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Lance Creek flood map & planning overlays

Lance Creek earns Bass Coast's top income, $2,285.

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A planning-constraint profile of Lance Creek (Bass Coast, VIC) - 21.07 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 Lance Creek'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 Lance Creek

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
57%
of the suburb, at or below 10,000 ft
Below 3,000 ft
27%
of the suburb's area
Lowest measured
1,000 ft
averaging 4,000 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.

Lance Creek at a glance

Parcels 105 Median lot 24,322 m² Mapped easements 56

How Lance Creek is zoned

Farming Zone (FZ) 96%
Public Conservation and Resource Zone (PCRZ) 3%
Transport Zone (TRZ2) 1%
Public Use Zone (PUZ1) 0%
Public Park and Recreation Zone (PPRZ) 0%

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

Across its 21.07 km², Lance Creek is highly constrained by planning overlays. About 44% of the suburb sits within a mapped flood overlay, and 100% is flagged bushfire-prone. There is 1 heritage-listed site on record, and the dominant land-use zone is Farming Zone (FZ). The median lot measures about 24,322 m² across 105 parcels.

Who lives in Lance Creek

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

Population
143
usual residents, 2021
Median age
52
years
Median household income
$2,285
per week, Bass Coast suburb typical $1,286
Median rent
$200
per week, Bass Coast suburb typical $300
Median mortgage
$2,000
per month
Household size
2.8
people, average

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 7
most disadvantagedleast disadvantaged

Score 1021, and decile 7 within Victoria. The national average is 1000.

Relative disadvantage (IRSD) Decile 9
most disadvantagedleast disadvantaged

Age profile

Share of Lance Creek's 143 residents in each ABS age band.

0-4 0.0%
5-14 11.1%
15-19 9.2%
20-24 5.9%
25-34 10.5%
35-44 7.8%
45-54 13.7%
55-64 24.2%
65-74 9.2%
75-84 8.5%
85+ 0.0%

Population trend, 2001 to 2025

Estimated resident population of Wonthaggi - Inverloch, the wider ABS statistical area containing Lance Creek. There is no annual population series published at suburb level, so this describes the surrounding area rather than Lance Creek itself.

17,647 in 2001 to 29,333 in 2025, up 66%.

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.

Lance Creek 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.

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Aircraft have been seen below 3,000 ft over about 27% of Lance Creek. 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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Lance Creek planning - frequently asked

Is Lance Creek flood-prone?

About 44% of Lance Creek falls within a mapped flood overlay, against the council-wide suburb average of 15%.

Is Lance Creek bushfire-prone?

Around 100% of Lance Creek is mapped as bushfire-prone, compared with a Bass Coast average of 93%.

Is Lance Creek under a flight path?

Aircraft were observed below 3,000 ft over about 27% of Lance Creek, and over about 57% 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 1,000 ft, with an average of 4,000 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 Lance Creek?

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

Does Lance Creek have heritage-listed places?

Lance Creek has 1 heritage-listed place on record.

What is the typical lot size in Lance Creek?

Across 105 surveyed parcels in Lance Creek, the median lot size is about 24,322 m². There are also 56 registered easements mapped in the suburb.

What is the population of Lance Creek?

At the 2021 Census Lance Creek had 143 usual residents, with a median age of 52 and an average household size of 2.8 people. The wider Wonthaggi - Inverloch statistical area, which contains Lance Creek, went from 17,647 people in 2001 to 29,333 in 2025, up 66%.

Is Lance Creek an advantaged suburb?

On the ABS SEIFA 2021 index of relative socio-economic advantage and disadvantage (IRSAD), Lance Creek scores 1021 and sits in decile 7 of 10 nationally and decile 7 within Victoria (decile 1 is the most disadvantaged tenth, decile 10 the least).

What is the median household income in Lance Creek?

Median household income in Lance Creek was $2,285 a week at the 2021 Census, against $1,286 for the typical suburb in Bass Coast. Median rent was $200 a week and the median mortgage repayment $2,000 a month.

Compare nearby suburbs

Nearby suburbDistanceFlood mappedBushfire-prone
Wattle Bank 4.7 km 27% 100%
St Clair 4.8 km 34% 100%
Glen Alvie 5.1 km 3% 100%
Kongwak
South Gippsland		 5.3 km 22% 100%
West Creek 5.5 km 29% 100%
North Wonthaggi 7.8 km 14% 83%
Moyarra
South Gippsland		 8.1 km Not mapped 100%
Ryanston 8.3 km <1% 100%
Inverloch 9.1 km 3% 96%
Archies Creek 9.2 km 0% 100%

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