Launching Place flood map & planning overlays
Launching Place carries 16.4% flood mapping, 5th of 61.
A planning-constraint profile of Launching Place
(Yarra Ranges, VIC) - 36.04 km², mapped from live council and
state overlay data. This suburb is highly constrained.
Profile updated 24 October 2026.
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Suburb-wide figures; the free map shows which overlays touch your lot.
Constraint readout
36.04 km² - this suburb is highly constrained by planning overlays.
Elevation hillshade with street names, clipped to Launching Place'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 Launching Place
Two different things, kept apart on purpose. The ANEF contour is the planning instrument - a forecast published per airport that planning schemes use to control noise-sensitive development. Observed overflight is what a sampled aircraft-tracking feed actually recorded over the suburb - where aircraft flew, how low and how often.
Observed overflight - sampled 4 Sep to 24 Oct 2026
typical observed square 0 a day
Night movements: observed, lowest 9,500 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.
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.
Launching Place at a glance
How Launching Place is zoned
Selling in Launching Place? The zoning and planning overlays on this page are the controls a Section 32 vendor statement discloses.
Across its 36.04 km², Launching Place is highly constrained by planning overlays. About 16% of the suburb sits within a mapped flood overlay, and 100% is flagged bushfire-prone. There are 5 heritage-listed sites on record, and the dominant land-use zone is Green Wedge Zone (GWZ4). The median lot measures about 2,119 m² across 1,163 parcels.
Who lives in Launching Place
Census 2021 figures published by the ABS for the Launching Place 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 986, and decile 5 within Victoria. The national average is 1000.
Age profile
Share of Launching Place's 2,495 residents in each ABS age band.
Population trend, 2001 to 2025
Estimated resident population of Yarra Valley, the wider ABS statistical area containing Launching Place. There is no annual population series published at suburb level, so this describes the surrounding area rather than Launching Place itself.
15,932 in 2001 to 17,087 in 2025, up 7%.
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.
Launching Place 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 Launching Place address
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See what's in the $9 report →Aircraft have been seen below 3,000 ft over about 28% of Launching Place. 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 Launching Place lot.
Launching Place planning - frequently asked
Is Launching Place flood-prone?
About 16% of Launching Place falls within a mapped flood overlay, against the council-wide suburb average of 7%.
Is Launching Place bushfire-prone?
Around 100% of Launching Place is mapped as bushfire-prone, compared with a Yarra Ranges average of 95%.
Is Launching Place under a flight path?
Aircraft were observed below 3,000 ft over about 28% of Launching Place, and over about 69% 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. At the busiest point in the suburb about 1 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 Launching Place?
The dominant planning zone in Launching Place is Green Wedge Zone (GWZ4), though the suburb also includes Rural Conservation Zone (RCZ3) and Green Wedge Zone (GWZ5).
Does Launching Place have heritage-listed places?
Launching Place has 5 heritage-listed places on record.
What is the typical lot size in Launching Place?
Across 1,163 surveyed parcels in Launching Place, the median lot size is about 2,119 m². There are also 642 registered easements mapped in the suburb.
Does Launching Place have a train station?
There is no train station inside Launching Place itself. The suburb is served by 12 bus stops.
What is the population of Launching Place?
At the 2021 Census Launching Place had 2,495 usual residents, with a median age of 38 and an average household size of 2.7 people. The wider Yarra Valley statistical area, which contains Launching Place, went from 15,932 people in 2001 to 17,087 in 2025, up 7%.
Is Launching Place an advantaged suburb?
On the ABS SEIFA 2021 index of relative socio-economic advantage and disadvantage (IRSAD), Launching Place scores 986 and sits in decile 5 of 10 nationally and decile 5 within Victoria (decile 1 is the most disadvantaged tenth, decile 10 the least).
What is the median household income in Launching Place?
Median household income in Launching Place was $1,830 a week at the 2021 Census, against $1,999 for the typical suburb in Yarra Ranges. Median rent was $350 a week and the median mortgage repayment $1,789 a month.
Compare nearby suburbs
| Nearby suburb | Distance | Flood mapped | Bushfire-prone |
|---|---|---|---|
| Woori Yallock | 4.1 km | 21% | 97% |
| Yarra Junction | 4.7 km | 15% | 100% |
| Don Valley | 5.4 km | 3% | 100% |
| Wesburn | 5.4 km | 3% | 100% |
| Seville East | 6.9 km | 16% | 90% |
| Mount Toolebewong | 7.0 km | Not mapped | 100% |
| Millgrove | 7.6 km | 4% | 100% |
| Hoddles Creek | 8.0 km | Not mapped | 100% |
| Seville | 8.1 km | 2% | 100% |
| Gladysdale | 8.3 km | 3% | 100% |