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Lake Goldsmith flood map & planning overlays

Lake Goldsmith: 32 ha farms with a 12.7% flood share.

A planning-constraint profile of Lake Goldsmith (Pyrenees, VIC) - 70.21 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 Lake Goldsmith'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 Lake Goldsmith

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
28%
of the suburb, at or below 10,000 ft
Below 3,000 ft
0%
of the suburb's area
Lowest measured
3,500 ft
averaging 6,000 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.

Lake Goldsmith at a glance

Parcels 132 Median lot 320,174 m² Mapped easements 24

How Lake Goldsmith is zoned

Farming Zone (FZ) 86%
Public Conservation and Resource Zone (PCRZ) 13%
Transport Zone (TRZ2) 1%

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

Across its 70.21 km², Lake Goldsmith is highly constrained by planning overlays. About 13% of the suburb sits within a mapped flood overlay, and 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 320,174 m² across 132 parcels.

Who lives in Lake Goldsmith

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

Population
22
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 3
most disadvantagedleast disadvantaged

Score 942, and decile 2 within Victoria. The national average is 1000.

Relative disadvantage (IRSD) Decile 2
most disadvantagedleast disadvantaged

Population trend, 2001 to 2025

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

3,809 in 2001 to 4,816 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.

Lake Goldsmith 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 Lake Goldsmith 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.

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Lake Goldsmith planning - frequently asked

Is Lake Goldsmith flood-prone?

About 13% of Lake Goldsmith falls within a mapped flood overlay, against the council-wide suburb average of 14%.

Is Lake Goldsmith bushfire-prone?

Around 100% of Lake Goldsmith is mapped as bushfire-prone, compared with a Pyrenees average of 100%.

Is Lake Goldsmith under a flight path?

Aircraft were observed over about 28% of Lake Goldsmith in the period sampled, but only above 3,000 ft - the lowest measured was 3,500 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 Lake Goldsmith?

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

Does Lake Goldsmith have heritage-listed places?

Lake Goldsmith has 2 heritage-listed places on record.

What is the typical lot size in Lake Goldsmith?

Across 132 surveyed parcels in Lake Goldsmith, the median lot size is about 320,174 m². There are also 24 registered easements mapped in the suburb.

Is Lake Goldsmith an advantaged suburb?

On the ABS SEIFA 2021 index of relative socio-economic advantage and disadvantage (IRSAD), Lake Goldsmith scores 942 and sits in decile 3 of 10 nationally and decile 2 within Victoria (decile 1 is the most disadvantaged tenth, decile 10 the least).

Compare nearby suburbs

Nearby suburbDistanceFlood mappedBushfire-prone
Nerring 6.6 km Not mapped 100%
Mount Emu 7.3 km Not mapped 100%
Mena Park 8.1 km Not mapped 100%
Stockyard Hill 8.9 km <1% 100%
Chepstowe 11.0 km Not mapped 100%
Beaufort 11.4 km 1% 100%
Brewster 13.1 km Not mapped 100%
Trawalla 13.5 km Not mapped 100%
Stoneleigh 14.9 km Not mapped 100%
Cross Roads 15.9 km Not mapped 100%

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