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Kooroocheang flood map & planning overlays

Kooroocheang's 8 ha farms carry 22 heritage places.

A planning-constraint profile of Kooroocheang (Hepburn, VIC) - 40.47 km², mapped from live council and state overlay data. This suburb is highly constrained.
Profile updated 24 October 2026.

Elevation hillshade with street names, clipped to Kooroocheang'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.

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Aircraft noise and flight paths over Kooroocheang

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
32%
of the suburb, at or below 10,000 ft
Below 3,000 ft
0%
of the suburb's area
Lowest measured
3,000 ft
averaging 5,000 ft
Busiest square
~0 a day
±30% · area average
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.

Kooroocheang at a glance

Parcels 123 Median lot 82,953 m² Mapped easements 18

How Kooroocheang is zoned

Farming Zone (FZ1) 64%
Public Conservation and Resource Zone (PCRZ) 27%
Farming Zone (FZ2) 8%
Rural Conservation Zone (RCZ2) 1%
Transport Zone (TRZ3) 1%

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

Across its 40.47 km², Kooroocheang is highly constrained by planning overlays. About 6% of the suburb sits within a mapped flood overlay, and 100% is flagged bushfire-prone. There are 22 heritage-listed sites on record, and the dominant land-use zone is Farming Zone (FZ1). The median lot measures about 82,953 m² across 123 parcels.

Who lives in Kooroocheang

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

Population
41
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 8
most disadvantagedleast disadvantaged

Score 1035, and decile 8 within Victoria. The national average is 1000.

Relative disadvantage (IRSD) Decile 8
most disadvantagedleast disadvantaged

Population trend, 2001 to 2025

Estimated resident population of Daylesford, the wider ABS statistical area containing Kooroocheang. There is no annual population series published at suburb level, so this describes the surrounding area rather than Kooroocheang 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.

Kooroocheang data sources and coverage

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

DatasetCoveragePublisher
Flood mappingMappedVicmap 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 Kooroocheang address

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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 Kooroocheang lot.

Kooroocheang planning - frequently asked

Is Kooroocheang flood-prone?

About 6% of Kooroocheang falls within a mapped flood overlay, against the council-wide suburb average of 7%.

Is Kooroocheang bushfire-prone?

Around 100% of Kooroocheang is mapped as bushfire-prone, compared with a Hepburn average of 100%.

Is Kooroocheang under a flight path?

Aircraft were observed over about 32% of Kooroocheang 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 Kooroocheang?

The dominant planning zone in Kooroocheang is Farming Zone (FZ1), though the suburb also includes Public Conservation and Resource Zone (PCRZ) and Farming Zone (FZ2).

Does Kooroocheang have heritage-listed places?

Kooroocheang has 22 heritage-listed places on record.

What is the typical lot size in Kooroocheang?

Across 123 surveyed parcels in Kooroocheang, the median lot size is about 82,953 m². There are also 18 registered easements mapped in the suburb.

Is Kooroocheang an advantaged suburb?

On the ABS SEIFA 2021 index of relative socio-economic advantage and disadvantage (IRSAD), Kooroocheang scores 1035 and sits in decile 8 of 10 nationally and decile 8 within Victoria (decile 1 is the most disadvantaged tenth, decile 10 the least).

Compare nearby suburbs

Nearby suburbDistanceFlood mappedBushfire-prone
Basalt 5.2 km 4% 100%
Blampied 5.8 km 5% 100%
Shepherds Flat 5.9 km 9% 100%
Hepburn 7.3 km 7% 100%
Smeaton 7.4 km 7% 100%
Werona
Mount Alexander
7.6 km 6% 100%
Eganstown 7.6 km 7% 100%
Elevated Plains 7.6 km 4% 100%
Franklinford 8.1 km 2% 100%
Hepburn Springs 9.0 km 5% 100%

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