Lake Wellington flood map & planning overlays
Lake Wellington is 100% flood-mapped and 100% Ramsar wetland, 1st in Victoria for both.
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A planning-constraint profile of Lake Wellington
(Wellington, VIC) - 147.73 km², mapped from live council and
state overlay data. This suburb is highly constrained.
Profile updated 24 October 2026.
Constraint readout
147.73 km² - this suburb is highly constrained by planning overlays.
Elevation hillshade with street names, clipped to Lake Wellington'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 Lake Wellington
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 1 a day
Night movements: observed, lowest 6,000 ft - night is sampled as often as day, but night traffic is light, so this is a floor and no rate can be put on it.
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 Wellington at a glance
How Lake Wellington is zoned
Selling in Lake Wellington? The zoning and planning overlays on this page are the controls a Section 32 vendor statement discloses.
Across its 147.73 km², Lake Wellington is highly constrained by planning overlays. About 100% of the suburb sits within a mapped flood overlay, and 7% is flagged bushfire-prone. There are 2 heritage-listed sites on record, and the dominant land-use zone is Public Park and Recreation Zone (PPRZ). The median lot measures about 73,810,037 m² across 2 parcels.
Lake Wellington 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 | Not 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 Lake Wellington 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 55% of Lake Wellington. 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 Lake Wellington lot.
Lake Wellington planning - frequently asked
Is Lake Wellington flood-prone?
About 100% of Lake Wellington falls within a mapped flood overlay, against the council-wide suburb average of 26%.
Is Lake Wellington bushfire-prone?
Around 7% of Lake Wellington is mapped as bushfire-prone, compared with a Wellington average of 96%.
Is Lake Wellington under a flight path?
Aircraft were observed below 3,000 ft over about 55% of Lake Wellington, and over about 72% 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 2,500 ft. At the busiest point in the suburb about 16 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 Lake Wellington?
The dominant planning zone in Lake Wellington is Public Park and Recreation Zone (PPRZ), though the suburb also includes Public Conservation and Resource Zone (PCRZ) and Farming Zone (FZ).
Does Lake Wellington have heritage-listed places?
Lake Wellington has 2 heritage-listed places on record.
What is the typical lot size in Lake Wellington?
Across 2 surveyed parcels in Lake Wellington, the median lot size is about 73,810,037 m².
Compare nearby suburbs
| Nearby suburb | Distance | Flood mapped | Bushfire-prone |
|---|---|---|---|
| Seacombe | 10.0 km | 58% | 100% |
| Meerlieu | 11.6 km | 38% | 100% |
| The Heart | 11.8 km | 85% | 100% |
| Dutson | 11.8 km | 43% | 100% |
| Dutson Downs | 12.0 km | 39% | 100% |
| Clydebank | 12.6 km | 59% | 100% |
| Perry Bridge | 13.2 km | 13% | 100% |
| Hollands Landing East Gippsland |
14.0 km | 100% | 39% |
| Paradise Beach | 14.2 km | 47% | 100% |
| Cobains | 14.6 km | 20% | 100% |