Hordern Vale flood map & planning overlays
Hordern Vale's 10 ha conservation lots are 18.8% flood-mapped.
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A planning-constraint profile of Hordern Vale
(Colac Otway, VIC) - 31.17 km², mapped from live council and
state overlay data. This suburb is highly constrained.
Profile updated 24 October 2026.
Constraint readout
31.17 km² - this suburb is highly constrained by planning overlays.
Elevation hillshade with street names, clipped to Hordern Vale'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 Hordern Vale
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: 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.
Hordern Vale at a glance
How Hordern Vale is zoned
Selling in Hordern Vale? The zoning and planning overlays on this page are the controls a Section 32 vendor statement discloses.
Across its 31.17 km², Hordern Vale is highly constrained by planning overlays. About 19% of the suburb sits within a mapped flood overlay, and 100% is flagged bushfire-prone. There are 4 heritage-listed sites on record, and the dominant land-use zone is Rural Conservation Zone (RCZ). The median lot measures about 104,758 m² across 106 parcels.
Who lives in Hordern Vale
Census 2021 figures published by the ABS for the Hordern Vale 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 1023, and decile 7 within Victoria. The national average is 1000.
Population trend, 2001 to 2025
Estimated resident population of Otway, the wider ABS statistical area containing Hordern Vale. There is no annual population series published at suburb level, so this describes the surrounding area rather than Hordern Vale itself.
3,452 in 2001 to 3,974 in 2025, up 15%.
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.
Hordern Vale 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 Hordern Vale 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 2% of Hordern Vale. 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 Hordern Vale lot.
Hordern Vale planning - frequently asked
Is Hordern Vale flood-prone?
About 19% of Hordern Vale falls within a mapped flood overlay, against the council-wide suburb average of 12%.
Is Hordern Vale bushfire-prone?
Around 100% of Hordern Vale is mapped as bushfire-prone, compared with a Colac Otway average of 97%.
Is Hordern Vale under a flight path?
Aircraft were observed below 3,000 ft over about 2% of Hordern Vale, and over about 8% 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 2,000 ft, with an average of 4,000 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 Hordern Vale?
The dominant planning zone in Hordern Vale is Rural Conservation Zone (RCZ), though the suburb also includes Public Conservation and Resource Zone (PCRZ) and Transport Zone (TRZ2).
Does Hordern Vale have heritage-listed places?
Hordern Vale has 4 heritage-listed places on record.
What is the typical lot size in Hordern Vale?
Across 106 surveyed parcels in Hordern Vale, the median lot size is about 104,758 m². There are also 71 registered easements mapped in the suburb.
Is Hordern Vale an advantaged suburb?
On the ABS SEIFA 2021 index of relative socio-economic advantage and disadvantage (IRSAD), Hordern Vale scores 1023 and sits in decile 8 of 10 nationally and decile 7 within Victoria (decile 1 is the most disadvantaged tenth, decile 10 the least).
Compare nearby suburbs
| Nearby suburb | Distance | Flood mapped | Bushfire-prone |
|---|---|---|---|
| Glenaire | 6.2 km | 5% | 100% |
| Cape Otway | 7.4 km | <1% | 100% |
| Johanna | 11.2 km | 3% | 100% |
| Aire Valley | 13.3 km | Not mapped | 100% |
| Marengo | 14.1 km | 11% | 100% |
| Apollo Bay | 14.5 km | 3% | 98% |
| Wyelangta | 16.8 km | 0% | 100% |
| Lavers Hill | 17.4 km | 0% | 100% |
| Yuulong | 18.4 km | <1% | 100% |
| Weeaproinah | 18.7 km | Not mapped | 100% |