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Icy Creek zoning & planning overlays

Icy Creek holds 4 ha farms, bushfire-mapped from edge to edge.

A planning-constraint profile of Icy Creek (Baw Baw, VIC) - 10.9 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.

Elevation hillshade with street names, clipped to Icy Creek's boundary, with the bushfire and environmental overlays drawn on top. Magenta is where aircraft were observed in the sampled period, brightest below 3,000 ft. No flood layer is drawn because we hold no flood mapping for this area.

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Aircraft noise and flight paths over Icy Creek

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

Under observed aircraft
5%
of the suburb, at or below 10,000 ft
Below 3,000 ft
2%
of the suburb's area
Lowest measured
2,500 ft
averaging 6,500 ft
How often
not established
aircraft were seen, but not often enough to put a rate on

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.

Icy Creek at a glance

Parcels 52 Median lot 41,886 m² Mapped easements 40

How Icy Creek is zoned

Farming Zone (FZ) 77%
Public Conservation and Resource Zone (PCRZ) 20%
Transport Zone (TRZ2) 3%

Selling in Icy Creek? The zoning and planning overlays on this page are the controls a Section 32 vendor statement discloses.

Across its 10.9 km², Icy Creek 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 2 heritage-listed sites on record, and the dominant land-use zone is Farming Zone (FZ). The median lot measures about 41,886 m² across 52 parcels.

Who lives in Icy Creek

Census 2021 figures published by the ABS for the Icy Creek suburb boundary itself, not a wider region.

Population
28
usual residents, 2021

Socio-economic standing

ABS SEIFA 2021 ranks every Australian suburb. Decile 1 is the most disadvantaged tenth of the country, decile 10 the least.

Advantage and disadvantage (IRSAD) Decile 5
most disadvantagedleast disadvantaged

Score 975, and decile 4 within Victoria. The national average is 1000.

Relative disadvantage (IRSD) Decile 5
most disadvantagedleast disadvantaged

Population trend, 2001 to 2025

Estimated resident population of Mount Baw Baw Region, the wider ABS statistical area containing Icy Creek. There is no annual population series published at suburb level, so this describes the surrounding area rather than Icy Creek itself.

5,736 in 2001 to 6,750 in 2025, up 18%.

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.

Icy Creek data sources and coverage

“Not mapped” means we hold no source layer for this suburb - never an all-clear.

DatasetCoveragePublisher
Flood mappingNot mappedVicmap Planning and Victorian Government spatial services
Bushfire-prone mappingMappedVicmap Planning and Victorian Government spatial services
ZoningMappedVicmap Planning and Victorian Government spatial services
Heritage and environmentMapped where publishedVicmap Planning and Victorian Government spatial services
Aircraft noise contours (ANEF)Not heldVicmap Planning and Victorian Government spatial services, Defence
Observed flight pathsObservedadsb.lol, under the Open Database License
DemographicsAvailableAustralian 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 Icy Creek address

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Aircraft have been seen below 3,000 ft over about 2% of Icy Creek. 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 Icy Creek lot.

Icy Creek planning - frequently asked

Is Icy Creek flood-prone?

We don't yet hold flood mapping covering Icy Creek, 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. Baw Baw is the authority to check for flood mapping in this area.

Is Icy Creek bushfire-prone?

Around 100% of Icy Creek is mapped as bushfire-prone, compared with a Baw Baw average of 99%.

Is Icy Creek under a flight path?

Aircraft were observed below 3,000 ft over about 2% of Icy Creek, and over about 5% 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 2,500 ft, with an average of 6,500 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 Icy Creek?

The dominant planning zone in Icy Creek is Farming Zone (FZ), though the suburb also includes Public Conservation and Resource Zone (PCRZ) and Transport Zone (TRZ2).

Does Icy Creek have heritage-listed places?

Icy Creek has 2 heritage-listed places on record.

What is the typical lot size in Icy Creek?

Across 52 surveyed parcels in Icy Creek, the median lot size is about 41,886 m². There are also 40 registered easements mapped in the suburb.

Is Icy Creek an advantaged suburb?

On the ABS SEIFA 2021 index of relative socio-economic advantage and disadvantage (IRSAD), Icy Creek scores 975 and sits in decile 5 of 10 nationally and decile 4 within Victoria (decile 1 is the most disadvantaged tenth, decile 10 the least).

Compare nearby suburbs

Nearby suburbDistanceFlood mappedBushfire-prone
Vesper 2.6 km Not mapped 100%
Fumina 2.7 km Not mapped 100%
Tanjil Bren 6.0 km Not mapped 100%
Neerim North 7.1 km Not mapped 100%
Fumina South 7.7 km Not mapped 100%
Loch Valley 11.7 km Not mapped 100%
Neerim Junction 11.8 km <1% 100%
Toorongo 12.0 km Not mapped 100%
Tanjil 12.5 km <1% 100%
Neerim East 12.8 km Not mapped 100%

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