Loch Sport flood map & planning overlays
Loch Sport is Wellington's oldest, median 63, 6th in Victoria.
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A planning-constraint profile of Loch Sport
(Wellington, VIC) - 84.82 km², mapped from live council and
state overlay data. This suburb is highly constrained.
Profile updated 24 October 2026.
Constraint readout
84.82 km² - this suburb is highly constrained by planning overlays.
Elevation hillshade with street names, clipped to Loch Sport'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 Loch Sport
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: 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.
Loch Sport at a glance
How Loch Sport is zoned
Selling in Loch Sport? The zoning and planning overlays on this page are the controls a Section 32 vendor statement discloses.
Across its 84.82 km², Loch Sport is highly constrained by planning overlays. About 40% of the suburb sits within a mapped flood overlay, and 100% is flagged bushfire-prone. The dominant land-use zone is Public Conservation and Resource Zone (PCRZ). The median lot measures about 619 m² across 2,693 parcels.
Who lives in Loch Sport
Census 2021 figures published by the ABS for the Loch Sport 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 839, and decile 1 within Victoria. The national average is 1000.
Age profile
Share of Loch Sport's 1,021 residents in each ABS age band.
Population trend, 2001 to 2025
Estimated resident population of Longford - Loch Sport, the wider ABS statistical area containing Loch Sport. There is no annual population series published at suburb level, so this describes the surrounding area rather than Loch Sport itself.
3,830 in 2001 to 4,993 in 2025, up 30%.
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.
Loch Sport 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 Loch Sport 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 10% of Loch Sport. 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 Loch Sport lot.
Loch Sport planning - frequently asked
Is Loch Sport flood-prone?
About 40% of Loch Sport falls within a mapped flood overlay, against the council-wide suburb average of 26%.
Is Loch Sport bushfire-prone?
Around 100% of Loch Sport is mapped as bushfire-prone, compared with a Wellington average of 96%.
Is Loch Sport under a flight path?
Aircraft were observed below 3,000 ft over about 10% of Loch Sport, and over about 74% 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 6,500 ft. At the busiest point in the suburb about 2 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 Loch Sport?
The dominant planning zone in Loch Sport is Public Conservation and Resource Zone (PCRZ), though the suburb also includes Rural Conservation Zone (RCZ1) and General Residential Zone (GRZ1).
Does Loch Sport have heritage-listed places?
No heritage-listed places are on record within Loch Sport.
What is the typical lot size in Loch Sport?
Across 2,693 surveyed parcels in Loch Sport, the median lot size is about 619 m². There are also 107 registered easements mapped in the suburb.
Does Loch Sport have a train station?
There is no train station inside Loch Sport itself. The suburb is served by 14 bus stops.
What is the population of Loch Sport?
At the 2021 Census Loch Sport had 1,021 usual residents, with a median age of 63 and an average household size of 1.7 people. The wider Longford - Loch Sport statistical area, which contains Loch Sport, went from 3,830 people in 2001 to 4,993 in 2025, up 30%.
Is Loch Sport an advantaged suburb?
On the ABS SEIFA 2021 index of relative socio-economic advantage and disadvantage (IRSAD), Loch Sport scores 839 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 Loch Sport?
Median household income in Loch Sport was $674 a week at the 2021 Census, against $1,357 for the typical suburb in Wellington. Median rent was $180 a week and the median mortgage repayment $700 a month.
Compare nearby suburbs
| Nearby suburb | Distance | Flood mapped | Bushfire-prone |
|---|---|---|---|
| Ocean Grange | 7.7 km | 80% | 71% |
| Goon Nure East Gippsland |
8.3 km | 41% | 65% |
| Hollands Landing East Gippsland |
11.2 km | 100% | 39% |
| Forge Creek East Gippsland |
12.7 km | 20% | 81% |
| Banksia Peninsula East Gippsland |
12.9 km | 20% | 92% |
| Newlands Arm East Gippsland |
15.3 km | 20% | 74% |
| Bengworden East Gippsland |
15.7 km | 6% | 100% |
| Meerlieu | 17.0 km | 38% | 100% |
| Seacombe | 17.8 km | 58% | 100% |
| Eagle Point East Gippsland |
18.4 km | 60% | 49% |