Leopold flood map & planning overlays
Leopold is served by 70 bus stops, 4th of 58 in Greater Geelong.
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A planning-constraint profile of Leopold
(Greater Geelong, VIC) - 26.84 km², mapped from live council and
state overlay data. This suburb is highly constrained.
Profile updated 24 October 2026.
Constraint readout
26.84 km² - this suburb is highly constrained by planning overlays.
Elevation hillshade with street names, clipped to Leopold'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 Leopold
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 1,500 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.
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.
Leopold at a glance
How Leopold is zoned
Selling in Leopold? The zoning and planning overlays on this page are the controls a Section 32 vendor statement discloses.
Across its 26.84 km², Leopold is highly constrained by planning overlays. About 8% of the suburb sits within a mapped flood overlay, and 77% is flagged bushfire-prone. There are 26 heritage-listed sites on record, and the dominant land-use zone is Farming Zone (FZ). The median lot measures about 630 m² across 6,393 parcels.
Who lives in Leopold
Census 2021 figures published by the ABS for the Leopold 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 983, and decile 4 within Victoria. The national average is 1000.
Age profile
Share of Leopold's 13,272 residents in each ABS age band.
Population trend, 2001 to 2025
Estimated resident population of Leopold, the wider ABS statistical area containing Leopold. There is no annual population series published at suburb level, so this describes the surrounding area rather than Leopold itself.
8,074 in 2001 to 13,869 in 2025, up 72%.
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.
Leopold 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 Leopold 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 76% of Leopold. 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 Leopold lot.
Leopold planning - frequently asked
Is Leopold flood-prone?
About 8% of Leopold falls within a mapped flood overlay, against the council-wide suburb average of 18%.
Is Leopold bushfire-prone?
Around 77% of Leopold is mapped as bushfire-prone, compared with a Greater Geelong average of 50%.
Is Leopold under a flight path?
Aircraft were observed below 3,000 ft over about 76% of Leopold, and over about 90% 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 4 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 Leopold?
The dominant planning zone in Leopold is Farming Zone (FZ), though the suburb also includes General Residential Zone (GRZ1) and Rural Living Zone (RLZ).
Does Leopold have heritage-listed places?
Leopold has 26 heritage-listed places on record.
What is the typical lot size in Leopold?
Across 6,393 surveyed parcels in Leopold, the median lot size is about 630 m². There are also 2,774 registered easements mapped in the suburb.
Does Leopold have a train station?
There is no train station inside Leopold itself. The suburb is served by 70 bus stops.
What is the population of Leopold?
At the 2021 Census Leopold had 13,272 usual residents, with a median age of 41 and an average household size of 2.5 people. The wider Leopold statistical area, which contains Leopold, went from 8,074 people in 2001 to 13,869 in 2025, up 72%.
Is Leopold an advantaged suburb?
On the ABS SEIFA 2021 index of relative socio-economic advantage and disadvantage (IRSAD), Leopold scores 983 and sits in decile 5 of 10 nationally and decile 4 within Victoria (decile 1 is the most disadvantaged tenth, decile 10 the least).
What is the median household income in Leopold?
Median household income in Leopold was $1,589 a week at the 2021 Census, against $1,670 for the typical suburb in Greater Geelong. Median rent was $375 a week and the median mortgage repayment $1,603 a month.
Compare nearby suburbs
| Nearby suburb | Distance | Flood mapped | Bushfire-prone |
|---|---|---|---|
| Moolap | 4.6 km | 54% | 50% |
| Wallington | 4.8 km | 22% | 86% |
| Curlewis | 5.0 km | <1% | 93% |
| Connewarre | 6.7 km | 52% | 64% |
| St Albans Park | 6.8 km | 38% | 50% |
| Whittington | 7.1 km | 53% | 3% |
| Newcomb | 7.5 km | 54% | 0% |
| Charlemont | 8.2 km | 40% | 83% |
| Thomson (Geelong) | 8.3 km | Not mapped | 0% |
| Breakwater | 8.6 km | 26% | 30% |