Hotham Heights zoning & planning overlays
Hotham Heights keeps 14 heritage places and a young median of 30.
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A planning-constraint profile of Hotham Heights
(Mount Hotham Alpine Resort (Uninc), VIC) - 376.81 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 24 October 2026.
Constraint readout
376.81 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 Hotham Heights'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.
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Aircraft noise and flight paths over Hotham Heights
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.
Hotham Heights at a glance
How Hotham Heights is zoned
Selling in Hotham Heights? The zoning and planning overlays on this page are the controls a Section 32 vendor statement discloses.
Across its 376.81 km², Hotham Heights 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. There are 14 heritage-listed sites on record, and the dominant land-use zone is Public Conservation and Resource Zone (PCRZ). The median lot measures about 1,270 m² across 269 parcels.
Who lives in Hotham Heights
Census 2021 figures published by the ABS for the Hotham Heights 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 1052, and decile 9 within Victoria. The national average is 1000.
Age profile
Share of Hotham Heights's 128 residents in each ABS age band.
Population trend, 2001 to 2025
Estimated resident population of Bright - Mount Beauty, the wider ABS statistical area containing Hotham Heights. There is no annual population series published at suburb level, so this describes the surrounding area rather than Hotham Heights itself.
8,111 in 2001 to 8,976 in 2025, up 11%.
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.
Hotham Heights 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 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.
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Hotham Heights planning - frequently asked
Is Hotham Heights flood-prone?
We don't yet hold flood mapping covering Hotham Heights, 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. Mount Hotham Alpine Resort (Uninc) is the authority to check for flood mapping in this area.
Is Hotham Heights bushfire-prone?
Around 100% of Hotham Heights is mapped as bushfire-prone, compared with a Mount Hotham Alpine Resort (Uninc) average of 100%.
Is Hotham Heights under a flight path?
No aircraft were observed over Hotham Heights 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 Hotham Heights?
The dominant planning zone in Hotham Heights is Public Conservation and Resource Zone (PCRZ), though the suburb also includes Public Park and Recreation Zone (PPRZ) and Rural Conservation Zone (RCZ).
Does Hotham Heights have heritage-listed places?
Hotham Heights has 14 heritage-listed places on record.
What is the typical lot size in Hotham Heights?
Across 269 surveyed parcels in Hotham Heights, the median lot size is about 1,270 m². There are also 33 registered easements mapped in the suburb.
Does Hotham Heights have a train station?
There is no train station inside Hotham Heights itself. The suburb is served by 3 bus stops.
What is the population of Hotham Heights?
At the 2021 Census Hotham Heights had 128 usual residents, with a median age of 30 and an average household size of 2.3 people. The wider Bright - Mount Beauty statistical area, which contains Hotham Heights, went from 8,111 people in 2001 to 8,976 in 2025, up 11%.
Is Hotham Heights an advantaged suburb?
On the ABS SEIFA 2021 index of relative socio-economic advantage and disadvantage (IRSAD), Hotham Heights scores 1052 and sits in decile 9 of 10 nationally and decile 9 within Victoria (decile 1 is the most disadvantaged tenth, decile 10 the least).
What is the median household income in Hotham Heights?
Median household income in Hotham Heights was $2,107 a week at the 2021 Census, against $2,107 for the typical suburb in Mount Hotham Alpine Resort (Uninc). Median rent was $470 a week and the median mortgage repayment $834 a month.
Compare nearby suburbs
| Nearby suburb | Distance | Flood mapped | Bushfire-prone |
|---|---|---|---|
| Dinner Plain Alpine |
11.1 km | Not mapped | 100% |
| Bundara East Gippsland |
15.1 km | Not mapped | 100% |
| Falls Creek Falls Creek Alpine Resort (Uninc) |
15.2 km | Not mapped | 100% |
| Harrietville Alpine |
15.5 km | 1% | 100% |
| Selwyn Alpine |
16.1 km | Not mapped | 100% |
| Cobungra Alpine |
20.5 km | Not mapped | 100% |
| Smoko Alpine |
21.5 km | 2% | 100% |
| Bogong Alpine |
23.1 km | Not mapped | 100% |
| Shannonvale East Gippsland |
24.2 km | Not mapped | 100% |
| Tawonga South Alpine |
26.4 km | 1% | 100% |
See all Mount Hotham Alpine Resort (Uninc) suburb profiles →