Lakes Entrance flood map & planning overlays
Lakes Entrance has East Gippsland's most bus stops, 47, and 5,145 residents.
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A planning-constraint profile of Lakes Entrance
(East Gippsland, VIC) - 28.76 km², mapped from live council and
state overlay data. This suburb is highly constrained.
Profile updated 24 October 2026.
Constraint readout
28.76 km² - this suburb is highly constrained by planning overlays.
Elevation hillshade with street names, clipped to Lakes Entrance'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 Lakes Entrance
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
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.
Lakes Entrance at a glance
How Lakes Entrance is zoned
Selling in Lakes Entrance? The zoning and planning overlays on this page are the controls a Section 32 vendor statement discloses.
Across its 28.76 km², Lakes Entrance is highly constrained by planning overlays. About 15% of the suburb sits within a mapped flood overlay, and 84% is flagged bushfire-prone. There are 7 heritage-listed sites on record, and the dominant land-use zone is General Residential Zone (GRZ1). The median lot measures about 709 m² across 4,253 parcels.
Who lives in Lakes Entrance
Census 2021 figures published by the ABS for the Lakes Entrance 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 887, and decile 1 within Victoria. The national average is 1000.
Age profile
Share of Lakes Entrance's 5,145 residents in each ABS age band.
Population trend, 2001 to 2025
Estimated resident population of Lakes Entrance, the wider ABS statistical area containing Lakes Entrance. There is no annual population series published at suburb level, so this describes the surrounding area rather than Lakes Entrance itself.
8,343 in 2001 to 11,331 in 2025, up 36%.
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.
Lakes Entrance 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 Lakes Entrance 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 →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 Lakes Entrance lot.
Lakes Entrance planning - frequently asked
Is Lakes Entrance flood-prone?
About 15% of Lakes Entrance falls within a mapped flood overlay, against the council-wide suburb average of 18%.
Is Lakes Entrance bushfire-prone?
Around 84% of Lakes Entrance is mapped as bushfire-prone, compared with a East Gippsland average of 94%.
Is Lakes Entrance under a flight path?
Aircraft were observed over about 4% of Lakes Entrance in the period sampled, but only above 3,000 ft - the lowest measured was 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 Lakes Entrance?
The dominant planning zone in Lakes Entrance is General Residential Zone (GRZ1), though the suburb also includes Rural Living Zone (RLZ3) and Rural Living Zone (RLZ4).
Does Lakes Entrance have heritage-listed places?
Lakes Entrance has 7 heritage-listed places on record.
What is the typical lot size in Lakes Entrance?
Across 4,253 surveyed parcels in Lakes Entrance, the median lot size is about 709 m². There are also 1,129 registered easements mapped in the suburb.
Does Lakes Entrance have a train station?
There is no train station inside Lakes Entrance itself. The suburb is served by 47 bus stops.
What is the population of Lakes Entrance?
At the 2021 Census Lakes Entrance had 5,145 usual residents, with a median age of 55 and an average household size of 2.1 people. The wider Lakes Entrance statistical area, which contains Lakes Entrance, went from 8,343 people in 2001 to 11,331 in 2025, up 36%.
Is Lakes Entrance an advantaged suburb?
On the ABS SEIFA 2021 index of relative socio-economic advantage and disadvantage (IRSAD), Lakes Entrance scores 887 and sits in decile 1 of 10 nationally and decile 1 within Victoria (decile 1 is the most disadvantaged tenth, decile 10 the least).
What is the median household income in Lakes Entrance?
Median household income in Lakes Entrance was $866 a week at the 2021 Census, against $1,209 for the typical suburb in East Gippsland. Median rent was $252 a week and the median mortgage repayment $1,227 a month.
Compare nearby suburbs
| Nearby suburb | Distance | Flood mapped | Bushfire-prone |
|---|---|---|---|
| Lake Bunga | 2.9 km | 10% | 92% |
| Kalimna | 4.1 km | 13% | 88% |
| Lake Tyers Beach | 5.3 km | 3% | 93% |
| Kalimna West | 7.1 km | <1% | 100% |
| Nyerimilang | 7.8 km | 73% | 51% |
| Toorloo Arm | 8.8 km | 6% | 94% |
| Nungurner | 9.8 km | <1% | 100% |
| Lake Tyers | 10.8 km | 24% | 84% |
| Swan Reach | 12.2 km | 10% | 100% |
| Tambo Upper | 15.2 km | 1% | 100% |