bushfire-prone. There are 3 heritage-listed sites on record, and the dominant land-use zone is Farming Zone (FZ). The median lot measures about 331,842 m² across 395 parcels.
Who lives in Hensley Park
Census 2021 figures published by the ABS for the Hensley Park 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 1042, and decile 8 within Victoria. The national average is 1000.
Age profile
Share of Hensley Park's 75 residents in each ABS age band.
Population trend, 2001 to 2025
Estimated resident population of Southern Grampians, the wider ABS statistical area containing Hensley Park. There is no annual population series published at suburb level, so this describes the surrounding area rather than Hensley Park itself.
6,728 in 2001 to 6,205 in 2025, down 8%.
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.
Hensley Park 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) | Inside a held contour | 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 Hensley Park 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 →Aircraft have been seen below 3,000 ft over about 8% of Hensley Park. 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 Hensley Park lot.
Hensley Park planning - frequently asked
Is Hensley Park flood-prone?
Flood mapping covers Hensley Park and none of the suburb falls within a mapped flood overlay (the council-wide suburb average is 3%).
Is Hensley Park bushfire-prone?
Around 100% of Hensley Park is mapped as bushfire-prone, compared with a Southern Grampians average of 100%.
Is Hensley Park affected by aircraft noise?
About 1% of Hensley Park sits inside a published aircraft noise contour. ANEF contours are forecasts published per airport and used to control noise-sensitive development; they are not a measurement at any one house, and a property can sit under a flight path and outside every contour.
Is Hensley Park under a flight path?
Aircraft were observed below 3,000 ft over about 8% of Hensley Park, and over about 28% 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 4,000 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 Hensley Park?
The dominant planning zone in Hensley Park is Farming Zone (FZ), though the suburb also includes Special Use Zone (SUZ6) and Transport Zone (TRZ2).
Does Hensley Park have heritage-listed places?
Hensley Park has 3 heritage-listed places on record.
What is the typical lot size in Hensley Park?
Across 395 surveyed parcels in Hensley Park, the median lot size is about 331,842 m². There are also 20 registered easements mapped in the suburb.
What is the population of Hensley Park?
At the 2021 Census Hensley Park had 75 usual residents, with a median age of 40 and an average household size of 2.6 people. The wider Southern Grampians statistical area, which contains Hensley Park, went from 6,728 people in 2001 to 6,205 in 2025, down 8%.
Is Hensley Park an advantaged suburb?
On the ABS SEIFA 2021 index of relative socio-economic advantage and disadvantage (IRSAD), Hensley Park scores 1042 and sits in decile 9 of 10 nationally and decile 8 within Victoria (decile 1 is the most disadvantaged tenth, decile 10 the least).
What is the median household income in Hensley Park?
Median household income in Hensley Park was $1,649 a week at the 2021 Census, against $1,562 for the typical suburb in Southern Grampians. Median rent was $231 a week and the median mortgage repayment $2,000 a month.
Compare nearby suburbs
| Nearby suburb | Distance | Flood mapped | Bushfire-prone |
|---|---|---|---|
| Strathkellar | 10.9 km | Not mapped | 100% |
| Bulart | 11.9 km | 0% | 100% |
| Hamilton | 13.3 km | 2% | 96% |
| Karabeal | 13.4 km | 0% | 100% |
| Bochara | 14.6 km | 0% | 100% |
| Warrayure | 15.4 km | Not mapped | 100% |
| Cavendish | 15.6 km | 0% | 100% |
| Tarrington | 17.3 km | Not mapped | 100% |
| Moutajup | 17.7 km | Not mapped | 100% |
| Yulecart | 18.8 km | Not mapped | 100% |