This page covers the Hepburn Springs suburb only. For all of Hepburn, see the Hepburn flood map by suburb →
Hepburn Springs flood map & planning overlays
Hepburn Springs keeps the shire's tightest blocks, 789 m² apiece.
Free map preview, then PDF reports from $9 - about the price of an iced latte on a public holiday.
A planning-constraint profile of Hepburn Springs
(Hepburn, VIC) - 3.1 km², mapped from live council and
state overlay data. This suburb is highly constrained.
Profile updated 24 October 2026.
Constraint readout
3.1 km² - this suburb is highly constrained by planning overlays.
Elevation hillshade with street names, clipped to Hepburn Springs'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 Hepburn Springs
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.
Hepburn Springs at a glance
How Hepburn Springs is zoned
Selling in Hepburn Springs? The zoning and planning overlays on this page are the controls a Section 32 vendor statement discloses.
Across its 3.1 km², Hepburn Springs is highly constrained by planning overlays. About 5% of the suburb sits within a mapped flood overlay, and 100% is flagged bushfire-prone. There are 33 heritage-listed sites on record, and the dominant land-use zone is Public Park and Recreation Zone (PPRZ). The median lot measures about 789 m² across 529 parcels.
Who lives in Hepburn Springs
Census 2021 figures published by the ABS for the Hepburn Springs 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 1027, and decile 7 within Victoria. The national average is 1000.
Age profile
Share of Hepburn Springs's 368 residents in each ABS age band.
Population trend, 2001 to 2025
Estimated resident population of Daylesford, the wider ABS statistical area containing Hepburn Springs. There is no annual population series published at suburb level, so this describes the surrounding area rather than Hepburn Springs itself.
8,201 in 2001 to 10,342 in 2025, up 26%.
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.
Hepburn Springs 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 Hepburn Springs 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 Hepburn Springs lot.
Hepburn Springs planning - frequently asked
Is Hepburn Springs flood-prone?
About 5% of Hepburn Springs falls within a mapped flood overlay, against the council-wide suburb average of 7%.
Is Hepburn Springs bushfire-prone?
Around 100% of Hepburn Springs is mapped as bushfire-prone, compared with a Hepburn average of 100%.
Is Hepburn Springs under a flight path?
Aircraft were observed over about 52% of Hepburn Springs in the period sampled, but only above 3,000 ft - the lowest measured was 3,000 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 Hepburn Springs?
The dominant planning zone in Hepburn Springs is Public Park and Recreation Zone (PPRZ), though the suburb also includes Neighbourhood Residential Zone (NRZ4) and Farming Zone (FZ2).
Does Hepburn Springs have heritage-listed places?
Hepburn Springs has 33 heritage-listed places on record.
What is the typical lot size in Hepburn Springs?
Across 529 surveyed parcels in Hepburn Springs, the median lot size is about 789 m². There are also 250 registered easements mapped in the suburb.
Does Hepburn Springs have a train station?
There is no train station inside Hepburn Springs itself. The suburb is served by 4 bus stops.
What is the population of Hepburn Springs?
At the 2021 Census Hepburn Springs had 368 usual residents, with a median age of 58 and an average household size of 1.8 people. The wider Daylesford statistical area, which contains Hepburn Springs, went from 8,201 people in 2001 to 10,342 in 2025, up 26%.
Is Hepburn Springs an advantaged suburb?
On the ABS SEIFA 2021 index of relative socio-economic advantage and disadvantage (IRSAD), Hepburn Springs scores 1027 and sits in decile 8 of 10 nationally and decile 7 within Victoria (decile 1 is the most disadvantaged tenth, decile 10 the least).
What is the median household income in Hepburn Springs?
Median household income in Hepburn Springs was $1,232 a week at the 2021 Census, against $1,400 for the typical suburb in Hepburn. Median rent was $341 a week and the median mortgage repayment $1,387 a month.
Compare nearby suburbs
| Nearby suburb | Distance | Flood mapped | Bushfire-prone |
|---|---|---|---|
| Hepburn | 1.7 km | 7% | 100% |
| Dry Diggings | 2.3 km | <1% | 100% |
| Elevated Plains | 2.7 km | 4% | 100% |
| Daylesford | 3.7 km | 8% | 100% |
| Basalt | 3.8 km | 4% | 100% |
| Coomoora | 4.5 km | 4% | 100% |
| Sailors Hill | 5.1 km | 11% | 100% |
| Shepherds Flat | 6.2 km | 9% | 100% |
| Porcupine Ridge | 6.2 km | 3% | 100% |
| Mount Franklin | 6.3 km | Not mapped | 100% |