Long Forest flood map & planning overlays
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A planning-constraint profile of Long Forest
(Moorabool, VIC) - 10.85 km², mapped from live council and
state overlay data. This suburb is highly constrained.
Profile updated 24 October 2026.
Constraint readout
10.85 km² - this suburb is highly constrained by planning overlays.
Elevation hillshade with street names, clipped to Long Forest'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 Long Forest
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 2,000 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.
Long Forest at a glance
How Long Forest is zoned
Selling in Long Forest? The zoning and planning overlays on this page are the controls a Section 32 vendor statement discloses.
Across its 10.85 km², Long Forest is highly constrained by planning overlays. About 5% of the suburb sits within a mapped flood overlay, and 100% is flagged bushfire-prone. There are 10 heritage-listed sites on record, and the dominant land-use zone is Farming Zone (FZ). The median lot measures about 19,797 m² across 165 parcels.
Who lives in Long Forest
Census 2021 figures published by the ABS for the Long Forest 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 1015, and decile 7 within Victoria. The national average is 1000.
Age profile
Share of Long Forest's 343 residents in each ABS age band.
Population trend, 2001 to 2025
Estimated resident population of Bacchus Marsh, the wider ABS statistical area containing Long Forest. There is no annual population series published at suburb level, so this describes the surrounding area rather than Long Forest itself.
14,540 in 2001 to 27,182 in 2025, up 87%.
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.
Long Forest 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 Long Forest 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 59% of Long Forest. 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 Long Forest lot.
Long Forest planning - frequently asked
Is Long Forest flood-prone?
About 5% of Long Forest falls within a mapped flood overlay, against the council-wide suburb average of 7%.
Is Long Forest bushfire-prone?
Around 100% of Long Forest is mapped as bushfire-prone, compared with a Moorabool average of 98%.
Is Long Forest under a flight path?
Aircraft were observed below 3,000 ft over about 59% of Long Forest, and over about 92% 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 5,500 ft. At the busiest point in the suburb about 10 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 Long Forest?
The dominant planning zone in Long Forest is Farming Zone (FZ), though the suburb also includes Public Conservation and Resource Zone (PCRZ) and Rural Living Zone (RLZ).
Does Long Forest have heritage-listed places?
Long Forest has 10 heritage-listed places on record.
What is the typical lot size in Long Forest?
Across 165 surveyed parcels in Long Forest, the median lot size is about 19,797 m². There are also 68 registered easements mapped in the suburb.
What is the population of Long Forest?
At the 2021 Census Long Forest had 343 usual residents, with a median age of 44 and an average household size of 3.1 people. The wider Bacchus Marsh statistical area, which contains Long Forest, went from 14,540 people in 2001 to 27,182 in 2025, up 87%.
Is Long Forest an advantaged suburb?
On the ABS SEIFA 2021 index of relative socio-economic advantage and disadvantage (IRSAD), Long Forest scores 1015 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 Long Forest?
Median household income in Long Forest was $2,437 a week at the 2021 Census, against $1,798 for the typical suburb in Moorabool. Median rent was $520 a week and the median mortgage repayment $1,733 a month.
Compare nearby suburbs
| Nearby suburb | Distance | Flood mapped | Bushfire-prone |
|---|---|---|---|
| Merrimu | 3.0 km | 5% | 100% |
| Harkness Melton |
3.4 km | <1% | 77% |
| Melton West Melton |
3.7 km | 3% | 53% |
| Hopetoun Park | 4.1 km | 18% | 100% |
| Brookfield Melton |
5.6 km | 10% | 56% |
| Bacchus Marsh | 6.4 km | 32% | 39% |
| Darley | 7.1 km | 7% | 69% |
| Kurunjang Melton |
7.4 km | 4% | 36% |
| Melton South Melton |
7.7 km | 3% | 7% |
| Coimadai | 7.7 km | 5% | 99% |