Jan Juc flood map & planning overlays
Jan Juc houses 4,151 people on 594 m² lots, 3rd-smallest on the Surf Coast.
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A planning-constraint profile of Jan Juc
(Surf Coast, VIC) - 6.35 km², mapped from live council and
state overlay data. This suburb is highly constrained.
Profile updated 24 October 2026.
Constraint readout
6.35 km² - this suburb is highly constrained by planning overlays.
Elevation hillshade with street names, clipped to Jan Juc'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 Jan Juc
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 0 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.
Jan Juc at a glance
How Jan Juc is zoned
Selling in Jan Juc? The zoning and planning overlays on this page are the controls a Section 32 vendor statement discloses.
Across its 6.35 km², Jan Juc is highly constrained by planning overlays. About 4% of the suburb sits within a mapped flood overlay, and 77% is flagged bushfire-prone. There are 4 heritage-listed sites on record, and the dominant land-use zone is Low Density Residential Zone (LDRZ). The median lot measures about 594 m² across 2,119 parcels.
Who lives in Jan Juc
Census 2021 figures published by the ABS for the Jan Juc 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 1100, and decile 10 within Victoria. The national average is 1000.
Age profile
Share of Jan Juc's 4,151 residents in each ABS age band.
Population trend, 2001 to 2025
Estimated resident population of Torquay, the wider ABS statistical area containing Jan Juc. There is no annual population series published at suburb level, so this describes the surrounding area rather than Jan Juc itself.
10,225 in 2001 to 26,581 in 2025, up 160%.
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.
Jan Juc 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 Jan Juc 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 50% of Jan Juc. 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 Jan Juc lot.
Jan Juc planning - frequently asked
Is Jan Juc flood-prone?
About 4% of Jan Juc falls within a mapped flood overlay, against the council-wide suburb average of 7%.
Is Jan Juc bushfire-prone?
Around 77% of Jan Juc is mapped as bushfire-prone, compared with a Surf Coast average of 97%.
Is Jan Juc under a flight path?
Aircraft were observed below 3,000 ft over about 50% of Jan Juc, and over about 77% 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 500 ft, with an average of 3,000 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 Jan Juc?
The dominant planning zone in Jan Juc is Low Density Residential Zone (LDRZ), though the suburb also includes General Residential Zone (GRZ1) and Farming Zone (FZ2).
Does Jan Juc have heritage-listed places?
Jan Juc has 4 heritage-listed places on record.
What is the typical lot size in Jan Juc?
Across 2,119 surveyed parcels in Jan Juc, the median lot size is about 594 m². There are also 1,042 registered easements mapped in the suburb.
Does Jan Juc have a train station?
There is no train station inside Jan Juc itself. The suburb is served by 17 bus stops.
What is the population of Jan Juc?
At the 2021 Census Jan Juc had 4,151 usual residents, with a median age of 40 and an average household size of 2.7 people. The wider Torquay statistical area, which contains Jan Juc, went from 10,225 people in 2001 to 26,581 in 2025, up 160%.
Is Jan Juc an advantaged suburb?
On the ABS SEIFA 2021 index of relative socio-economic advantage and disadvantage (IRSAD), Jan Juc scores 1100 and sits in decile 10 of 10 nationally and decile 10 within Victoria (decile 1 is the most disadvantaged tenth, decile 10 the least).
What is the median household income in Jan Juc?
Median household income in Jan Juc was $2,360 a week at the 2021 Census, against $2,045 for the typical suburb in Surf Coast. Median rent was $473 a week and the median mortgage repayment $2,167 a month.
Compare nearby suburbs
| Nearby suburb | Distance | Flood mapped | Bushfire-prone |
|---|---|---|---|
| Torquay | 4.2 km | 7% | 77% |
| Bellbrae | 5.1 km | 2% | 100% |
| Bells Beach | 5.6 km | 2% | 100% |
| Freshwater Creek | 9.2 km | 11% | 100% |
| Breamlea Greater Geelong |
9.4 km | 71% | 100% |
| Mount Duneed | 10.8 km | 10% | 91% |
| Paraparap | 11.4 km | 9% | 100% |
| Armstrong Creek Greater Geelong |
13.3 km | 34% | 48% |
| Anglesea | 13.4 km | 9% | 100% |
| Moriac | 15.7 km | 14% | 97% |